540 TOWN OF Taos
ORDINANCES
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ORDINANCE No. 540
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING GIMAIN RIGhTS AND PRIVILE ) TO THE MDUNTAIN
STATES TSIEPHUS AND TELEGRAPH COHPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSICYS.
BE IT aRDAIW, by the Town Council of the Town of Taos, State of New
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Section 1. Grant of Authority. There is hereby granted by the
Town of Taos, hereinafter called the "Torn", to The Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Company, hereinafter called the "Company", the
non-exclusive right and privilege to construct, erect, operate and maintain,
in, upon, along, across, above, over and under the streets, alleys, public
rays and public places now in use or dediaat6%-'4, and all extensions thereof,
and additions thereto, in said Town, poles, mires, cables, u-i-lergro=4
conduits, manholes and other telephone fixtures 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 electric
light, water hydrant or water main, and shall be placed in such a manner
as to cause a minimum interference with the rights or reasonable convenience
of property owners who adjoin any of said streets, alleys or public ways
and places, 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 late
abutting on eatd alley and then in such a manner as not to interfere with
the usual travel on said streets, alleys and public ways.
Section 2. Use of System by Municipality. The Town ahall have the
privilege, during the life of this franchise, free of charges where aerial
construction exists, of maintaining upon the poles of the Company within
the Town limits wire and pole fixtures necessary for a police and firs
alarm system, such wires and fixtures to be placed and maintained wander
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the supervision of the Company. The Town in its use and maintenance of
suc1; wires and fixtures shall at all times comply with the rules and
regulations of the Company, and the provisions of the latest edition of
the Natioial Blectrical Safety Code, so that there may be minimum danger
of contact or conflict between the wires and fixtures of the Company and
the wires and fixtures of the Town. It is further speed, in order to
avoid danger to life and property, that the above privilege is granted on
condition that no such police or fire alarm wires or fixtures of the Tower
shall be placed on pales carrying electric light or power wires, nor shall
said police or fire alarm wires or other fixtures be exposed, without the
consent of the Company, to the danger of contact with any conductor carrying
a voltage greater than the normal telephone voltage. The Town shall be
solely responsible for all injury to persons or damage to property arising
out of the construction or maintenance of said police and fire alarms fixtures,
or arising out of the attachment, maintenance or removal of said wires and
fixtures to the poles of the Company. In cases of rearrangement of the
Company's plant, or removal of poles or fixtures, the Town shall care for or
remove its own fixtures, and shall save the Company harmless from any damage
or injury to persons or property, including property of the Town, arising
out of the removal or construction of its wires or other fixtures.
Section 3. Company Liability. 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 resolution or ordinance, hereafter provide. It is expressly understood
and 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, operation,
or maiatenance of its telephone system In the T--- Tt.e Wawa 046oai mwv"O
the Company's local representative within five (5) days after the presenta-
tion of any claim or demand either by suit or otherwise made against the
Town on account of any negligence as aforesaid on the part of the Company.
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Section 4. Repair of Streets, eta. In case of any disturbance of
pavement, sidewalk, driveway or other surfacing, the Company shall, at its
own cost and expense and in a manner entirely satisfactory to the Town, and
subject to the Jurisdiction of said Town, respecting the subject, replace
and restore all paving, sidewalk, driveway or surface of zW streets or
alloys disturbed, in as ,goad a condition as before said work was commenced.
Section S. Any person or corporation desiring to move a building or
other structure along, or to make any unusual use of, the streets, alleys
and public ways of the Town which shall interfere with the poles, mires or
fixtures of the Company, shall first give notice to said Company, and shall
pay to the Company a sum sufficient to cover the expense and damage incident
to the cutting, altering and moving of the wires or other fixtures of said
Company, and before a permit is given by the Town therefor, the applicant
shall present a receipt from the Company showing the said payment. Thereupon
the Company, upon presentation of said permit, shall within forty-eight hours
thereafter provide for and do such cutting, altering and moving of said wires
and fixtures as may be necessary to al],ow such moving or other unusual use
of the streets, alleys and public ways of the Town. Provided, howevero that
what the construction of any public works, including but not limited to sewer,
gas, water or street construction, requires rearrangement of poles, fixtures
or appurtenances owned by the Company situated within such streets,, alleys,
or public ways, such rearrangement or removal shall be performed by the
Company at its own cost and expense upon the request of the Town.
Section 6. As a further consideration for this franchise, the Company
shall pay to the Town an amount equal to 2 per cent of the gross revenues,
exclusive of all federal and state excise taxes, received for local exchange
telephone service furnished to subscribers of the Company within the Town
of Taos. Payment shall be made in semi-annual installments within 60 days
after January 1 snd July 1 of each year during the term of this franchise.
Section 7. The Town shall have the right, at all reasonable times,
to inspect the books and records of the Company pertaining to the Company's
gross revenue for local wwhangs service received from telephone subscribers
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Section S. The Town agrees to pay to the Company in accordance with
standard tariff schedules the rates and charges for all telephone service
of any description whatsoever rendered by the Company to the Town, except
than cost, value or rental of attachments made by the Town to the poles of
thi Company as provided in Section 2 hereof.
Section 9. In consideration of the payment hereinabove provided for,
it is expressly understood and agreed by the Company and the Town that the
payments above specified shall be in lieu of any and all franchise, license,
occupation, or any other form of excise or revenue tax (except general
ad valorem property taxes and special assessments for local improvements),
based upon or measured by the revenue, employees, payroll, property, poles,
wires, instruments, conduits, pipes, fixtures, or other appurtenances of
the Company, and all other property or equipment of the Company or any part
thereof j provided that said payments shall continue only so long as the
Company is not prohibited from making the same by any lawful authority
having jurisdiction in the premises, and so long as the Town does not
charge, levy or collect, or attempt to charge, levy or collect any of the
forms of taxes specified above in this paragraph] and if any lawful authority
having Jurisdiction in the premises shall hereafter prohibit such payment or
payments, or if the Town does levy, charge or collect or attempt to levy,
charge or collect any of the forms of taxes specified in this paragraph, the
obligation to make such payments as hereinabove provided shall forthwith cease.
Section 10. Prior and after acceptance of this franchise by the Company,
the Company agrees as to all new construction of its distribution facilities,
it will place the same underground where such construction would be economi-
cally, physically and mechanically feasible.
Section 11. Term of Franchise. The franchise and rights herein
granted shall continue in force and effect for a term of 25 years after
the effective date of this franchise.
Section 12, This Ordinance zhall take effect and be in full force
and effect 30 days after its passage and approvall provided the Company,
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within said 30 days, shall have filed with the Town Clark of the Town of
Taos an unconditional acceptance thereof. Within 10 doy►s after the filing
of said acceptance the Tobn Clerk shall acknowledge in writing the receipt
of &aid acceptance.
PASSED, APPROVED A.WD ADOMED at a regular tweeting of the Town Council
of Taos, State of Now Xwcioo, this A 4ay of � 1964.
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November 20, 1964
Mayo- and
Town Council
Town of Taos, Nev Mexico
Gentlemen:
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
does hereby unconditionally accept the terms and provisions of
Ordinance No. 540 entitled "An Ordinance Granting Certain Rights
and Privileges to the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph
Company, its Successors and Assigns," passed, approved and adopted
by the Town Council on the second day of November, 1964.
Will you kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter.
Very truly yours,
THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE
AND TELEGXI PH COMPANY
By • ...,r_ . r
Vice President & General Manager
STATE OF NU-9 1=CO)
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COUNTY OF TAOS )
olly a. Rivera
I, r1 , Town Clerk of the Town of Taos,
State of New Hwdoo, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 50, entitled,
"An Ordinance granting certain rights to The Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph CoR)any, its successors and assigns in the Town of Taos,
State of Now Xwdoo," passed, on the `T�..1...., day of Novo;il.-, r , 1964,
and approved on the %i.. `1 day of l+nvarimy, , 1964 was published in
V I C TA C S 'j l:�;; , a newspaper of general circulation in mid
Town in the issues of liove-ciLar 12th and iXemt»r. 19rn_ Tricit
A copy of the newspaper publication, together with the publishers affid&vit,
is hereto attached.
1 WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said Town this 2%.)t,,, 'day
Of _,^�_e�., 19649
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TOWN CLMK
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PROOF OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF NEW MEXICO 3
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COUNTY OF TAOS )
Tens Publishing Cr►rp./R.J. FaatRck, mgr., being duly sworn, deposes
and says that he is publisher of The Tans News , a newspaper
published in Taos, Taos County, New Mexico; that the notice of Ordinance
No. 540 , an ordinance granting certain rights to The Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Company, a copy of which is hereto attached, was
first published in said newspaper in its issue dated Nnve-.ibsr 12, 1964 ,
and was published in the weekly issue of said newspaper, and not in any
supplement, thereafter for the full period of two consecutive weeks, the
last publication thereof being in the issue dated N^ve'nb°r 19, 1964 ,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of Novemb4 r ,
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NOTARY PUBLIC
My commission eVires
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Taos
TAOS, NEW MEXICO
OFFICE OF TOWN CLERK November 309 1964
Mr. E. E. Louthan
Vice President and General Manager
MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH .COMPANY
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dear Mr. 'Louthan:
This will acknowledge receipt of yours of November 20, 1964$
in regards to the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany accepting the terms and provisions of Ordinance No. 540
entitled "AN ORDINANCE GRANTING CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
TO THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, ITS
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS".
Ordinance No. 540 was published in the Taos News, a weekly news-
paper, for two weeks consecutively, the first publication being
on the 12th day of November, 1964, and the last publication on
the 19th day of November 1964.
Very truly urs,
� •. Town Clerk
Taos, New Mexico 1
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LEGAL AD�,Z4TISEMF,NT
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o iv.� IC ivd. eke. Affidavit Publication
AN ORDINANCE"G �TR I . G
CERTAIN: GHT I �-
LF.G4 t�ET H, A State of New A1exico,
S'1'A,T E 95 ,-,,T •AN t
TELEXI 0011 ' 'I T
S R' H¢Ajr 'he County of 7aas
H>;.:d I);.�•by the�Towri
Counc 1'I Tdwn.:of T sc o n,
State W New.Mexico: "i1t Lri ',�
seat n° •Grant-at Authority. I. . .. ... ......................... ... ........... ........... ........ ..... ... . ...........................................
,
There by rant b the
Town�Ti• ' , .H Atnattkte5 stied being first duly sworn, declare and say that I ani the (l�i>�jt�ss�!}�i<n�gd (Editor) of the
the tp.'-T4e.j,14 Lain
Statcs Terep ne find. TO a
Company, hereinafter catl t T
lL,.t,t"Company' a not! e., piusive Ong In,�.° .... ..................._.... . .. Y newspaper,
.� ......................................... .. .. , a weekl news a er,
right and',�•lVllege. to c I+ttruct, l,,
erect, operat. -a &I n, in, published in the English Language, and having a general circa atlon in the City and County
upon. .lon' y" 1 '_•sbo "!over. }
and r; .< ^ c�t..taue3a<pub• of Taos, State of New Mexico, and being n newspaper duly q;r+ If+c.d to publish legal notices
lie US t.., rL'r• �t`ges;hdw in and advertisements tinder the provisions of Chapter 167 of tllc Session Laws of 1937; that the
�10»� then• publication, a copy of which is hereto attached, was publi:,lr d in said paper once each week
to, in -t �viAs car
bl II, undergruTid`1"�COnattltX,: lati-.
holes and other telephone'l�llttt!.res t,4n
necessary, s"taroper. or the main., for.. .. consecutive necks, a+;d on the same day of each week in the regular
tetlance Viers og,.tna.s"a .
Town of a t► non a issue of the paper during the time of publication, and that the notice was published in the
lines connected iher
ell, however, that oes or.
other fixtures shall bee lace d newspaper ro er, and not in an supplement, once each week for t'�►^
weeks
where the same will' inte�•ter proper, Y !P
with any water Jlgltt;•.�tlt�'t�i .t^
Brant or water main; at�t //mart
be placed-.1n,such a manner•.as consecutively, the first publication being on the _ . .:lay of __ .......................
Int Iv cause ai o4lJ con.
tvtth the rJq �oF:reasnA>f, con-
venience of`tfco Wtl who ln{ }r Nnv-,jYn r (j
adjoin any of _W. is, alleys 19.��! , and the last publication on the. % _(lay of , 19......4:;
or public wayg a laces, and
all Such poles or other fixtures that payment for said advertisement has been (dull ntadrl or (assessed as court costs); that
placed in any Street shall be
placed at the %. 'tier edge of the the undersigned has perronal knowledge of the matter; and things set forth in this affidavit.
sidewalk and Insh.,. the curb line. ..
and those pplaced in alleys shall
�- be placed.rlose to•the llue,oeu,the ILL 1 f
tit lots•abutting ,qn said 4116y,"and
then In such.a.manna as not to �./..... . ... .. ..�
Interfere wlth the usual travel on /$ Editor-MMNM
}said,: streets, alleys and'`public Ie at $...... ...............
;wa�ys. • .
c '8elrtiorl ;Z,-Use of System'by'Atu-. 3n.40 19til,
.nlclptility.,The ':Town shall have Imes, $.....:....:... ..._.... 5nbsc:ihrd,•n:i r.tt orn In before Inc thi; _.........
the'privilege, •during the life nr
this' franchise, tree of charge
'where aerial construction exists, .3 10 A?nvn-t'pr A.D.. 19..5±..
of maintaining upon the poles of Tax $ - day of
the Company within the To w n ✓' �-
'limits wire and pole fixtures nec- fl _J
essar for a pollee and fire alarm Total $.......6,-..-.9.....
y �1.u2. ]/ d� C•s. c.. ..: .........................
system, such wires and fixtures to •�•�••�`°• '�Y ��
be placed and maintained under �•`ty,rt J. Notary Public
.the supervision of the Company.
The Town in its use and mainte-
nance of such wires and fixtures ,lw crminissinn es�res
Shall at all times comply with the .. ................. .. 1:
'rules and regulations of the Com-
pany, and the provisions of the
latest edition of the National Elec-(._;;,&G Au!7ust 12, 1.968
'trlcal Safety Code, so that there
May be minimum danger of Con-
;tact or conflict between the wires
and fixtures of the Company and
the wires and fixtures of the
Town, it is further agreed In or-
der to avold danger to tffe and
:property. that the above Prlvl- k
+h,no such-pollee or-'r Ire alarfi lyhat
1n<or fixtures of the Town sr,11
1'u placed on poles carrying eteu z
Ight or power wires, nor shat!
" said police or fire alarm wires or'
'other fixtures be exposed, with. ,;
out the consent of the Company,
141 to the danger of contact with any
conductor c a r r y i n g a voltage 'C'_
1'^greater than the normal telephone,Irr
1't voltage. The Town shall be solely
W responalble for all Injury to per.
Cd sons or damage to property arls- i ti
�I'Inr• out of the construct on or
ot,maintenance of s aid police a n d
as fire alarm fixtures, or arising nut
tc of the attachment, maintenance
removal of said wires and fix-
,,tunes to the poles of the com-
c_ pany. In cases of rearrangement
Compa '
[�of the ny's plant. or rc-
t,moval of poles or flxturea, the
tlTown shall care for or remove'
c,lts own fixtures, and Shall save'
1%the Company harmless from any
t damage or injury to persona or
pproperty, Including Propperty of ;
mhovaloOr Own, its the
or other fixtures.
Section 3. Company Lalbility,
The said Cgg'ompany shall, at all
'Imes ae, bersub the life of this fran. ,
erclse of there police alt lawful ex-
Town and to Such reasonable yreh I illation as the Town ma a rpro.Aution or ordinance, hererte e
.F
'vide. It IN expressly understood
and agreed by and between the
said Company and the Town that
said Company Shall save the
Town harmless from all loss sus,(,
lamed by the Town on account or
clalm ort,demand whatsoevertlre.
+suiting from negligence on the
part of said Comp an-any in the c `
strueilon, operation, or mainon.
nance of its telephone system in
the Town. The Town shall notify
the Comppan 'a local representa.
live wllhln five (:9) days after thel
Presentation of any, or do.
made atgtalnst ythe ItTown t on wso.
cmtnt of any negllgence an afora-
snld.on the part of the Company.
Section 4. Repair of straetr, etc
In case of any dlstuebanto f
p�Vetnehly.r Ka c •drt.py.« .,.
>i `h :ex p''6� to
an ~!h a'rdanner. dntirely�tatls- , .
factory to'the Town,:and subject ,
W the jurisdiction of Bald .Town,
respecting the subject, . replace Eji DOCUMENTS
and restore.alt paving, sidewalk,
driveway or surface of any streets ES'T AVAILABLE COPIES.
or alleys disturbed; as good_a
condition as before s Id work was
commenced. '
Section 5. Any' person or cor-
poration deslring to move a build-
iRg or other structure along, or
to make any.unusual use of, the,
streets, aif_ys and public ways,of
the Town which shall interfere y
with the poles, wires or fixtures
of the Company, shalt first give
notice to said Company,and shall
pay-to the Company a sum suf-
ficient to cover the expense and
damage incident to the cutting.-
orteother fixtures n atoIsa d Comp'
pant, and:before a permit is giv= .`
en.by the Town therefor, the ap. .1
plteant shall present a Tecelpt
from the Company showing the
saW payment.Thereuppon the Coln
pany, upon Presentatlon of said
eerr
ppmit, shat within forty-el ght
i` bouts thereafter provide for and
T do:I such cutting, altering a n d
moving of said wires and tlxturv& .
pas:may be necessary to all C
such moving or other unusual ut
o4'-the streets, alleys and pubW
w ays,of the Town. Provided, how
eve, that when the construction
of-'any public works, Including but,
not, Ilmited to sewer, gas, water
or street construction, requires re-
arrangement.of.poles, fixtures art
appurtenances owned by the t'nr.',-
pany situated within such sweets,
alleys, or public ways, such re-
arrangement pr• reme,.at shall be
performed„by the r,:rtnpany at its
own cost and,P,..peAse,upon the
re uest of the town.
Sectlon:8. As a further consld-
eratlan.for,this franchise the
,Company shall pay to the 'down
!an amount equal to:2 per cent of f
the gross revenues, exclusive of
'all federal and state etelse taxes,
recfeved for local exchange tele-
phone service furnished to sub-
scribers of the Company within
the'Town of.Taos. Payment shall'
be made to.semi.annual Install-
ments within 80-days after Jan-
uary 1 and July 1 of each year
during the term of Me franchise,
Section 7. The Town*hall have
the•rtght, at all reasonable times,
to inspect the books and records
of the Company pertaining to the
Company's gross revenue for lo-
cal exchange service received
from telephone subscribers locat-
ed Mthin the limits of the Town.
Section S. The Town agrees to
pay to the Company in accord-
ance with standard tariff sched-
ules.the rates and charges for all
telephone service of any descrip•
tion whatsoever rendered by the
Company to the Town,,except the
•oat,, valde or rental of attach-
ments made by the Town to the
poles of the Company as provid-
ed in Section 2 hereof.
Section 9. In consideration of
the payment herelnabove provid-
ed for, It is expressly understood
and agreed by the Company and
the 'Town that the payments
above specified shall be in lieu
of any and all franchise, license
occupation, or any other form of
excise or revenue tax (except gen-
eral ad valorem property taxes
and.special assessments for Beal
improvements), based .upon or
measured by the revenue, em-
ployees, payroll, property, poles,
w i r e s instruments, conductors.
pipes, fixtures, or other appurte• t
nunces of the Company, and all
other property or equipment of
the Company or any part thereof-
provided Oat said payments shall
Continue only so long as the Com.
IgySerbby lu l -nthe amyan from max.
thorlty having ,)urisulctlon in the!
premises, alla so lung as the
Town does net charge, levy or
collect or attempt to charge;'lgky
or collect any of the for ms"of.
taxes specitleu above In thi l para
graph; Jurisdiction lawful the premY.
Ises anall hereafter prohlblt such
payment or payments, or,If tlta
Town does levy, charge ors cpi�
lector attempt to levy, ciusgtsOr
collect any of the forms ol. ea
appecitled in this par agra pt,,•,t
obligation to make suclt'pa;th'i
as herelnabove provided ,'`d-
forthwith cease,
Sectlon J0. Prior and *Tier 'aCi
ceptance of this trancltlae by:the
Company, the Company agrees-&*
10 all new construction of lta,'clit}+
tribution facilities, it sill; pltli
the "me•underground where Iddpfl
construction would be economic I.
ly, Physically and mechanlcall
feasible.
Section 11. Term of Frahr+iilj%1
The ,franchise and rights ;h6ttin)
Franted shall continue in' ;arcs
n force and effect.tor a_term of
25 years after the effective date
ot•this fratthiee, r
Section'12,This Ordinanee she
take effect and be in full for
and effect 30 days after its
sage and approval, provider'
Company, within said V
shell.have tiled wit' ;
Clerk bf the To)&v