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Ordinance No. 393 Avenue~ and a :;)oint 750 f':"et ~o.:Jt of th8 fest j,ounc.l.o.:LY line of .3oyle-Eiles VerDon /wenue between t:~e ,'fost l:.ouncL.:ry line of :Soyle--::iles ~vcnue ~nd a .fJoint 'lOa feet :;outh cf t1,c South l;uumL~.l'Y line 0::' Veruon ,,',\,venue.. Boyle-l1iles AVi;;;nue between tile .-,outil :Jound[J,ry line 0:;':' ,Ternan ~j"v,::;nue and a point 550 feet Nortl1 of Ele nart') 'sounc.lury line of le:.'n..-m ,:1.Venue. Boyle Avenue between the North boun.dury line o:t' Vernon Avenue 'fernon, ',::olmty of Los Angeles, ~ta.te Ol' t:';_'.li:ol'nio., de2c:::'n~Cu a~; :i.'o:Llows= in, un::'.e:..;', i),loni::~ u.~Ll aCl'O~3S tLol$e ce:.~taii1 st:i.'eet~ in tJ1C ':';i~,;y 01' t~lCrGof' shall l:Je [:;ranteu to tLe saict City r'ree and. clear 0:( any cost) tOl' their fire a.nd.~)olice ala.rJ<l s~,':.Jtem, l"-nJ. t.lLG c(Jn3tl.'~..:ction c.~nc..'- use time lay fJ..n c:~tl'a duct, said :~uct to C:.J u:..:;ell by the City or' ICi;;'i:::JH are laid in saiJ. ~-;;treets, (..ll.::: ;.H.1.ic~ COl'ljJ~\.'cnJi()n sLull at the Si.,llll;;: 1.11i::; notice, a telc;l.)}wne 6y~t:;m in conLlu.l\,s (v(;,c;n Cluid conul:.its maintuiY'., use a.nd operate fo.t" the certain DUl"IlJSCC speci:ricHi lD 'lernon hereinafter descriljedf aDc;_ to conGtruct, e:i.'ect., LJ.y ~'Lml undel', a.lonG and. aCl'O;;;S tllO~e certain ::;trccts in .a~.G City oi' tion and distriGution of mineral oi18 and. tJle products tl1el'eoi', 0:' not u.ore t!lU.n seven separa.te lines of l.Jil)C 1'01' the tranSl)"JI'tu- chise, to lllaintain and oper'at,e a l)ij,Je line SyotCJi: to be COr:lfOsed forty years from and after the di1tc 0.1:' the grantinc of .::;ucl: fl'[:~n- A fl'anchil:Jc grant in;; tJlQ rigl1t to lay, and i'Ol' a. llel~iod of 3ec~ion I. FOT~LO,:~' ~-; : )(1 0,illAI~,A:':; ..' ~I_'j JJ~ ';:':i_; CI':c:I U:G"l ,..;..;-..".... 0J-.'ll.!.I0 TIU DUXL-ill 0:,' City o:f 'Te1.'non, County of Los Angcle.o, ~itatc 01' Cali:fornia.. line in connection therewith in certain public streets in the tlw prou~:...:ts tllel'eof J anll to construct and lilaintain 0. teleIlhone pi~e~ fo~ the transportation ar0 QistribuiiaTl uf Llirle~al oils ~nd OJ:,' GALL\/>::nA, D. franc!l.icc [;l'antin;; Ll'~ l'i it io lay a~l(.L ;llaintain An ol~dina.nce ;::;ra.ntin; to t:,lC G:'!.l~Tj;~liU. 2.,J'~::;'ULml.T ,'::O.':::<"U::u.'l'I,)lT , , , ,I ff' o:::mLL1.lIC.J No. 393 1fUsteea tt~On a~pliaation therefor; said applioation to be aooompanied -2- Seotion III. That the grantee of said franohise shall have the right to construot and maintain BUch traps, manholes, appliances and attaoh- mente as may be neoessary to afford proper access to saId pipes and pipe lines for oleaning and maintaining the same and said traIls, manholes, applianoes and attachments shall at all times be kept flush with the surfaoe of the highway and so looated as to oonform to any orders of the Board of Trustees in regard thereto and not to interfere with the use of the streets for travel. The grantee of said franohise shall have the right, subJeot to suoh regulations as are now or m~ hereafter be in forae. to make all neoessary ex- oavations in said high ways for the construotion and repair of said pipe I1ne or linsa, traps, manholes, applianoes and attaohments. Section IV. That the pipes to be laid and maintained under said franohise shall be of steel, of good workmanship, and of an internal diameter of not less than three inohes nor more than ten inohes. Should more than one pipe line be laid under said franchise, the seoond line shall be laid as closely to the first line as praotioable. Seotion V. That all pipes shall be laid not less than two feet underground and shall follow the route designated, unless the Board of Trustees shall otherwise direct; and where it is neoessary to lay said line or lines through the border of any paved street, the same shall be restored to its original oondition; end in the event it is neoessary to Cross any portion of a paved street, the same shall be done by a tunnel or bore, so as not to disturb the foundation of suoh paved street; and in the event the same cannot be done, the said crossing shall be made under a speo1a1 permit to be granted by the Board o~ The term "grantee", whenever need herein, shall be held to Inolude the grantee or grantees, hie. her, its or their suocessors and assigns. Seotion U. -3- That every pipe line aonstruotea or maintained under the provisions of this franchise shall be oonstructed and maintained in aooor~ance an~ oonformity with all of the or~inanoee, rules and regulations now in forae and that may hereafter be adopted and presaribed by the Board o~ Trustees of the City of Vernon. Seotion VII That the work of laying, operating, maintaining or repair- ing pipes or other applianoes shall be oon~uote~ with the least possible hindrance to the use of the said streets for the purpose of travel, an~ as soon as the laying or repairing of any pipe or applianoe is completed, all portions of the street which have been excavated or otherwise injured thereby, shall be placed in ae good oonditian as the Bame ~8re before the laying of suoh pipes, to the satisfaction of the Boar~ of Trustees of sai~ City; that any damage or injury Buffered by any person, by reason of any ex- oavation being improperly guar~e~ ~uring this work, an~ any ~amages caused to said streets or to sai~ bridge, either in the oon- struction. maintenanoe, operation or repair, of said pipe line or lines, shall be borne by the grantee of sai~ franohise. The grantor shall not during the li~e of this franchise be liable to the grantee un&er any olr~stanoes, for damages that may oOBUr to said pipe line or lines, or any part thereof. Section VIII. That the City of Vernon reserves the right to ohange the grade o~ any street, or portion thereof, over whioh said franohise ohS~l be granted, and the grant~~ o~ 8~oh ~~ancn~nQ, ~~ ~~9~V~Q9.~ with the drawings, speoifioations ani explanations Showing the neeessity for the same. That ~uring the laying or repairing of any suCh pipes, any trenoh or exoavation made for such purpos-e shall. at night time, from sunset to sunrise, be barrioaded and p~oteoted by lanterns at a distance of not more than forty (40) feet apart. along suoh trench or exoavation. Section VI oonUu.'J.<J\lI\1.l ~jt~'O~~\eo. tnere:after in good faith and without un- '-_~ -4- Seetion X That the work of oonstruoting and laying said system of pipe or pipe lines shall be oommenced in good faith within not more than six months from the granting of this ~ranohise and shall be or assigns, shall at onoe ohange the looation of all pipes and other applianees laid under said franohise, so as to conform to suoh ohAnge of grade. That the grantee hereunder shall at its own expense immediately repair any portion whatsoever of said streets that shall be damaged or impaired in any way whatsoever by laying, maintaining, operating or repairing of any pipe line or lines, or other applianoes. laid or construoted under this franohise, and suoh grantee shall replace and repair the surfaoe or paving over and along any pipe line where artd whenever said surfaoe or paving is damaged or impaired in any way whatsoever by reason of the said laying, maintaining, operating or repairing the said pipe line or line. and shall, during the life o~ this franohise, maintain in good order the surfaoe or paving over and along said pipe line or lines and around any onrfaoe applianoe or applianoes attaohed to said pipe line or lines whioh are laid or plaoed by reason o~ the privileges granted in this ~ranahlBe, all to the sati.faotion of the Board of Trustee. of said City. Seotion IX That if the grant.e of .aid franohise shall fail to comply with any of the instruotions of said Board of Truste.s with respeot to the looation of any portion of said system o~ pipes and pipe lines, or the repair of any damage to highways, within ten days after the service of written notioe upon said grantee rsgarding oomplianoe therewith, then .aid Board of Trustees may immediately do whatever work 1s neoessary to carry out said in- struotions, at the cost and expense of said grantee, whioh ooste, by the aoceptanoe of' the sa.id franchise, said grantee agrees to pay u;pon demand. -5- eff'eat. The grantee of this franohise shall have the right during the period for whiah this franahise is granted to transport oil, gas, gasaline or water through the said pipe line. SECTION XIII That said grantee shall not sell. transfer, assign or lease said franohise, Or any part thereof. or any of the rights or priv- ileges grantedihereby. exoept by a duly exeouted instrument in writing, and with the consent of the Board of Trustees expressed by Ordinanae, and nothing in said franahise aontained shall be aon- strued to grant to said grantee any right to selll transfer or assign or lease said franahise or any of the rights or privileges thereby granted exaept in the manner aforesaid. SECTION XIV That any inability, failure, ar refusal to aomply with any of oonditions of aaid franohise shall thereupon immediately, ipso facto, effect a forfeiture thereof, and the said City, by its Board of Trustees, may thereupon dealare said franahise forfeited, and may exolude said grantee from further use of the streets of said Cit~, under said franchise; and said grantee shall thereupon and immediately surrend.er all rights in and to the same. and said franohise sha~~ he deemed an~ sh~~ rema~n~ nU~~J ~~~~ ~ti~ ~I no That in aonsideration of the granting af this franahise, the grantee shall pay to the City of Vernon the sum of Two HUndred Dallars ($200.0C) aash, and said grantee shall pay ta the City of Vernon the sum of Two Hundred Dallars ($200.00) per year aammenaing said payments af Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) ane year from the date of the passage of this Ordinanae. SECTION XII neaessary ar avaidable intermissian or delay. Provided that if said work be not so commenoed, proseauted and aompleted within eigh.teen months from date, said franchise Bhall be forfeited. SECTION XI 6. I'llS The grant of this franchise is effective only u~on the further oondition ~lat ~he Grantee shall at all times during the life ,61' thi s frs.nGhise, ke ep on file wi th the said Board. of Trustees a bond running to the said City in the penal sum of Ons Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars, with at least two good and suff- ioient sureties, to be app-roved by said Board of Trustees, or by a Bonding: Co:npany, apprc1ved by said Board. of' Trustees, aon- ditioned that said Grantee shall well and truly observe. ful- fill and perform each, and every ter~ and condition of said. franohise, and that in ease of any breaoh or condition of said bond. the TIhole amount of the penal sum therein named shall be taken and deemed to be li~lidated damages, and shall be re- ooverable from tile r:rinolpal and Buret! es upon said bond. If said bond be not so filed, the award of said franohise will be set aside, and any money paid therefor will be forfeited. Seotion XVI There being no newspaper of general oirculation published and oirculated in the 01 ty of Vernon, the City CIe rk shall oertl~y to the passage of this Ordinance and thereupon shall post or oause to be posted true and correot oopias or the same in three (3) of the most publio plaoes in ths City of Vernon, to-wit: The Northwest corner of 37th street and Santa Fe Avenue, and the Northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue, a.nd at the entrarwe of the City Hall of said City, looated at 4305 Santa Fe Avelme. This ordinanoe shall be in full force and e~fect thirty days from and after the date of posting. Seetion XV. - .. , . ,..""" .- . I . . . ATTEST :- ernon I, Thomas J. Furlong, City Clerk of the City of Vernon. do hereby oertify that the foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly introduoed at a meetir~ of the Board of Trustees of the City of Vernon, held on the of DEe 1319~ ,l927 , and thereafter finaUy day adopted at a regular meeting of JAN 3 - 1927 the said Board held on the of ,1921, by the ~ollowing vote, to-wit: AYES: DURBIN ,~EONI8 LEVY FURLONG NOES: ~ ABSENT: KNIFFIN Vernon 7.