third by the arbitrators thus chosen, and the arbitrament or award of value made by these three, or a majority of them, shall be the price at which said city may purchase said franchise and property. SEC. 10. That should the city decline to purchase, at the valuation aforesaid, then the rights, franchises, and privileges are to be continued twenty years longer, to the said persons, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, with the conditions hereinbefore in this ordinance stated. SEC. 11. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication. THOMAS HALE WILLIAMS, O. B. KING, President Common Council. Franchise to be continued twenty years longer when. GRANTING TO CERTAIN PERSONS THE RIGHT TO Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Saint Anthony: SECTION 1. That Thomas A. Murphy, Ashley C. Morrill, Johnathan Chase, Herbert M. Carpenter, William W. McNair and their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns shall have for the period of fifty years, the exclusive right and privilege of manufacturing, furnishing and selling gas, to be made from coal and other materials in the city of Saint Anthony, and the streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, squares and public grounds thereof, and the buildings, manufactɔries and houses therein, situated and contained, and to have the exclusive right to lay pipes for the purpose of conducting gas in any of the streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, squares and public grounds of the said city, and to adopt any other means necessary to furnish gas to any inhabitant of said city, it being understood that this ordinance is not to interfere with the right of any person or persons Exclusive right and priv ilege granted to manufacture and sell gas Rights granted to light his or their buildings, or manufactories with gas manufactured by the owner or occupant of such buildings for that purpose. SEC. 2. That the said persons named in the first section of this ordinance, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, shall have the right, by themselves or their employes, agents and servants, to enter upon any of the streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, squares, and public grounds of said city, and to dig up the same and use such means as may be necessary to lay the gas pipes through the same. Provided, That such work shall be done in the manner that will cause as little inconvenience as possible to the citizens of said city, and while making excavations in the streets and crosswith provision. ings, shall keep the same properly and reasonably guarded and protected to prevent accidents to persons using such streets, and that they shall indemnify and save harmless the said city from all claims for damages which may be sustained by any person who shall be injured by any such accident. City Council may contract for lighting the city with gas. Arbitrators may be selected when and how. SEC. 3. The said persons hereinbefore named, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and the City Council of the City of St. Anthony, may contract for, and make regulations relating to, the lighting of said city with gas, in such manner as may be agreed upon, and they may make generally such contracts in relation thereto as may be beneficial to the said respective parties. In case the said persons or their representatives or assigns, and the City Council of the City of St. Anthony can not agree on the price to be charged for gas by said persons, from time to time, then it shall be left to the arbitration and award of three disinterested persons to fix and determine said price. The said persons, their representatives or assigns shall, whenever notified so to do by the City Council of said city, select one person to act as arbitrator, and the City Council of said city one person for such purpose, and the two so selected shall choose a third, and said three arbitrators shall, with all convenient dispatch, proceed to hear the proofs and allegations of the parties, and shall thereupon name and fix a price by report in writing, which shall be paid by said city for the use of gas for such times as may be agreed upon and submitted to arbitrators and not less than one year. In case any of the parties selected should decline or neglect to act, the party selecting the person who declines, may select another or others until arbitrators can be found who will act, and the determination of such arbitration shall be binding on both parties for the term submitted. During the pendency of such arbitration the said persons shall furnish gas and receive as compensation therefor the amount affixed by said arbitration. SEC. 4. That said persons or their assigns shall within eighteen months [amended by ordinance of April 8th, 1872 so as to read twenty-four months] from the passage hereof, have not less than a of disagreement between said persons and the City Council of the SEC. 5. The said persons or their assigns or representatives shall have the right and power, by their agents or in person, to enter any public or private building or house in said city, in the day time, for the purpose of examining the gas meter in such building in accordance with the regulations that may be established by said persons, concerning the use of gas and gas meters in houses and buildings in said city. SEC. 6. If any person shall wilfully do or cause to be done, any act or acts, whatever to injure any machine, pipe or structure whatsoever, or anything appertaining to the works of said persons, their heirs, executors, or assigns, erected, used, kept or designed by them for the purpose of furnishing and supplying said city, or the citizens thereof, with gas, whereby the same may be obstructed, or in any manner injured or damaged, the person so offending may, upon conviction thereof before any city justice, be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the city or county jail not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SEC. 7. Any failure on the part of said persons named in the first section of this ordinance, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, to comply with the provisions of section four of this ordinance, shall cause a forfeiture of all rights and privileges by this ordinance granted. SEC. 8. That if at the expiration of fifty years the said city shall desire to purchase said franchise and said gas works, they shall have the privilege of doing so, upon the following terms, namely: That said city may purchase the franchise pertaining to its territory and gas pipes, works, fixtures and other property pertaining to said business, at the actual value of the same, the value to be fixed by three arbitrators, who are to be chosen as follows: One by the said city, one by the owners of the franchise, and the third by the arbitrators thus chosen, and the arbitrament or award of value made by these three or a majority of them, shall be the price at which said city may purchase said franchise and property. SEC. 9. That should the city decline to purchase at the valuation as aforesaid, then said rights, franchises and privileges Commenced and completed when and what price to be charged for gas May enter any Penalty for in juring any machine, pipe or structure. Right forfeited when. Terms upon which the city may purchase the franchise. Privileges to continue twenty-five years longer when. are to be continued twenty-five years longer, to the said persons, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns with the conditions herein before in this ordinance stated. SEC. 10. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication. AMENDING AN ORDINANCE, ENTITLED, AN ORDI- Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Saint Anthony: SECTION 1. That section four (4) of an ordinance granting to certain persons the right to manufacture, furnish and sell gas in the city of St. Anthony, Minnesota, approved December 5th, 1871, be amended by striking out the word "eighteen" where the same occurs in said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-four." SEC. 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. ས. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO DISORDERLY HOUSES AND HOUSES OF The City Council of the City of Minneapolis do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. No person or persons shall keep within the limits of the city of Minneapolis, a disorderly or ill-governed house or place, or a house of ill-fame, or place resorted to for the purpose of prostitution, assignation, fornication, or for the resort of persons of ill-name, ill-fame or dishonest conversation, or common prostitutes; and no person shall procure or suffer to come together at such a house or place, any of the above described persons, nor commit or suffer to be committed in such house or place, any immoral, lewd, lascivious, immodest or other improper conduct or behavior, or any tippling, reveling, rioting or disturbance. Any person violating the provisions or any provision of this section, shall, upon conviction thereof before the Municipal Court of the city of Minneapolis, be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding ninety days; or both such fine and imprisonment. found in a disorderly or ill Persons being governed room or house of illfame may be arrested. SEC. 2. Any person who shall, within the limits of the city of Minneapolis, visit, resort to or frequent, or be found in a disorderly house or place, or a house of ill-fame or place resorted to for the purpose of prostitution, assignation, fornication, or for the resort of persons of ill-name or ill-fame, or dishonest conversation, or common prostitutes, shall, upon conviction thereof before the Municipal Court of the city of Minneapolis, be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars nor less than five dollars and costs of prosecution, Penalty. or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment. SEC. 3. No person or persons shall knowingly let or hire, or lease or demise any house or building or premises within the limits of the city of Minneapolis, to any person or persons of ill-name or ill-fame, or who are known by common reputation to be common prostitutes, or the keepers or proprietors of houses of ill-fame or places resorted to for the purpose of prostitution, assignation, Owners of hibited from buildings pro leasing. |