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CURRENT FOR LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER THROUGH AND WITHIN THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, AND TO SUPPLY AND SELL ELECTRIC CURRENT FOR LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER AT ANY POINT WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, AS THE SAME NOW EXIST OR MAY HEREAFTER B E EXTENDED OR ALTERED.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA:
1. That there shall be granted, in the mode prescribed by law for franchise grants, and upon the conditions hereinafter specified, the rights and privileges, on, over and under the streets, avenues, parks, bridges, and other publip places of the Town of Washington, Virginia, embodied in the following draft of an Ordinance entitled :
“AN ORDINANCE TO GRANT TO ■ - --• ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT, FOR THE TERM AND UPON THE CONDITIONS HEREIN STATED, TO USE THE STREETS, AVENUES, PARKS, BRIDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES OF THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA, AND TO ACQUIRE, ERECT, MAINTAIN AND USE THEREON, AND IF NOW CONSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AND USE, POLES, TOWERS, WIRES AND APPLIANCES, OVER AND ALONG THE STREETS, AVENUES, PARKS, BRIDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES OF THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA, AND TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND USE, AND IF NOW CONSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN AND USE, CONDUITS OR SUBWAYS, INCLUDING NECESSARY MANHOLES, AND TO RUN CABLES AND WIRES IN. UNDER AND ALONG
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