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section i c.. me rignis ana privileges nereoy gramea snail continue tor a period of 25 years beginning September 14,1983, and shall expire September 14, 2008, unless the same be sooner voluntarily surrendered by the said grantee, with the consent of the Town Council of the Town of Washington, or unless the same be sooner forfeited as provided by law
Section 13 The Town of Washington shall have the right to forfeit the grant of the privileges, rights and franchises herein granted in the event the grantee shall fail to maintain its property in good order and condition throughout the term of this grant and secure to the public efficient service at rates deemed reasonable by the State Corporation Commission or the body of the Commonwealth of Virginia having the legal right to fix such rates
Section 14. This ordinance and the rights and privileges herein granted and conferred shall not become effective unless and until the grantee shall file with the Clerk of the Town Council of the Town of Washington its written acceptance thereof, in form satisfactory to the Town of Washington, Virginia, and shall have entered into a bond, in the sum of $100, with security satisfactory to the Town Council of the Town of Washington, Virginia, or $100 cash in lieu of bond conditioned to the effect that the grantee will construct and maintain or if constructed, maintain the property provided for and reasonably necessary for the exercise of the rights and privileges granted in and by this ordinance, and will maintain the same in good order throughout the term of this grant, and will comply in all respects with the terms, conditions and provisions of this ordinance
Section 15 That upon the approval of this ordinance by the Mayor of the Town of Washington it shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to cause to be advertised once a week, for four successive weeks, in the newspapers published in Rappahannock County, Virginia and having general circulation in the Town of Washington, Virginia, the draft of the ordinance contained in the foregoing sections, and in addition he shall, by such advertisement, invite bids for the privileges and rights proposed to be granted by the said ordinance, which bids shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the presiding officer of the Town Council of the Town of Washington in open session at the day and hour of the next regular meeting of the said body to be held next after such advertisement is completed, which bids shall then be presented to the Town Council by the said presiding officer to be dealt with and acted upon in the manner prescribed by law for franchise grants
Section 16 This ordinance shall be in force from its passage
Passed by the Town Council of the Town of Washington and approved by the Mayor on the 3 day of August 1983
J. Newbill Miller
Mayor of the Town of Washington, Virginia
I, Dorothy P Clater, Clerk of the Council of the Town of Washington, Virginia, do certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by a unanimous vote of the members of the Council of the Town of Washington, Virginia, on August 3, 1983, and that said ordinance has been approved by the Mayor of the Town of Washington.
Dorothy P. Clater
Clark of the Council of the Town
of Washington, Virginia TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Bids are invited for the franchise, privileges, rights and constructions proposed to be granted in the foregoing ordinance, which bids are to be in writing and to be delivered to Newbill Miller, Mayor of the Town of Washington, Virginia, between 7:30 o'clock p.m and 8 o clock p.m. on the 14 day of September, 1983, in the meeting place of the Council in Washington, Virginia, which is the Courthouse, Washington, Virginia, at which time the Council of the Town of Washington will meet and consider said bids in accordance with law
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