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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE WHEREBY THE CITY OF Batesville OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND THE SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, A i4IS80URI CORPORATION, AGREE THAT THE TELEPHONE COMPANY SHALL CONTINUE TO OPERATE ITS TELEPHOi;E SYSTFIA AND ALL BUSINESS INCIDENTAL TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE CONDUCTING OF A TELEPHONE BUSINESS AND SYSTEM IN SAID CITY, AND ERECT AND MAINTAIN ITS PLANT CONSTRUCTION AND APPURTENANCES ALONG, ACROSS, ON, OVER, THROUGH, ABOVE AND UNDER ALL PUBLIC STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, PUBLIC GROUNDS AND PLACES 1N SAID CITY, THAT THE CITY SHALL RECEIVE AN ANNUAL PAYMENT FROM THE TELEPHONE COMPANY, AND EEPEAL- CITY ING ALL ORDINANCES AND AGREIIMrdTS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH: WHEREAS, the City desires to enact and impose upon the Telephone Company a tax which shall be in lieu of all other licensesgee, , char fees or special taxes other than the usual general or special avalorem taxes, and WHEREAS, the City recognizes and concurs in the purpose and intent of an order of the Arkansas Public Service Commission entered on December 10, 1957, in Docket U-1281 reiati.ng to the treatment by the Telephone Company of all City special taxes; NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Batesville , State of Arkansas that: SECTION 1. The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, its successors and assigns (herein referred to as "Telephone Companyu) shall con- tinue to operate its telephone system and all business incidental to or connected with the conducting of a telephone business and system in the City of Batesville State of Arkansas (herein referred to as -"City"). The plant construction and appur- tenances used in or incident to the giving of telephone service and to the maintenance of a telephone business and system by the Telephone Company in said City shall remain as now constructed, subject to such changes as may be considered necessary by the City in the exercise of its inherent powers and by the Telephone Company in the conduct of its business, and said Telephone Company shall continue to exercise its right to place, remove, construct and reconstruct, extend and maintain its said plant and appurtenances as the business and purpose for which it is or may be incorporated may from time to time require, along, across, on, over, through, above and under all the public -streets, avenues, alleys, and the public grounds and places within ,the limits of said City as the same from time to time may be established.