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(~,DINAI~CE GRANT~N~ TO PACII~IC ~AS AND W, LECTRIC COM-
PS, A C~I~O~IA C~~TION, ITS ~C~8SO~ ~
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~0~ OF ~~NG SAID CITY A~ ITS I~IT~S
W~~ ~ person or a~ corporation or-
ganized for such ~pose under ~e laws of the State of
~lifornia, which was, on the loth ~y of October, 1911,
~ing the public hig~s, streets ~d alleys of said
City of Sou~ S~ ~ancisco, and maintaini~ or using
electric trans~ssion lines and other electric conductors,
appli~ces and aP~tus in said highw~s, streets ~d
alleys, for the purpose of suppling said City and its
~bitants with electric li~t, under and ~suant
the provisions of Section 19 of ~ticle ~ of ~e Con-
stitution of the State of ~lifornia as the s~e existed
prior to its ~en~ent on the last ~ntioned date,
the ri~t to conti~e to use said ~ublic hi~w~s,
streets and alleys ~d to inst~l, ~intain-and use
said lines, conductors, appliances a~ a~tus for
the purposes aforesaid upon the te~s ~d conditions
set forth in said Section; and
~~ it is deemed By the Board of
~stees of the ~ty of South San ~cisco that
~ic g0~d requires t~t the fr~chise hereinafter de-
fined be' granted upon the te~ and conditions herein-
after set forth, N0~, T~ORE,
The Board of Trustees of the City of
South San ]~rancisco DO ORDAIN AS i~LLOUS:
~ECTION 1. The right, privilege and
franchise of maintaining and using, for the purpose of
transmitting, conducting and distributing electric
current to ~be sold and used for heat and power lmXrpcee$,
or an~ thereof, all and singular the pole and wire
electric transmission lines and other electric conduct-
ors, appliances and apparatus which the grantee of this
franchise shall hereafter maintain and use in the public
highways, streets and alleys of maid City of South San;
Francisco for the purpose of supplying said City and
its inhabitants with electric light, is hereby granted
to PACIFIC GA~ AND ELECTRIC C0~[pANY, a California ~or-
pcraticn, its successors and assigns, for the term of
twenty-five (2~ years from and after the time when
this ordinance shall go into effect, upon the terms
and conditions in this ordinance prescribed. The grant-
ing of this franchise shall not limit or affect the
right of said City to grant electric light, heat or
power franchises in said City to other persons or ocr-
po rat i ohs.
SECTION 2. Ail construction done under
the authority of this ordinance shall be done subject
to the general supervision and direction of the Super-
intendent of ~treets of said City and in compliance
with all valid ordinances and regulations which are now
or hereafter shall be enacted and prescribed by said
City under its police power. Said City of South S~n-
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~rancisco shall retain and hereby reserves all rights
which it now possesses or shall hereafter possess to
enact, in the exercise of its police powers, ordinances
for the protection, health and safety of said City and
its inhabitants, including the establishment of under-
ground districts for electric lines an~ conductors in
said City. ~ork under this franchise shall be prosecuted
diligently and tn good faith so as to meet and fill the
reasonable needs of the inhabitants of said City of
South San l~rancisco.
S~CTION 3, The grantee of said right,
prSvilege a~d franchise, its successors or assigns, sh~ll
during the life of said franchise l~y to said City of '
South San ~rancisce two (2] per cent. of the gross, a~l
receipts of said grantee, its successors or assigns,
arising from the use, operation or possession of said
franchise. No percentage shall be paid for the first
five (5~ years succeeding the date of this' franchise,
But thereafter Such percentage shall be payable annually;
a~d in the event said payment is not made, said fran-
chise shall Be forfeited; provided, however, that if
saiA. franchise be a renewal of a right already in exist-
ence, the payment of said percentage of gross receipts
shall begin at once.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall g~ into
effect thirty (30] days from its final passage and pub-
licaticn, u~lesa suspended from going into operation by
a referendtun petition filed as provided by law, and be-
fore becoming effective shall be published once in 'The
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Enterprise', a newspaper of general circulation publish-
ed in said City of South San l~rancisco.
Passed By the Board of Trustees of the
City of 5outh San ~"ranoisco on the ~_~day of :~
192%, ~ the followi~ vote:
foes: TrusteeB ~
Absent: T~stees ~
' /~ President of t~e Board
[/ of TrUstees of the City
Attest. ~rk' of'be
South San l~rancisco.~//