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<br />AUGUST 11, 1959
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<br />AN ORDINAl'CE
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<br />TO GRi\NT TO , ITS S LCCESS ORS AND ASS IGN:>, THE NON-
<br />EXCLUSIVE RIGHT FOR THE TJ<.:RM AND UPON THE CONDITION3 HEREIN STATED TO ThWORT,
<br />TRANSPORT, SELL AND DISTRIBUTE NATURAL GAS, OR A MIXTURE OF NATURAL AND MANU-
<br />FACTURED GAS, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY, AND FOR THESE PURPCSES TO ESTABLISH
<br />THE NECESSARY FACILITmS AND EQUIPMENT AND TO LAY AND MAINTAIN GAS MAINS,
<br />SERVICE PIPES AND OTHER APPURTENAN::ES t\~ESSARY TO THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF
<br />GAS IN AND ALONG THE STREETS OF THE CITY AND TO DO ALL THINGS ilffiICH ARE REASON-
<br />ABLY NECESSARY OR CUSTOMARY IN THE Ace OMPLISHMENT OF THESE OBJEC TIVES.
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE C omr; IL OF THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE:
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<br />Section 1. Definitions.
<br />(a) Whenever the word lIGranteell appears in this Ordinance, it is intended
<br />to designate and shall be held to rean
<br />its successors and assigns.
<br />(b) Whenever the ward lICity" appears in this Ordinance, it is intended
<br />to designate and shall be held to mean the City of I\furtinsville, Virginia.
<br />(c) Whenever the words "natural gasll appear in this Ordinance, it is
<br />intended to designate and shall be held to mean natural gas of the quality and
<br />characted produced by nature in the natural gas fields of Texas, Louisiana, or
<br />elsewhere, or as such term shall be used from time to time by the Federal Power
<br />Commission.
<br />(d) Whenever the word lIstreet" appears in this Ordinance, it is intended
<br />and shall be held, to rean streets, alleys, avenues, highways, or any other
<br />public place in the City.
<br />(e) Whenever the word lIServicell appears in this Ordinance , it is intended
<br />and shall be held, to have the meaning given said term in Section 56-233 of the
<br />Virginia Code of 1950, or in any amendments thereto.
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<br />Section 2. Grant of Authority. Subject to the prOVlslons, conditions,
<br />and restrictions hereinafter set forth, there is hereby granted to
<br />Grantee, its successars or assigns, effective on Ju~ 30, 1959, and for
<br />a period of thirty (30) years thereafter, the non-exclusive right to erect,
<br />construct, operate and maintain a gas plant, gas system or both, and to import,
<br />transport, sell and distribute natural gas, or a mixture of natural and manu-
<br />factured gas, within the limits of the City, and for these purposes to establish
<br />the necessary facilities and equipment and to lay and maintain gas mains,
<br />service pipes and other appurtenances necessary to the sale and distribution of
<br />gas in and along the streets of the City and to do all things which are reason- >
<br />ab~ necessary or customary in the accomplishment of these objectives.
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<br />Section 3. Territorial Area Involved. The area to which the franchise
<br />gr'anted by this Ordinance (hereinafter called "this franchise II ) relates includes
<br />future as well as present territorial limits of the City.
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<br />Section 4. Natural Gas. Natural gas distributed by the Grantee is
<br />to be furnished in its natural state, without rni..xture of air or the abstraction
<br />of ar~l natural element, or adulteration, and at the heat value and pressure
<br />hereinafter set forth, at the consumer's meter, subject, however, to the removal
<br />of oil, gasoline vapors, helium and other hydrocarbons.
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