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10 (2)AN ORDINANCE IU- Authorizing the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company to use the public streets of the Town of Edgevatcr, Florida, for the purpose of placing poles and electrical con- ductors therein. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TO'Nr COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF EDGE - WATER, FLORIDA: SECTION 1. That permission be and the same is hereby granted to the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, its successors and assigns, to erect, operate and maintain lines of telephone and telegraph, including the necessary poles, fix- tures and electrical conductors upon, along, under and over the public roads+ streets and highways of the Town of Edgewater, Florida, as its business may from time to time require, provided that all poles shall be neat and symmetrical. SECTION 2. That the work of erecting poles by virtue of this ordinance shall be done under the supervision of the street committee, and the said Southern Bell Telephone and Tele- graph Company shall replace and properly relay any sidewalk or street that may be displaced by reason of the erection of such poles, and upon failure of the Company so to do, after twenty days' notice in writing shall have been given by the bfayor of the said Town to said Company, the Town may repair such portion of the sidewalk or street that may have been disturbed by said Com- pany, and collect the cost so ineurred1from said Company. SECTION 3. That in consideration of the rights and privileges herein granted, said Company shall, upon demand, pro. vide space for one cross -arm on each pole, on which the said Town may desire to attach either fire alarm telegraph or police telegraph wires, for the free use of the police and fire alarm telegraph system of the said Town; provided, however, that no use shall be made of such space by said Town which will result in interfering with, or impairing, the operation or use of said Company's property or service or will endanger the property or employees of said Company. SECTION 4. That said Company shall at all times be subject to the Town ordinances now in existence or which may be hereafter passed relative to the use of the public streets by telephone and telegraph companies. SECTION 5. That said Company shall indemnify the said Town against, and assume all liabilities for damages which may arise or accrue to the said Town from any injury to persons or property from the doing of any work herein authorized, or the neglect of said Company or any of its employees to comply with any ordinance relative to the use of the streets of said Town, and the acceptance by the Company of this Ordinance shall be an agreement by it to pay to the said Town any sum of money for which the Town may become liable from or by reason of such in- jury. SECTION 6. That said Company shall file with the Town Clerk of the said Town its acceptance of this Ordinance within sixty (60) days from the date when it shall take effect. SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall be in force and effect for a term of thirty (30) years from and after tts passage, and the said Town hereby reserves the right and requires the said Company, as a condition precedent to the taking effect of this grant, to give and grant to the Town of Edgewater the right, at and after the expiration of such term, to purchase the telephone and telegraph lines or other property in said Town used under or in connection with this grant, or such part of such property as the municipality may desire to purchase at a valuation of the property, real and personal, desired, which valuation shall be fixed by arbitration, as may be provided by law; and the accept- ance of this ordinance shall operate as a grant by the said Com- pany to the Town of said right to purchase. Approved-�� �'�' , 1926 - � AT E President F }" Town Clerk 1, ` t-t-z • CTc�'-rrX-+.,:, Town Clerk, hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed at a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Edgewater, Florida, held on the ZD day of Jd% 1926. , Town Cierk.' ?REBTDP,eT TO THE CLERK OF THE TOWN OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA: In pursuance with Section 6 of "AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company to use the public streets of the Town of Edgewater, Florida, for the purpose of placing poles and electrical conductors therein:" adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Edgewater, Florida, at their meeting held on the 20th day of July, 1926, the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company hereby accepts the terms and provisions of said ordinance. EXECUTED this /P� day of August, 1926. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, By rea en .