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ORD IIIANn NO: 145 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING CERTAIN TIGHTS TO THE MOUNTAIN STATES TEL- EPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGILTS, IN THE TOWN OF LOUISVILLE, STATE OF COLORADO. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE' BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LOUISVILLE STATE OF COLORADO; Section 1. There is hereby granted to the MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH GO]VIPANY, a corporation, its successors and assigns, for the period of ten years from and after the date of the passage of this ordinance, the right and privilege to construct , erect, operate and maintain in, upon; along, across, above and over and under the streets alleys , public ways and public places now laid out or dedicated, and all extensions thereof, and additions thereto , in said town, poles, wires , cables, underground conduits , manholes and other telephone fix- tures necessary or proper for the maintenance and operation in said town of a telephone exchange and lines connected therewith; provided, however, that no poles or other fixtures -.shall be placed where the ' same will interfere with any gas lamp, electric light, water hydrant or water main, and all such poles or other fixtures placed in any street shall be placed at the outer edge of the sidewalk and inside the curb line, and those placed in alleys shall be placed close to the line of the lot abutting on said alley and then in such a manner as not to interfere with the usual travel on said streets, alleys, and public- ways., Section 2. The town shall have the privilege at any time of string- ing and maintaining free of charge', upon the poles of said company, within the town limits wires and pole fixtures necessary for a fire alarm system, said wires and fixtures to be strung and maintained under the supervision of said company' s exchange manager. In order to avoid danger to the property of the company and the town, as well as to. the public , it is agreed that in case the Town decides to use the poles of the Telephone Company for its fire alarm system, no wires or other fixtures used in connection therewith shall be placed upon poles carrying electric light or power wires. Section 3. The said company shall at all times , during the life of this franchise, be subject to all lawful exercise of the police power by the town and to such reasonable regulation as the town may by re- solution or ordinance hereafter provide. It is expressly understood snd agreed by and between the said company and the town, that said company shall save the town harmless from all loss sustained by the town on account of any suit , judgment, execution, claim or demand ' whatsoever resulting from negligence on the part of said company in the construction or maintenanc-e- of its telephone system in the town. The town shall notify the said company' s representatives in said town within five days after the presentation of any claim or demand either by suit or otherwise made against the town on account of any negli- gence as aforesaid on the part of the said company.