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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />JULY 11, 1961
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<br />VIRGINIA; ESTABLISHIID CONDITIONS CONTROLLIID 'IHE SAIE AND DISTRIBUTION
<br />OF TEIEPHONE SERVICE; AND REGULATING THE MANNER OF usnn THE STREETS,
<br />ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS.
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUN::IL OF THE CITY OF 1vlARTINSVILLE:
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<br />That the right is hereby granted unto Lee Telephone Company, "grantee",
<br />its successors and assigns, for the term and subject to the conditions
<br />and limitations hereinafter stated, to use the streets, alleys and public
<br />places of t.l1e City of Martinsville, Virginia, and to acquire, erect,
<br />maintain and use, and if now constructed to maintain and use, poles,
<br />towers, wires, and appliances over ani along, and to acquire, cons truct,
<br />maintain and use, and if now constructed to mainta,in and use, conduits or
<br />subways, including necessary manholes, and to run c abIes and wires in,
<br />under and over and along the streets, alleys and public places of the Cit,y
<br />of Mart:ins ville, for the purpose of operating a telephone system within
<br />the corporate limits of the City of Martinsville as these limits may now
<br />exist or may hereafter be extended or altered.
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF 'IRE CITY OF MARTIN3VILLE:
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<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 lee Telephore Company,
<br />its successors and assigns.
<br />b. Whenever the word lIcity" appears in this ordinance, it is intended
<br />to designate and shall be held to mean the City of Martinsville, Virginia.
<br />c. 'Nhenever the word f1streetsll appears in this ordinance, it is
<br />intended and shall be held to mean, for the purpose of this ordinance,
<br />streets, alleys, avenues, highways, or any other public ways or areas in
<br />the City of Martins ville .
<br />d. 'Nhenever the word "servicefl appears in this ordinance, it is
<br />intended and shall be held to have the meaning given said term in Section
<br />56-233 of the Virginia Code of 1950, or in any am::mdments thereto.
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<br />Section 2. Grant of Authority. S'lbject to the provisions, conditions,
<br />and restrictions hereinafter set forth, there is hereby granted to Lee
<br />Telephone Company, grantee, for a period of thirty (30) years from the
<br />effective date of this ordinance, the right to use the streets of the city
<br />to operate and maintai n a telephone system within the limits of the city,
<br />and for these purposes to acquire, erect, maintain and use, and if now
<br />constructed to maintain and use, poles, towers, wires, and anpliances over
<br />and along, and to acquire, comtruct, maintain and use, and if now constructed
<br />to maintain and use, conduits or subways, including necessary rr.a.n.'rlOles, and
<br />to run cables and wires in, under and over and along the streets within the
<br />corporate limits of the city as said corporate limits now exist or may here-
<br />after be extended or altered.
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<br />,section 3. Territorial Area Involved. The franchise relates to the
<br />present territorial limits of the cit,y, and to any area henceforth added to
<br />the terri torial limits of the city duri ng the term of this fr anch is e.
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<br />Section 4. Service Standards. The grantee agrees to provide and
<br />maintain, at all times, its' entire plant, system, and equipment, including
<br />customer equipment, in such condition that it will furnish safe, adequate,
<br />efficient and continuo11.s service to the citizens of the city.
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