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<br />AN ORDINANCE <br />TO GRANT TO SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GAS COMPANY, A VIRGINIA CORPORATION, <br />ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHT FOR THE TERM AND <br />UPON THE CONDITIONS HEREIN STATED TO IMPORT, TRANSPORT, SELL AND <br />DISTRIBUTE NATURAL GAS, OR A MIXTURE OF NATURAL AND MANUFACTURED <br />GAS, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY, AND FOR THESE PURPOSES TO ES- <br />TABLISH THE NECESSARY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT AND TO LAY AND MAIN- <br />TAIN GAS MAINS, SERVICE PIPES AND OTHER APPURTENANCES NECESSARY TO <br />THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS IN AND ALONG THE STREETS OF THE CITY <br />AND TO DO ALL THINGS WHICH ARE REASONABLY NECESSARY OR CUSTOMARY IN <br />THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THESE OBJECTIVES. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE: <br />Section 1. Definitions. <br />(a)Whenever the word "Grantee" appears in this Ordinance, it is <br />intended to designate and shall be held to mean SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA <br />GAS COMPANY, a Virginia corporation, its successors and assigns. <br />(b) Whenever the word "City" appears in this Ordinance, it is <br />intended to designate and shall be held to mean the City of Martins- <br />ville, Virginia. <br />(c) Whenever the words "natural gas" appear in this Ordinance, <br />it is intended to designate and shall be held to mean natural gas of <br />the quality and character produced by nature in the natural gas fields <br />of Texas, Louisiana, or elsewhere ,or as such term shall be used from <br />time to time by the Federal Power Commission. <br />(d) Whenever the word "street" appears in this Ordinance, it <br />is intended and shall be held, to mean streets, alleys, avenues, high- <br />ways, or any other public place in the City. <br />