HomeMy WebLinkAbout01038Section 6. That Section 5 be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
"Section 5. That said Washington Coast Utilities, its
successors and assigns, covenant to indemnify the said City
of Port Townsend for any injury arising from any casualty
or accident to persons or property by reason of any neglect
or omission to keep such poles and wires in a safe condition,
and to defend all claims against said town for damages caused
by such poles or wires or by any electrical current conducted
thereby or cause by any of its or their pipe linos. "
Section 7. That Section 6 be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
"Section 6. That nothing herein contained shall be
construed as granting to Washington Coast Utilities, its
successors or assigns, the right or authority to stretch
wires over or attach wires to the roof of any building
for the purpose of conducting electrical current, or to
erect poles or stretch wires or lay pipe lines across
private property, without first obtaining permission from
the owner or agent of said building or property so to do."
Section 8. That Section 7 be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
"Section 7. That unless said Washington Coast
Utilities, its successors or assigns, shall within sixty
(60) days from and after the passage and approval of this
ordinance, file with the City Clerk of the City of Port
Townsend, its or their acceptance of the franchise herein
granted, subject to all the conditions and provisions herein,
then this ordinance shall be void."
Section 9. That Section 8 be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
"Section 8. In case the City of Port Townsend, through
its Mayor and its Council, shall during the life of this
franchise desire to purchase the electric light and power
plant and distributing system of the Washington Coast
Utilities, its successors or assigns, in the City of Port
Townsend, said Vlashington Coast Utilities, its successors or
assigns, shall and will sell the same to said city for such
sum as may be adjusted and determined by three disinterested
appraisers, one to be selected by the City Council of Port
Townsend, one by the owner of such property, and one by the
two so selected."
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