1314 ORD GRANTING TX POWER & LIGHT CO THE RIGHT TO ERECT, ETC

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URLIIip..dCE 1vG. 1314 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TQ TEXAS POdIIER & LIGHT COMPANY THE RIGHT TO ERECT, MAINTAIN AND OPa RATE ELECTFtIC LIGHT .k4ND POWER WORKS IN THE CITY OF PARIS TO MANUFACTURE AND VEND TO THE CITY OF PARIS AND CITIZENS THEREOF ELECTRIC LIGHTS, ARC AT1D INCANDESCENT, ELECTRICITY FOR iVlOTORS, LSGHT, HFAT OR POWER PURPO SES , THE R IGHT TO ERECT AND T++iATNTAIN AIArdG THE STREETS,ALLE'YS OR JT'IFR PUBLIC HIGHVVAYS LDTES OF POLES AND +NIRES, TO DIG UP PAVEI+IEI`TTS AND PARKWAYS In'TDER NAMED CONDTTIONS, PROVIDI'_VG COPvqPENSATIUN THEREFOR, EXPRESSLY REPEALING ALL PREVIOUS ORDI24ANCES Or THE CITY OF PARIS AND AMENDMENTS 'HEREOF GRA,NT ING FRAr1CHISES IN THE CITY OF PARIS FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF ELECTftICITY SINCE PASSAGE T:KEREOF ACQUIRED BY TEXA.:S POWEH & LIGHT COMPANY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COi7NCIL OF THE CITY OF PA,R IS , TEXAS : SECTION l: Texas Power & Light Compqny, a Texas corporation with principal office in the city and county of Uallas, Texas, is hereby granted the right and privilege of erectirg, buying or selling, maintaining and vperating electric light and power works, or either, in the City of Paris, and sha11 have the right and privilege to manuf'acture and vend to the Citg of Paris and to the citizens thereof, or other persons, electric lights, arc and incandescent, and electricity for motora, light, heat, or power purposes for the term of twenty-five years from the effective date of this ordinance and written ac.ceptance thereof by said Company f iled with the City Clerk of the City of Faris; provided that no excluaive rights, privileges or grants are made to said Texas Power & Light Company by this ordinance; and further expressly provided that the franchise herein granted is subject to the provisions of the City Charter, and the City of Paris expressly retains the right and power, at any time, to alter, reform or amend any grant of any right, privilege or franchise made by it in this ordinance. The Lake Gibbons and Lake Creek premises are expresslg excluded from this ordinEn ce. SECTION 2 ; To enable said Company to construct, maintain, extend and improve its electric light and power plants in said City, said Company is authorized to erect along any of the streets or alleys, or other public highways, for the purpose of supporting wires or lamps, or either thereon, and for the purpose of buging or bracing poles, supporting electric wires, guard wires, or lamps, or either of them. But no poles sha11 be eracted on the public square or any street or highwa9 for the purpose of supporting wires or lamps or for guying or bracing poles beyond the curb of any street,