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;22 TUESDAY JUNE 6. 1961 Section 20. General Ordinances of the City. The rights and privileges herein granted are expressly subject to the conditions, limitations and provisions contained in the general ordinances of the city in force relative to the use of streets or public places 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 power or any other power vested in said city for the regulation of public se~lice corporations using the streets of the city; and the city expresslJ" reserves the right to pass all such reasonable ordinances for the regulation of the use of the streets and the exercise of the rights and privileges herein granted. Section 21. Effective Date and Franchise Bids. Subsection a. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in force from and after the 15th day of July, 1961 and shall not be published. Subsection b. Advertisement for Franchise Bids. Upon approval of this ordinance by the City Council in the manner prescribed by law, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the council to cause it to be advertised once a week for four (4) successive weeks in the Martinsville Bulletin, and such other newspapers of general circulation as deemed desirable, and to extend invitation for bids for the rights, privileges and franchises to be granted in and by said proposed ordinance, copies of which shall be available in the city manager's office for distribution to persons mailing inquiry. The advertisement shall notify 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 12 Noon, E.S.T., July 10, 1961, which bids shall be presented by the city manager to the city council, to be dealt with or acted upon in the mode prescribed by law. Said advertisement shall expressly reserve the right of city council to reject any and all bids. Subsection c. Procedure for Acceptance of Bids. All bids for the franchise, rights, and privileges to be granted in and bJ this ordinance shall be submitted in vITiting and each bidder shall file with his bid a bond executed in favor of the City of Martinsville, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, with surety and in form satisfactory to the city attorney, and conditioned as follows: (1) That if his or its bid is accepted and an ordinance sub- stantially in the form aforesaid is passed granting to him or it the franchise, rights, and privileges hereinbefore set forth, then he or it will, within thirty days from and after the approval of the ordinance making said grant and before the date on which the same shan become effective as herein provided, file a written acceptance of the same vnth the clerk of the council, in for~ to be approved ~r the city attorney. (2) That at the same time that said l.Jritten acceptance is filed, he or it will execute and file Hi th the clerk of the council a bond as provided for in Subsection b of Section 13 of this ordinance.