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'. e " .~ .. . . SECTION 5 - ~~PORARY REMOVAL OF WIRES The Telephone Company on the request of any person shall re- move or raise or lower its wires temporarily to permit the moving of houses or other bulky structures. The expense of such temporary removal, raising or lowering of wires shall be paid by the benefited party or parties, and the Telephone Company may require such payment in advance. The Telephone Company shall be given not less than forty-eiGht hours ad- vance notice to arrange for such temporary wire changes. SECTION 6 - TREE TRIMMING The right, license, privilege and permission is hereby granted to the Telephone Company, its successors and assigns, to trim trees upon and overhanging the streets, alleys, sidewalks and public places of the City, so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming in contact with the wires or cables of the Telephone Company, and when so ordered. by the City, said trimming shall be done under the supervision and direc- tion of the City Commission or of any City officials to whom said duties have been or may be delegated. SECTION 7 - ANNUAL CASH CONSIDERATION TO BE PAID BY THE TELEPHONE COUP ANY TO indemnify the City for any and all possible damages to its streets, alleys, and public grounds which may result from the placing and maintenance therein or thereon of the Telephone company's poles, conduits, or other telephone equipment or apparatus, and to compensate the City for its superintendance of this agreement, and as the cash consideration for the same, the Telephone Oompany agrees to pay to the City annually during the continuance of the agreement a sum of money equal to two per cent (2%) of the annual gross receipts for the preceding year received by the Company from the rendition of local ex- change telephone transmission service within the corporate limits of the City. The first payment hereunder shall be made April 1 , 1953 , and shall equal 'in amount twoper cent ( 2%) of the gross receipts received from January 1 , 1952 , to December 31, 195 2: and thereafter payment shall be made annually on April 1 as herein provided. SECTION 8 - PAYMENT OF CASH CONSIDERATION '10 BE IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER PAYMENTS EXCEPT USUAL GENERAL OR SPECIAL AD VALOREr~ TAXES The City agrees that the consideration set forth in the preced- ing section hereof, shall be paid and received in lieu of any tax, license, charge, fee, street or alley rental or other character of charge for use and occupancy of the streets, alleys and pUblic places of the City; in lieu of any pole tax or in- spection fee tax; in lieu of any easement or franchise tax, whether levied as an ad valorem, special or other character of - 3 -