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of construction, and shall as soon as practicable restore the public ways to as good condition as before the construction was commenced. (c) Ritter shall have the authority to divert or detour traffic from the area of construction on proper notice to the Police Department and Public Works Department of the city when diversion or detour is necessary for the safety and well-being of the inhabitants of the city. (d) Ritter shall promptly furnish to the Department of Public Works, or to any other authority, any and all information which may be requested in regard to any portion of its system, in any form whatsoever, and any other information in regard to its occupation of the public ways. (e) Ritter shall remove, raise or lower its wires, cables or lines temporarily to permit the moving of houses or other structures provided that a person requesting such temporary removal, raising or lowering of any portion of the system shall pay the expense of such temporary removal, raising or lowering, and provided that Ritter shall not be required to take action to remove, raise or lower any portion of its system within less than 48 hours advance notice. (f) Permission is hereby granted to Ritter to trim trees upon and overhanging the public ways of the city so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming in contact with any portion of its system. SECTION 9: The franchise awarded hereunder shall take effect and be in full force from and after approval by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, from the date signed. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed as to prohibit any modification of this agreement. The Mayor shall send a certified copy of this Ordinance to Ritter once this Ordinance becomes law to notify Ritter of the Ordinance. i SECTION 10: Severability is intended throughout and within the provisions of this Ordinance. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, then that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. SECTION 11: All ordinances, agreements or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. EMERGENCY CLAUSE: It is hereby found by the City Council that there is an urgent need to retain revenues for the City, which this Ordinance, if passed with an emergency clause would do, therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation and advancement of public peace, health, finances and safety, shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its approval.