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S14.IOl{ 1. That S. M. GRAJl'F, the prer::ont owner and proprietor 0
the telephone system now installed and in oporation in the Town of Seward
Territorvof Alaska, his heirs and assigns, are hereby wuthori~ed to use
for the'erm of twenty (20) years from and after the
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.1919, any and all streets, avenues, alleus, bridges
or publi..O grounds of t"he s;dd Town of Se'!,,tard as U')'I,' ozt..!,blished, inolud..
ing any territory thctt !WJ,y hereafter be adcted t, the 2:J.1e, for tho pur-
_lose of oonstructlng. maintaining and operating a tele~)l;Jone system for c,
the use'of the inhabitants of Guid TOVill of Je:\:.l.rd",i th the rifht.. to
creot ~d maintain in and over said streets, avenues, ~lleys, lanes,
bridg."'n public grounds from time to time as the suid D. ..d. GRAFE.
his heirS or assigns, met;' desire. all such poles. riires. ci,;,ble,8 or under-
6Tounde-ondui ts as may be necessary for the (~onduct Ul1d maintemmce
Jf the telephone busines~, save and except that no pole-lines shall
De est~bllshedfor telephone servioe over Broadway (formerly Fourth
.i.venu.l,.~:);f said Tovm of Seward between Jefferson street and Railway
Avenue .&:8 now established, other than what are necessary and req,uired
for ~he C:tbssing of Broadway on the line of the Streets of said Town
of Sewarl.
894. 2.
That for the purposes aforesaid the said S. 11. GlUU'F,.
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his hstrs or assigns, sh~ll h~ve the rifht, privilege and franchise,
to pIa.. poles, oross-arm~. stretch wires, connect, disconneot. repair,
enelfl and maintain all lines, wires. poles and conduits in the plaoes
Jond in: ,the manner 8.nd form as hereinbefore speoified, and, also the
right.. "au.thori ty and franchise are hereby granted by the said Tovm of
.3ew~4'.'lay and maintain throughout the 8J.id Town of Sews-rd, wires
in utt.~~eundoQnduits for the purpose of conducting'telephone servioe,
SU.bj.~,~,~G1iever.to all the. laws of the Territory of .d.laska and the
ordiD4Uw ana regulations of said Tov.n of Seward.
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,:~;i~~,,~~eo. 3. !b.at all the said poles maintained hereunder
conil~"l ;~!t:r:eQted in a workman...1ike manner. and when erected
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on or near a street line, the outside of the poles shall be placed
eight (8) inches inside the curb-line of such street or avenue, and
when erected. in any of the alleys, the poles shall be ereoted and
plaoed four (4) feet from the side line of suoh alley. ~ben the streets
or avenues are graded or regraded, the poles shall be set or reset
to correspond with such grade or regrade, at the expense of the
grantee, S. M. GRAFF. his heirs or assigns.
The erection of poles. stretching of wires, laying or under-
ground conduits and maintaining the same shall be under the reasonable
directions and control of the Common Council of the said Town of Seward.
Sed. 4.
That whenever it shall be necessary in the erecting
of said poles. or the replacing or resetting them to take up any
~ortion 61 the sidewalk, or dig up the ground in or near the sides
and corners of the said streets. avenues, alleys or sidewalks, the
same shall be done in compliance with the ordinances of the said
Town of ,Seward.
Sec. 5.
That whenever any person has obtained permission to
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use any of said streets, avenues and alleys of said Town of Seward
for the purpose of removing any building, the said S. M. GRAFF, his
heirs or assigns, upon forty-eight ~4B) hours notice from said Town
of Seward, shall raise or remove any of said wires which may obstruct
the removal of such building. in such manner as will allow free and
unobstructed passage of the same, resonable diligence shall be ex-
ercised in the moving of such building or buildings under said wires,
and one-half (t/2) of the actual cost of such raising or removal of
wires shall be paid by the mvner of such building. at the time desig-
nated by said S. M. GRAFF, his heirs or assigns.
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Sec. 6.
That the privileges hereby granted ar~ upon the
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express conditions:
(a) That the said S. H. GRAFF, his heirs or assigns. shal).
maintain the present telephone system as now established and operated,
and shall enlarge the same from time to time as the needs of. the said
Town may require.
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(b) That.the temporary failure on the part of said S. M. GRAFF.
his heirs or assigns. to perform any of the'conditions herein speci-
fied. when such failure is caused by unavoidable aocident. shall not
be construed as a forfei1ture of the privileges andc'rights herein granted.
Sec. 7.
That the said S. M. GRAFF. his heirs or assigns.
shall receive and oolllect such telephone tates as are reasonable and
equitableccto inl customers and to said S. M. GRAFF. his heirs and assigns.
THIS ORDlNABCE shall be submitted to a vote of the elotors of
the Munioipality of Seward at its next municipal election. and when
approved by a majority vote of the electors at sUCh election this
Ordinanoe shall be in full force and eff~ot.
PASSED and APPROVED by the CO:MI,iON COUNCIL of the TO'NN OF SEWARD.
TERRITORY OF ~3KA. this 7th day of October ~. D. 1918.
H. V. HOBEN
Mayor of the Town of Seward. A.laska
Attest:
Julian H. Reed
Munioipal Clerk
(Seal of the Town of Seward)
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United states of Amerioa (
Territory of Alaska ) ss
I hereby certify that the attached is a true and exact
copy of Ordinance 68 of the Town of Seward, as the same appears
of record and on file in ~y offioe.
Witness my hand and the seal of the incorporate Town of
Seward. Alaska, this 8th day of June 1922.
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