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I;Oi9, THEREFORE, SE IT ORDAINED BY THE CO,:..0_: CCUhCIL
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OF THE TO10M OF LEESBURG, LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGialA, that The
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, its succes-
sors and assigns, for a period of thirty (30) years be and is
hereby authorized and empo',Vered to construct, maintain and
operate its posts, poles, conduits, rrc.n2.oles, ducts, cables,
arires and all other necessary overhead and underground apparatus
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on, over, along, in, under and through the streets, alleys,
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highways and other public places ::ithin the limits of the Town
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of Leesburg, in the County of Loudoun, :;n3 St:te of Virginia;
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and to use the property of other companies and permit other
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companies to use its property upon such arrangements as the
two companies may agree; PROVIDED:
SECTION 1. Tnat all poles erected by said Company
snail be neat, s5^rmetrical and painted, and the len8tn thereof
shall not be less than twenty (20) feet above the surface of the
ground, and shall be sc loeu�ed us in no aay to interfere 'with
the safety or convenience of persons traveling on or over the
said streets, :alleys, highways and other public places•'and
in the installation and maintenance of its undergrcund system,
said Company shall not open or encumber more of any street,
alley, highway or other public place than will be necessary
to enable it to perform the work with proper economy and effic-
iency.
SECTIOF 2. That the erection of poles and construction
Of conduits under the provisions of this ordinance, shall be
subject to the supervision of the Chairman of the Street Committee
or some other representative appointed by said Common Council,
and said
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damaged by it in the construction and maintenance of its system,
SECTION 3, That space on one (1) erossarm of
the poles erected, or in one (1) duct of the conduits constructed
under the provisions of this ordinance, shall be reserved, free
of charge, for the purpose of carrying wires of any fire -alarm
or police telegraph system owned and maintained by said Town,
Provided the said wires are placed and maintained in such a
manner as may be prescribed by the said Company, and in no case
used to carry electric light or high-tension currents.
SECTION 4. That the said Company shall maintain
its lines in good and safe order and condition; and shall at all
times fully indemnify, protect and save harmless the said Town
from and against all claims arising from the erection, construc-
tion or negligent maintenance of its said lines.
SECTION 5. Said Company shall at all times be
subject to the Torn ordinances now in existence, or which may
hereafter be passed relative to the use of the streets by tele-
phone companies.
SECTION 6. That nothing in this ordinance shall
be construed to grant unto the said Company any exclusive rigrt
or to prevent a grant of similar privileges to other companies.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be in force from
its passage.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINZED that The Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, before proceeding to
act under this ordinance, shall execute a bond in the penalty
of Five Hundred Dollars (Y500.00), with good and sufficient
security, in favor of the Town of Leesburg, conditioned upon
the construction and putting into operation and maintaining
in good order, the plant provided for in this franchise, and
the furnishing of efficient telephone service at reasonable
rates. APPROVED i_Olz
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TESTE: Mayor
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Recorder
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I, A. B. Richard, Recorder of the Common Council
of the Town of Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, hereby
certify that the above and foregoing is a true, accurate and
complete copy of the ordinance granting a franchise to The Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, enacted by said
Comunon Council on the ',) L- day of 1917 by
a recorded affirmative vote of three-fourths of all the members
elected thereto; and I further certify that the requirements
of the laws of the State of Virginia, regulating the grant of
franchise, et cetera, by cities and to:;ns, were duly complied
with.
IN TESTIMONY g.UREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand as Recorder of the said
Common Council of the Town of Leesburg,
this 2 y day of
A. D .
1917.
Recorder