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AN OPJHNAN'OE: 01'"' THE CITY OOUNC!1,1 or" ~rHE Gl'l'Y OF' LA POHTE,
HAHRIS O(JU~ITY, 'l'EXAe., n-HANTI NG 'l10 HOUS'fOl~ NA'rURJl.L GAB COUP.\HY,
I TS aUCOESl~,ORS AND Acnrmm. fOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY ('30) Yti:ARS
THE HIGHT, PHIVILEG'E A!m FRANCHISE TO ACqUIF.tE, LAY, G:)NSTRUOT,
MhINTAII, HP...PAIR, Rl~PLACE, RELAY ,j\tfD HEl.WVE GAS MAIl'lS AND ALL
t~EOESSARY REOUl,l\TOHS AND APPLIANOES UPON, 8ENEATH, mn;R, AOROSS
AND ALOHG 'fHE STR~n:l'S, Ava;rmES, THOROUGHFARES, BRIDGES, STnl1:AMB,
ALLEYS, PARKS, LANES, SQUARES AnD OTHF.R PUBLIC Pl,ACtt:S OF llBE
CITY OF LA PORTE, F1ARHIS OOURTY. TEXAS, FOR 'rHE PURPOSE OF DiS-
TRIBUTING A~J) B,ELl...ING NATUHAL GAS OR MANUJ,i'ACT!JR~D GAS TO 'fHE
INHABITANTS 01 BinO CITY, A.ND TO OTTn~~9, A1IlD AL80 TO ACQ,UIRJi:,
ERIWT AND CONSTRUCT, UAINTAI N, rn~Phl\(}E AHD HEl/,OYE PLANTS 'fOR
THE PURPOSE OF MANUFACTUHINQ GAS AND FOR THE 'PURPOSE OF LAYING
l~II;E LINES IN THE PUBLIC PLACES M1D GROUNDS OF SAID CITY FOR THE
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TRMH:1PORTATION ANt) DlwrnIBUTIOU AND BALE OF' GP.d 1'0 THE INHABI-
l'!\NTS OF !~J.AI.D CITY AND TO OrHjl~HS BEYOND 'HIE CI'!'Y LIMITS Olf"
LA FORT.!i:. Tb:XA$, BOTH It"'OR INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC }'UR.?OSti:S. ,AND
PROVIDING FOR HEGULATIQJi;J FOH 'rHE (1otUlTJCT OF SAID a A.S DIs'rRIBUTION
SYSTEM I\NDren THE HEMOV AL TiIli:HEOF
~ectlon 1. Subject to the terms, conditions and
stipulations Bet for'th in this ordinance there io hereby g-rant-
ed to Houston [~atur1.l1 G~.s Company, its aucceesors 8.nd a.ssigns.
the right, privilege and franchise to lay, construct. extend.,
acquire, equip, operate. repair and maintain a system of gas
ma.ins, pipes, cond.ui ts, feeders and all necessary regulators
and appliances upon, beneath, over. across 'and along the streets,
avenues, tnvraugbfares, bridges, stl1'eams, alleys. pa,rks, lanes,
squares and other pu.blio -pla.oe8 as they now are or ma.y here-
after exist in the City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, for
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the purpose of supplying and distributing gas for lights. fuel,
power and heat. and for any other purpose, to the residents
or inhabi'tante of the Oi ty of La Porte, Harris Oounty, Texas.
and to others; and for the purpose of oonveying, conducting
or distributing gaR through the limits of said City to any
point or points within or beyond the limits of said City for
the distribution and sale of natural gas or manufaotured gas to
the City of La Porte. Harris Oounty, Texas, and to the residents
or inbabi tants thereof, and to any and 8,11 others.
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Throughout this ordinance the Houston Natural Gas
Company is referred to as the "Oompany", and the Oi ty of La Porte
as the IICi ty". and this grant and all limi tations upon the
same herein contained shall inure to and be binding upon the
successors and aseigns of the Company.
Section 2: When the pipes of the Oompany are laid
in the streets, avenues, thoroughfares, alleys, parke, lanes,
squares and other publiC plA.ces they sha.ll be laid in accord-
ance wi th the lines and grades esta,blishedby the 01 ty: pro-
vided, that such pipes may be laid at a minimum depth of eighteen
(lg) inches.
Section 3: In the opening and, refilling of all
openings made by the Campa.ny, 1 t shall rela.y the pavements
and do all other work necessary to complete restoration of
the streets, sidewalks or grounds so opened to a oondition
equa.llyas good a.s llIThen disturbed. When the Company shall
open any ground in said City for the purpose of laying any
-pipe, or for a.ny other purpose whatever, the Company shall not
keep the same open for a.ny longer time than is neoessary to
execute properly the work for which same shall have been
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In all cases where the work requires the exercise
of skill, as in laying or relaying of pavements or Sidewalks,
the Oompany shall employ skilled norkmen famili~r with the
execution of suoh work. Whenever deemed neoessary by the
proper authorities of the City, 'the Oity shall hf'.ve the right
to designa.te its engineer or o'ther person to superintend and
supervl,se the repla.cing of all openings in public plaoes in
said Oity and the relaying or refilling of the sidewalks and
pavements, and all the repair and replacement of pa.vements,
side1lValks and other grounds so dis t~ by the laying of said
lines shall be at the expense of 'the Oompany.
Section 4. No fee or other charge of any kind. shall
be imposed on .the Company or upon any consumer of nil. ture.l gas
for the breaking or opening of any highway, street, avenue,
thoroughfare, alley, park, la.ne, square or other publiC -pla.ce
or for the laying of maine, service pipes or :other conneotions
therein, exoept as prOVided herein.
Rothlng in this franchise shall be construed in such
manner BS to abrogate in any manner the right of the City to
pass and enforce the necessary police regula.tions fot' the
protection of the citizens of the City and their property Bnd
the property of the Company.
The Oompany sha,ll a. t all times
keep and display adeq~~te danger signals and guards around all
excavations and, obetructions made by 1 t, and shall as soon as
practicable restore all openings in any of the publiC pla.ces
of the City to a condition equally as good as before said open-
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Section 5: The Company shall do no injury to any
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highway, road, street, avenue, thoroughfare, alley, park, lane,
square, bridge, stream or publio place, nor in any manner disturb
or interfere unnecessarily ~lth electric lines, conduits or
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equipment, or with nny l(;~.ter or other pipe lin.es, or with a,ny
publ to or pri vo.tt'! sewer- or dra.lnn,ge system, now or hereA-fter
laid or conl3trllcted 'by .the 01 ty or by a.ny o.uthorized. TJeraOn or
corporntion, but no eleotrio conduits or water or sewer or
other pipes oha.1l be laid so p..a to interfere unnecessar.ily wi tb
a.ny gn.e mains or pipel:1 which shall h~,ve been la.id prior to the
time of laying ouch electrio condui ta, or Wetter or sewer or other
pipe 9.
Tbe Oomp,eny Bh~.ll fully ind.emnify and. save hrumless 'the
01 ty from any B.nd all olo.lms for dF.l.11l8.ges for which sa,id Ci ty
sha.ll or mt.gbt be m~.cl.e or beoome lia,ble by' rea.son of the grant-
ing of this franchise, UP., by reason of any negligence or care-
lessness on the PAl"t of Oompany I or becR.use of s.ny act or
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omission of the Company, in .the construction ~,nd opera.tion of 1 ts
system of mains or pipes.
Seotion 6: The Company shall extend its pi~es ~nd furnish
service, from time to time, as the Oi ty Council may demand, upon y-/
a showing that one new customer for gas for every 100 feet of
new extension has agreed in wrl ting tota.ke 8,nd use gan OIl such
extension.
Seotion 7: The Company shall lay its Aervice line~ to
the owner's lot line '3.e 8. pe,rt of its distribution sys'tem owned.
a.nd me.intained by 1 t. The Company ahall be anti t~ed to charge
ior furnishing and laying pipes through the customer's pre-
mises and buildings a re~AOnRble price to be fixed by contraot
wi th the individual consumer, and shall he,ve the right to make
and enforoe as a part of the conditions under which it shall
supply gaB for hea.t. light, fuel or other purposes ~UJ herein
provided all needful rules and reguhtt10ns not Inconsl stent with
the la.w and the'provislons of th1s fra.nchise.
Seotion 8: No person, firm or corporation shall be per-
mltted to make any oonneotion with any of the distr1buting mains
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or eervlce 'pipes, or disconnect eny meter of Company unlesfJ
duly I'lUthol'l?€Ia. by tihe Gompfiny. The 01 ty Fohs.ll pase ordlnA.nces
to this effect wi th penal. pro\"'ird.oIlE for tbeir violation, B.nd
the CompmlY I1llJ.y adopt such rule 0 and re€,'111n tl ons as ('I.re or mp.y
be proper to protect the Company from lOGS or damage by Impos-
i tion or fraud, and '1;0 prevent wFwte of gT:l.s.
Section 9: Should the supply of industrial ga,s fatl
e t a.ny time during the life of this franchise, it shall 'be
optlone.l wi th the Co'mpany to Instll.11 B. plant for the mp..nuf9,o-
turc of ~rtifici8l ga~.
Sect i.on 10: The eO:'!1!)~.ny ell,,11 furnish promptly to
the City any and all inff).T.'m~tio'n. which m~.y be requested by i.t in
regard to the size, loc1?,tion or depth of any of the pi!1es,
ma.ln8, condui to or service pipes in ~.ny form or otherwiao,
and any other information in regard to ita oooupation of all
public places of t'he 01 ty which the Oi ty may' demand.
Seotion 11: Ttlis fr8..nchlEle shp.11 take effeot B,nd
oontinue and. rema.in in force for a. period of thirty (30)
yea.rs from end after 1 te pb.ssa.ge, and upon the pa.yment to the
Oity by the Company of the consideration of Ten Oollara (~lO.OO)
annually, and the written a.cceptance by the Oompany of the
terme and conditions of this franchise, and eha1l inure to the
benefi t of Gr9.ntee 19 lesseen, ,successors and aoaignB.
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Hcct'1on 12: The Company sha.ll. he,va sixty (60) da.ye
from the da.te of the gr?.nting of this fr~nchlse, and not longer,
in which to begin the In}ring of i te lines and le.tera1a for the
distribution of nature~ gas in the City; and fallure on the part
of the Company to cosply ;0;'1 th the foregoing prov1s1on of this
Section as to the time in which to begin work shall render
this ordinance null and void. If the Company sh9~1 within
se.id sixty (60) de.ya from the date of the granting hereof. a8
above stipulated, begin the actual laying of its l~nes for
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the distribution of nnturltl gas in the Oity, then the Company
shall have six (6) months from the da.te of the gra.nting of
this franchise. and not longer, to be ready for the distribu-
tion of gas to consumers in the City'. :Failure on the part
of the Company to comply with the la,at proviAion of th.is
Section as to the time fixed shall render this ordinanoe null
and void.
Seotion J.3: Th.e rights herein gre,ntAd ahall. not be
exclusive, ~.nd the Oity raserveF.! the pOt1er to gra.nt like
rtghtn to otherR for similar UPP.8, such su.usequ.eIlt grants,
however, not to interfere llnl'ef'lJon~bly with the proper exercise
of the rights p..nd pri vilf.'!ffen herein gI"a.nted.
Section 14: The provisions of this or dinn.nce and. the
rights, privilegea And, franchisee herein gr.anted she.ll apply
to all ter.ri tory tha.t may hereA-fter oome wi thin and under the
oontrol of the 01ty by the extension of its corporate limits
or otherwise.
Section 15: There being 8 public emergenoy requiring
'that thi~ ordinance be pa.Bsed finally on the d'lte of 1 tF.:
introduction, end the A-l~yor h~,"lng in writing declared the
oxlatence of such emergency ~md. req1.2eAted suoh pa.ssF.lge, this
ordinance aha.ll be passed fln~lly o~ithe date of
duction, this -1l~ dAY of Vll\~
shall take effeot Immedl~,tp.ly on 1 tn pa..sse.ge 13..nd.
its intro-
, 1928, and
approval by
the .a.1e,yor.
Section 18: The Mayor and City Seoretary of the City
of La Porte are hereby authorized and direoted to oause notice
of this ordinanoe to be published in Bome newspaper pUbliShed
in La Porte, Harris Oounty, Texas, for a periOd of ten (10) days
after the pEl.ssnge hereof, ",hleh publioa.tion shall appes.r not
1es8 than once' each week for two sucoessive weeks. It is further
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ordered that the Mayor or City Secretary post, or cauGe to be
posted, notice of the pa.ssage of this ordinance in three public
plaoes within the city of La Porte.
It is further ordered that
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this ordinanoe and the affidavit of the Mayor or City Secretary
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of suoh pUblio8.tlon in such newspaper an.d of suoh posting, be
recorded and spread upon the Minutes; and. tHa.t the acoeptance
of Houston r-re.tural Gas Company of; this ordinance be aprea,d
upon the Minutes.
PA8HED, THIS ~l ~
f.l.PPP.OVED THIS J~ ~_
da.y of
,1928
, 1928
d.ay of
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Alif ORDINANOE OF ,THE CITY OOUNCIL OJ!1 THE OITY' 01' LA PORTE,
aAR..~IS <JOtmf!' j fiCXAS." GRANTING TO HOUS'l'Olf NATURAL GilB COUPAn.
ITS SUOQESeOlt$ AND ASSIGNS, tOR A PERIOD 0' THIRTY (}O) YEARS
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THE RIGHT, PRIVILEGE AIm rRANOHISE TO ACQUIRE, LAY,. OONSTRUCT,
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M&.tNTAX', REPAUl, l:tEPL,AOI, JULAY AND R~iOVE GAS M,AINa AND ALL
l~Oli:SSAaY RECJtJLATOtls AND .PPLIANOltS UPON, BENEATH, Ol'ER" AOROSS
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A;JI) AL01f~ THE atREF.:iI'S i AVE.Nl1ES, 1'HOROUGHFARES, BRIDGES, STREAKS,
ALLEYS, ,p,UKS~ ,~N'Ea, SQUMES AIm OTHER PUBLIC PLAOES OF THE
CITY or ,LA POR'1'E, ~AR1US OOUNTY, TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIS-
TRIBUTING AID) 8~LL:ING NATURAl.! GAS OR MAN'tWAOTtJRED GAS TO THE
INHABITANTS OF SAID aITY, AND TO OTB:li,~S, A'ljJD ,,\Lao TO AOQ.UIRE,
ERiteT AID CONSTJttJCT, UAIN1' AI'N, REPLACE;. AND REMOVE PLAtfTS FOR
THI! PURPOSE OF !UIUFACTURING GAS AND FOaT!~E 'PIJRPOOE OJ" LAYING
PIPE LUtt"S IN lJ:~ PUBLIO PLAOES AND GROUNDS OF SAID OITY FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION 41~D ,DISTRIBUTXot: AND SALE OF Gte TO rrHE INHABI-
tANTS or SAID CITY AID TO OTHERS alilYOND THS Cltn L.UnTS OF
LA PORTE, T&XAS, , BOTH' }J'oa INnUSTRIALAUD DOMESTIO PURPOSES. AND
PROVIDI1(O FOR RltGut.AT~~a fOR THE cotUlUClT OF SAID GAS DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM AND rOR ~!.iI a.OVAL TUEJUtOr
Section 1. Subject to the terms, conditions and
stipulat1Qn$ set forth in this o1'd1nooc" there is hereby grant-
ed to Bou.eton Ifatural Gas Oompany,i ts ~uccessors ed assigns.
the right, p~i1file~e ,and f2:'anchlae to lay, construot, extend,
a.oquire, equ.1p.~"operate,- .repai1", &oo"'J!I!I&lntain. a system of gas
mains, pipe., Qond..u1ts, feeders and all necessary regul.a.tors
and appl'ianoes upon, beneath, over, a.cross 'and. along the streets.
a.venue8,' tni;i;i:tiughfa.res, bridgel!l, $tlL"eama, alleys, parks.. lanes,
squaree_nd otb$r public place$ ai' they nO* are or may bere-
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after exist in tle 01ty of La Po~te, Harris Oounty, Texas, for
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the purpose of supplying and distributing gas for lights, fuel,
power and heat, and for any other purpose, to the residents
or 1nhabitants'of the Oity of La Porte, Barris Oounty, Texas,
and tootbers; and for the pu~ose of oonveying, oonduct1ns
or distributing gas through the limite ot said Oity to any
point o~ points with1n or beyond the limite of said Oity for
the distribution and sale of natural gas or manufactured gas to
tBe Oity of La ~orte, Barrie Oounty, Texas, and to tb$ residents
or 1nhabitanta thereof, and to any and all others~
Throughout tbUs ordinanoe the BoustonNatural Gas
Oom~any is referred to a$ the 1I0ompanytl" and the 01 ty of La Porte
as thell,Ci tylt. a,tld th;18 $rant and all limitations upon the
same herein contained shall inure to and be binding upon the
suecessors and assigns of the Company.
Section 2:: When the pipes of the Oompany are laid
in the streets, avenu$s, thoroughfares, alleys, parke, lanes,
squares andotbe~ publio places they shall be laid in accord-
ance with the lines a.nd grades .established by the City: pro-
vided, that ,suoh pipe$ may be \a14 at a minimum depth of eighteen
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Section ':, In the opening and refilling of all
opening. made by the Compa.ny, it shall. relay the pavements
and do all other wo~k necessary to oomplete restoration of
the.-s,tr~ts, $,1deWfit.lk$ 01' grounds so opened to .. oondi t10n
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eqUAl1t~as ~io-Od":'a'B'~'$.n diB.tv.r~~d. . Whe~ the Oompany shall
open any ground in said Oity for the purpose of laying an,
pipe, or for any otbe~ purpose whate~er, the Company shall not ~
keep the tame open fot. any lenger ti~e than is neoessary to
execute, properlY the work for whlchsame sball have been
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In all case$ where the work requires the exeroise
of skill, &8 in laying Or r'elaying of pavements oreidewalks,
the Oompany shall employ B~illed workmen familiar with the
exeouti,on of suoh work. .Whenever deemed necessary by the
proper authorities of the OitY, the Oity shall have the right
to designate it$ engineer or other person to superintend and
Bupsl"vl,se the :teplac1ng of all opening$ in public plaoes in '
sa~d Oity and the relaying or refilling of the aidewa.lks and.
pavements, and $11 the repair and replaoement of pavements.
Sidewalks and other grounds $0 di8t~ by the laying of said
lines shall be $t the expense of the Oompany.
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Seotion 4. No fee c)r other charge of any kind shall
be impol!led on the Oompany or upon any consumer ot natural gas
for the b~e&kine O~ dpening of any highway, Btr~etJ avenue,
thoroughfare, a~ley, park, lane, square or other public place
or for the laying of mai1'18; service pipes or other conneotions
therein. exoeptas provided herein.
Bothing in this franoh1se shall be construed in suoh
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il manner a.s to abrogate in any manner the right of the Oi ty to
I pass and. 'enforce the necessary police regulations for the
protectton of the oitizens of the 01tyand their property and
the property ot the O()mpany.
Tbe Oompany shall at all times
keep and display adequate danger signals and guards around all
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excav~tiona and 'obstr,..uct10ns made by it, and shall as $oon as
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practicable r8$to1'e -.11 openings .i~ any of the publiC pla.ces
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of th. '01 ty to il 'oond;i:~i01i" equally as good $.6 before said open-
ings or obstructions were made.
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Se~t1on 5: The Oompany shall do no 1njuty to any
" h1gh."Y', road, III tre e t , avenU$ , thorougbfa.re t alley. park, lane,
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I: square,';br1dge,etl'eamor pu'b11.c plaoe, nor 1n any manner disturb
or interfere unnecessarily with electric lines, conduits or
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equipment ,or Td. t):1 tu1,1 water Or otber ;pipe linea, or with any
publio at 'P1'1w.1i'e aewEI:r or drainage s'Ystem,tlow or hereafter
la.1d or Qonstru(;ted b1 the City or by any t\uthii>rlzed person or
corporat;l.'on * but no ele.ot:rlQ condui te ol'watar or :~ell'er or
other p1p'sa. ohal1 be laid so a,a to intel'fere unnecessarily with
any gas rna,1n$ or pipes . whioh $hall hav.e b~ltan la1d prior to the
time of laying auqh el$ctr1o oonduits, or _ater or sewer or other
pipes.
The 00liDP$11 allall tully 1ndeDUlity and save harmless the
_ 01 ty from any and all clalDis tor dS,magee for whloh said 01 ty
shall or llligh1 \)$ made or become l1abl$ by rea.son 'of the g:rant-
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I ing of this franohise, as, by :z;weason of any negligence or care-
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lessne,s :Qn tbe pe;rt of: Company, or beoause of any act or
omission ef,the O~mpany, In the oonstruot1on and operat1on o,f its
system of mains; at' pipes.
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$ect!onG: The Oompany shall extend its pi~es and furnish
servioe, from time 'to time, &$ the 01t~ a~uncl1 may demand, upon
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a. showing tha't one lte'w custOme:r to:r galiJ for every 100 teet of
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:I'new ex.tens~Qn haa Ig1>eed in writing to take and use gas on
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'SectiOn 1: The CotGpany shall lay 1 ts service lines to
the oWn.e:;rls lot line 8.$ '. pa:t Of 1ts distr1but10n system owned
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l:nd ....lnta1ni!~ ,bY It. The O~ 81HU1 be entl tled to charge
lIor furnishing anq.lay1ng pipes through the oustomer- 8 pre-
/lsesand bui141n~~~a ~,ei80~.abf;~'prioe.to bef1xe~ bycontraot
ith the indi'lft.du81 co.n$umett and ahal,l haire the r1ght to make
d enforoEJ"as a.pa.rt ,of the COncU.t1ons under whioh it sh&ll
upply gas for beat,~ l:-1ght ,fuel Qr ot~er :purposes a. herein
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':rovided all needful 'rul,s and r'egulatlonsnot inoonsistent 'with
law and the Pl'OV1siCi!\S of tbis ;f'r.:s.nohies.
Section 8:' No person, firm or oorporation shall be per-
, ltted to $.ake any QonneCtlon 'With any of the d1stributing !Da.1ns
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or $ervice plpetl. or disconnect any Jrlete1" of Compa.nY' unless
dulY aut'-horized.~ by the Oo.-peny. 1b.e 01 ty shall pass ordinances
to this '$.ffeo:t .1.th penal. p:rQvial()ns for their vlolat1on t and
the Compall} nwy -.doptsuoh rule," a..nd;L'Ggulnt1 ons as ere or may
be pI'oper .to prC'ttect tlile Company from loss or damage by lmpos-
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1 tion or fra.ud, ~n~,1 to pl'f;lVent, wa.ste of gas.
'Section 9: Should the su.pply ot industrial ga.s tail
at anytime dU:t1pg the, :life 01 this fra110his,e, it shall be
optional.l tb the OOD1p~Y 'to insta,ll a,pl.a.nt for the rpanutao-
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ture of ~rt1!1clal gas.
Seotion ~O: The Oompany ehal1 furnish promptly to
the Oity any and all in,fo11nat1on wbich Die, b.e requested: by it in
regard t~ tbe size, lo~_t1on O~ depth of any of the pipes,
maine, oonduits 01 ss'rt1oe, pipes in .e,n,Y form or other.1ee,
end any other lnf0rm$;tlon.in regard to 1taooQUpatlon of all
public places ,of the 01ty .,hloh the 01tlma.y demand.
'Section 11: nls ft"iinch1ee .@all take effect and
I oont 1nue ,and re:ftI$;1n in .toree for a period of thirty (30)
years fro~ and after 1. t,e passage ,and upon the payment to the
01ty by the Oompany of the OOn$lder~tlon of Ten Dollars ($10.00)
annue.lly, and the wrl tten acoeptance by the Company of the
terms and :condltlons ot,thi8 franohise, and shall inure to the
benef1 t Qf Gtante~' s 18188$88, ,suocessors and assigns.
': "'~$ect1~n-:~2-:. ".T~e,..nom.p-.n.y.:,eh.-.l~ ha1fe sixt,y ,(60) days
from the Q~te of ~ne' g1a.n~lni of th1s franchise, and not longer,
'in which to begin the l~yi~g of 1ts lines and lateral. for the
distJ:1butlou of rta;tU1'~ga.s in the CllllYJ and failure on the part
of the Company to'co$p11' wi.h, the 1~~ego1ng provision of this
Section as.to thetl11l8 in which to begin YlC)tk $hall render
I't,his ordinance nUll, and void. It the Oomp~y shall wi thin
said sixty (60) d$Ys from the date of the granting hereof, as
il...bove ., t 1 pulated , begin the 'aotual laying of 1 t s l~e sfar
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the d18tt1bu~1on ,of natural gas in the Otty, then the Oompany
shall baite six (a) months from the date Of the gJ."anttng of
this franoh1s$. end not longer, to be :ready fOJ: tbe distribu-
tion of ga13 to eOl1sUme;'$ in the 01 'by . Failure on thep&l't
of the CQmplImY t:o, Compl, 1fith the last proviaion ,of this
Section as to the ti.e fixed shall render this ordinanoe null
and void.
Seot10n 13; The rlghte he1"ei,n gi"anted shall not be
.' exclus1v$, and the 01ty rese:rvee the power to grant like
rights to:othera for ,similar uses, such su.bsequent grants.
howe...er, 'not to interfere unre~Bonc.-.bly w1tb the proper exe.roise
of the righte and privileges herein granted.
:Sect,1on 14: The provisions of tbis ordinance and the
rights, p1:1vl1eg$:s and franohises herein gran'ted shall apply
to all terr1.tory that ~a.y he~ea1'ter come within and. under the
oontrOl of tb$ ai~)' by the extenalon of its oorporate lil!lits
Or o ther\9'1 se .
_Section. 15: Tbere being a. public emergenoy requiring
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that this ordinance be passed finally on the data of its
1ntroduot1on~ e.ndthe MayOll' having 1'n wrl ting deola.red the
existence' of suoh 'amerg~noy and:tequested such passa.ge, this
ordinanoe shall bs p....sed fim:l1y we. date of its intro-
duotion. iihh -1! ~ ,. day of .~ ' . 1928. and
"shall tat$' efteot.-.~mm$d.~at.e:lJ:.--On,-i.t.B.. P~S$ag,$ and appro'\7'al by
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'! ordered that the Mayor or 01 ty Seotetarypo&t, .or ca.use to be
post.d,not1c,. of. the pas888e of th1a ordinance 1n three pub11c
places w1 thin 'the 01 ty .of La !'orte. It 1s f)ttther ordered that
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th1s ordl~anoe Wld the 4ff1d.e:vl t of' the Jlayp'r Or 01 tySeor'etuy
of suoh p~11cat1C)tl .-In $uch n~.sp8;per aru1 of s\10h posting, be
recorded and IlJp1"ead UJ)Otl theMinl1te$;EU1d ,tlSat the $coeptance
of Housten N~.tural Gas Company oti thlsotdlnance be spread
l1pon the JU,n1).tea.
PAsstn, THts~l~ day,of
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