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AN OhD' HA11Ci C,iLAT-I!G A FiiATICHISE OR PRIVILLGE TO FURNISH
ELLCTRICITY FOR LIGHT, POdEh, HEAT AIM ANY ODFM PULP OSE rlo. jHICH
ELi.CTRICITY IS USED IN 'HIE CITY Oil` Pit DT)CALI , IMNTUCKY, AT.D P:[OVIDING
FOR THE SALE OF SA:iD i'hA;:CIIISIS 0!t Ptt'_VIiEGE.
BE IT O: DAI dLD BY 'II3E MD OF Cu..I ISSIOi'TksJS OF '1';TE CITY
OF 2ADL'CA': , i II I'UCKY:
SECTIOIT 1.
A franchise is hereby created authorizin,] the purchaser hereof
and its ass=inns, to c onstruct and ma_ntain alon_; the streets and
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public places of the c_ty within the present and fut�,re limits
thereof, poles, lines and appliances for the purpose of conducting
ins aid city the business of supplying and distributing electricity
for liZht, heat, power and other purposes, and £or the purpose of
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transmitting electricity by the use of said poles, lines and
appliances in and throuZh said city to points beyond the limits
thereof. 'Eae ri3ht hereby ,;ranted shall include the ri;ht to cut
and trim trees and shrubbery where necessary to insure safe and
efficient conduct of the business of the pure aser.
SECTIOTd 2.
All work inc onnection with erectin and replacing poles and
other physical structures upon or along the streets and public places
shall be done )urs -,=t to a perr:rit ;ran ted by the City, which permit
shall not be unnecessarily witl-iheld, and the surface of all streets
,.-.,hi-ch shall be displaced by -reason of any work done by the purchaser,
shall be r•ealaced and relaid to the extent pract:ital in as food
condition as before such surfaces were displaced.
SECTION 3.
T'ne purchaser sha l fully protect, indemnify and save harmless
the City from all dac:ages to persons or property caused by the erec
t- on or maintenance of physical structures belongin, to the purchaser.
SECTION 4.
The rights „ranted by this franchise shall continue for a period
of twenty (20) years from the date of the passaDe of this ordinance)
,.abject, however, to the right on the part of the City to cancel this
franchise as o1 a nate ei.-hteen (13) months after the City, by
action of its legislative body shall elect to cancel the franchise
i, raid give to the purchaser written notice of such action. If such II(
ri;ht to cancel is exercised, in order that the City may acquire, I
own and operate all electric utility system for itself, and if it
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Ilis determined that the City could acquire, own and operate the
systea. then owned and operated by the purchaser Of' this Francl>ise,
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then the price or value thereof may be established, either by
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mutual a:Sreement between Lhe trio parties, ale City and the purchas
orb the customary Y cusy and usual manner of arbitration each party
selecting an arbitrator, and the arbitrators selectins- an unpire
in case they disa--Tree.
�I SECT ON 5.
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"he City Clerk shall, after the introduction of this
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ordinance, sell the vrithin franchise at public auct_on on a date
II and at a place in the City to be fired bq the Cleric, after
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advertising the Ordnance and the time and place of sale t'iereof
once a wee:c for tl:;o consecutive vlee'.cs in a nevjsnaper of eneral
circulation published in the City, and the Clerk shall re ort his
action r:ith r es?ect to said sale to a r..ieeting of this Board, the
itboard herebyr eservin- the right to reject any and all bids.
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City of Paducah
City Clerk of Paducah
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Passed by the Board Of Commissioners, July 5, 1940
Recorded by _iudy Stewart, City Clerk, July 6, 1940