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to the injury or damage of any person, firm or corporation that may
be wroggfully injured thereby. That the operation of a telephone
system in the City of Georgetown, Texas, by THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES
TELEPHONE COMPANY, or its successors or assigns, after the passage
of this ordinance shall be held to be an acceptance by the said
telephone company, and its successors or assigns, of the rights and
franchise herein granted, subject to all of the terms and conditions
herein specified, and in accepting the said franchise, THE SOUTH-
WESTERN STATES TELEPHONE COMPANY, and its successors and assigns,
shall become bound and obligated to the City of Georgetown, Texas,
to hold the City of Georgetown, Texas, free and harmless from any
and all damage,.cost and expense in any manner occasioned it by or
growing out of the operation of such telephone system within said
City.
4th. That THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES TELEPHONE COMPANY, its
successors or assigns, shall, at all times after the passage of
this ordinance, and the acceptance of the rights granted herein,
keep and maintain its plant and system in first class operating
condition, act of God, public enemy, strikes, and other unavoidable
accidents excepted, and shall furnish -and render service to all
individuals, firms or corporations within the corporate limits of
the said City of Georgetown, Texas, in accordance with all reasonable
rules and regulations of the said City, and in compliance with the
laws of the State of.Texas. That the failure of said Telephone
Company to keep its plant in above mentioned condition shall be
grounds for forfeiture of this franchise, by a proceeding for that
purpose in a court of competent jurisdiction. Such proceeding shall
not be instituted until after thirty (30) days notice in writing by
the City has been given to the local manager of the Telephone Company
.of the matters complained of.
5th. That in accepting this franchise, THE SOUTHWESTERN
STATES TELEPHONE COMPANY agrees, binds and obligates itself to pay
to the City of Georgetown, Texas, as compensation for the rights
hereby granted, an amount equivalent to two percent (2%) of the
gross revenues received by the said Telephone Company from exchange
st4tion service rendered within the city and from exchange station