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56 TUESDAY AUGUST 11, 1959 Section 18. Jurisdiction of Gover~ental Regulatory Commissions. Where any provision of this franchise is in conflict with any lawful rule of the State Corporation Commission of the Conunonvlealth of V:irginia or other constituted body or conunission legalJ.y authorized to prescribe rules govern- ing the conduct of the Grantee, so that the Grantee cannot reasonably comply with both the provisions of this franchise ani the rule of such Commission or body, then the Grantee shall comply 1J'Tith such rule instead of the con- flicting provision of this franchise, but the Grantee shall comply with all of the provisions of this franchise where such can be done without violating valid statutes or rules of the said Commission or other regulatory bod;y". Section 19. General Ordinances of the~. The rights and privileges herein granted are expressly subject to the conditions, limita- tions and provisions contained in the general_ ordinances of the City in force relative to the use of streets of said City so far as they may be applicable to the rights and privileges herein granted, and to any and all ordinances which may be hereafter passed by the City applicable thereto in the exercise of the police pOV'fer or arry other pmver vested in said City for the regulation of public service corporation using the streets of the City, and the City expressly reserves the right to pass all such reasonable ordinances for the regulation of the use of the streets by the Grantee and the exercise of the rights and privileges herein granted. Section 20. Franchise Bids. Subsection (a). Advertisenent for Franchise Bids. Upon approval of this Ordinaree by the City Council in the manner prescribed by law, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the council to cause to be advertised once a week for four (4) successive weeks an invitation for bids for the rights, privi- leges and franchises to be granted in any by said proposed Ordinance, copies of which shall be available in the city manager's office for distribution to persons making inquiry. The advertisement shall give notice that the bids are to be in writing and shall be delivered to the office of the city manager of the City not later than 2 P.M., E.S.T., September 8, 1959, which bids shall be opened and then presented by the city manager to the City Council, to be dealt with or acted upon in the manner prescribed by la,.f. Said advertisement shall expressly reserve the right of City Council to reject arw and all bids. Subsection (b). Procedure after receipt of Bids. All bids for the franchise, rights, and privileges to be granted in arw by this Ordinance shall be submitted in writing and each bidder shall file ,.Ii th his bid a bond executed in favor of the City of Martinsville, in the penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) with surety and in form satisfactory to the city attorney, and conditioned as follows: 1. That is his or its bid is accepted and an Ordinance substantialJ.y in the form aforesaid is passed granting to him or it the franchise, rights, and privileges hereinbefore set forth, then he or it will, wi thin thirty (30) days from and after the approval of the Ordinance making said grant and before the date on which the same shall become effective as herein provided, file a written acceptance of the same with the clerk of the council, in form to be approved by the city attorney. 2. That at the sane time that said written acceptance is filed, he or it will execute and file with the clerk of the council a bond as provided for in subsection (c) of Section 14 of the franchise.