ORDINANCE NO.99
AN
ORDINANCE WHEREBY THE TOWN OF ST.
PAUL, TEXAS, AND GTE SOUTHWEST INCORPORATED AGREE THAT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
OPERATING ITS COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS, THE TELEPHONE
COMPANY SHALL CONSTRUCT, ERECT, BUILD, EQUIP, OWN, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN,
ALONG, UNDER, OVER AND ACROSS THE STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, BRIDGES, VIADUCTS
AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE TOWN, SUCH
POSTS, POLES, WIRES, CABLES, CONDUITS AND OTHER APPLIANCES, STRUCTURES AND
FIXTURES NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR RENDITION OF TELEPHONE AND OTHER
COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN SAID TOWN
AND FOR CONDUCTING A GENERAL LOCAL AND LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE BUSINESS;
PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR THE TELEPHONE
COMPANY'S COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS; PRESCRIBING THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION DUE
THE TOWN UNDER THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING AN INDEMNITY CLAUSE; SPECIFYING
GOVERNING LAWS; PROVIDING FOR ASSIGNMENT; FOR A PERIOD OF AGREEMENT; FOR FUTURE
CONTINGENCIES; FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; FOR RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS
UNDER PRIOR ORDINANCES; FOR ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION; FOR A LIMITATIONS
PERIOD; FOR VENUE; AND FOR METHOD OF ACCEPTANCE.
WHEREAS,
GTE Southwest Incorporated, hereinafter referred to as the Telephone
Company,
is now and has been engaged in the communications business in the State of Texas
and in furtherance thereof, has erected and maintained certain items of its
physical plant in the Town of St.
Paul, Texas, hereinafter referred to as the Town, for many years pursuant to such rights as have been granted it
by and under the laws of the State of Texas, and subject to the reasonable
exercise of the poIice powers granted by and under
said
laws to the Town; and
WHEREAS,
the Telephone Company has operated its communications business in the Town
under successive ordinances of the Town,
the last of which was Ordinance Number 7A, adopted May 18, 1973, which provided
compensation to the Town based upon a
percentage of gross receipts/revenues received by the Telephone
Company from certain local services rendered within the corporate limits of
the Town; and
WHEREAS, the Town
and the Telephone Company have chosen the method of determining the amount
of compensation provided for in this Ordinance to eliminate the expense and time
related to audits, to achieve administrative simplicity, to provide the Town
with predictable revenues and an opportunity for growth and to avoid the expense
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and
delays of litigation which could be necessary to resolve any issues in
controversy between the parties; and
WHEREAS,
it is to the mutual advantage of both the Town
and the Telephone Company that an
agreement should be entered into between the Telephone
Company and the Town establishing
the conditions under which the Telephone Company shall maintain and construct its physical plant in
the public rights-of-way within the Town's
corporate limits in the future.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in this Ordinance, the following words and
terms shall have the
definitions
and meanings provided in this section:
A.
TOWN: The Town
of
B.
FACILITIES: All Telephone
Company duct spaces, manholes, poles,
conduits,
underground and overhead passageways, and other equipment, structures and
appurtenances and all associated Transmission Media, which
are
located in the Town Rights-of-Way.
C.
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES:
All services, of any nature, offered for
sale by
the Telephone Company to subscribers
in the Town, which services are
delivered to such subscribers by transmission over the Telephone Company's Transmission Media.
D.
RIGHTS-OF-WAY: All
present and future streets, avenues, highways,
alleys,
bridges, viaducts and public grounds within the Town limits of the
Town.
E.
Telephone Company: GTE
Southwest Incorporated.
F .
TRANSMISSION MEDIA: All
Telephone Company cables, fibers,
wires or
other
physical devices used to transmit and/or receive communication signals, whether
analog, digital or of other characteristics, and whether for voice, video, or
data or other purposes, which are physically located in the
Town
Rights-of-Way.
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SECTION
2.
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF TELEPHONE PLANT
AND SERVICE.
Pursuant to the laws of the State of
SECTION 3.
A.
LOCATION OF POLES AND CONDUITS
All poles to be placed shall be of sound material and
reasonably straight, and shall be so set that they will not interfere with the
flow of water to any gutter or drain, and so that the same will interfere as
little as practicable with the ordinary travel on the street or sidewalk. The
location and route of all poles, stubs, guys, anchors, conduits, cables and any
other facilities to be placed and constructed by the Telephone Company in the construction and maintenance of its
communications system in the Town,
and the location of all conduits to be laid by the Telephone Company within the limits of the Town under this Ordinance, and at the option of the Town,
may be subject to the reasonable and proper regulation, control and direction of
the Town Councilor of any Town
official to whom such duties have been or may be delegated.
B.
The Town expressly reserves
the right to change the grade, install, relocate,
or
widen the public streets, sidewalks, bikeways, alleys, public thoroughfares,
highways, landscaping, and public ways and places within the present limits of
the Town and within said limits as
same may from time to time be extended, and the Telephone Company shall relocate or place underground, at its own
expense, its Facilities and Transmission Media, in order to accommodate the
installation, relocation, widening, or changing of the grade of any such public
street, sidewalk, bike way, alley, public thoroughfare, highway or public ways,
including, if necessary, relocating such Facilities and Transmission Media to a
sufficient distance from the edge of the pavement to permit a reasonable work
area for machinery and individuals engaged in installing, relocating, widening,
or changing the grade of any public street, sidewalk, bikeway, alley, public
thoroughfare, highway or public way.
C.
Whenever by reason of changes in the grade of a thoroughfare or in the
location
or manner of constructing a water pipe, gas pipe, sewer, or other aboveground or
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underground
structure, it is deemed necessary by the Town
to remove, alter, change, adapt, or conform the underground or aboveground
facilities of the Telephone Company,
the Telephone Company shall make the
alterations as soon as practicable when ordered in writing by the Town
without claim for reimbursement or damages against the Town.
D.
Whenever it shall be necessary to require the Telephone
Company to alter,
change,
adapt, or conform its facilities within the right-of-way, such alterations or
changes shall be made promptly, with consideration given to the magnitude of
such alterations or changes, without claim for reimbursement or damages against
the Town. If any such requirements
impose a financial hardship upon the Telephone
Company, the Telephone Company
shall have the right to present alternative proposals to the Town,
and the Town will give due consideration to any such alternative proposals.
If the Town requires the Telephone
Company to adapt or conform its facilities to enable any other entity or
person, except the Town, to use, or
to use with greater convenience, rights-of-way or public property, the Telephone Company shall not be required to make any such changes
until such other entity or person shall reimburse or made arrangements
satisfactory to the Telephone Company
to reimburse the Telephone Company
for any loss and expense caused by or arising out of such change; provided,
however, that the Town shall never be
liable for such reimbursement.
Nothing in this Ordinance is intended to add to or detract
from any authority granted
by the
Legislature of the State of
SECTION 4.
ATTACHMENTS TO POLES AND SPACE IN DUCTS
Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed to require or
permit any pole
attachments
for electric light or power wires or communications facilities or systems not
provided by the Telephone Company to
be attached to the Telephone Company's
poles or other physical plant or placed in the Telephone Company's conduit. If the Town desires pole attachments for electric light or power wires or
communications facilities or systems not provided by the Telephone Company, or if the Town
desires to place communications facilities or systems for its internal use not
provided by the Telephone Company in
any Telephone Company duct, then a
further separate, noncontingent agreement shall be prerequisite to such
attachment(s) or such use of any duct by the Town. Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall obligate or restrict
the Telephone Company in exercising
its rights voluntarily to enter into pole attachment, pole usage, joint
ownership or other wire space or facilities agreements with light and/or power
companies or with other wire-using companies which are authorized to operate
within the Town.
SECTION 5.
STREETS TO BE RESTORED TO GOOD CONDITION
The surface of any street, avenue, alley, highway, viaduct or public
ground within
the Town
disturbed by the Telephone Company in
building, constructing, renewing, or maintaining its communications system shall
be restored within a reasonable time after
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completion
of the work in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Code of
Ordinances and maintained to the satisfaction of the Town Council, or of any Town
official to whom such duties have been or may be delegated, for a period of one
(1) year following completion of the restoration, after which time
responsibility for the maintenance shall revert to the Town. No such street, avenue, alley, highway, viaduct or public
ground shall be encumbered for a longer period than shall be necessary to
execute the work.
SECTION 6.
TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF AERIAL WIRES
The Telephone Company on the
request of any person shall remove or raise or
lower its
wires within the Town temporarily to
permit the moving of houses or other bulky structures. The expense of such
temporary removal, raising or lowering of wires shall be paid by the benefited
party or parties, and the Telephone
Company may require such payment in advance. The Telephone Company shall be given not less than forty-eight (48)
hours advance notice to arrange for such temporary wire changes. The clearance
of wires above ground shall conform to the basic standards of the National
Electrical Safety Code, National Bureau of Standards, United States Department
of Commerce, as promulgated at the time of erection thereof.
SECTION 7.
TREE TRIMMING
In the pursuit of maintaining its communications system, the Telephone Company,
its
contractors, agents, successors and assigns shall have the right to trim trees
upon and overhanging the streets, avenues, alleys, bridges, viaducts and public
grounds of the Town, so as to prevent
the branches of such trees from coming in contact with the wires, cables or
other facilities of the Telephone Company.
SECTION 8.
COMPENSATION TO THE TOWN
A.
As compensation for the Telephone
Company's use and occupancy of the
Town's
rights-of-way and in consideration for all other agreements and promises made
herein by the Town and in lieu of and
in full compensation for any lawful tax, license, charge, right-of-way permit
fee or inspection fee, whether charged to the Telephone
Company or its contractor(s), or any right-of-way easement or street or
alley rental or franchise tax or other character of charge for the use and
occupancy of the rights-of-way within the Town,
except the usual general ad valorem taxes, special assessments in accordance
with State law or sales taxes now or hereinafter levied by the Town
in accordance with State law, the Town
hereby imposes upon the Telephone Company,
and the Telephone Company agrees to
pay, an annual fee (the "Annual Fee"). The amount of the "Annual
Fee" for the first effective year of this Ordinance shall be $2,200.00. The
Telephone Company will bill the
"Annual Fee" pro rata, to its customers residing within the corporate
limits of the Town.
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The Telephone Company
shall annually adjust its billings to customers to account for any
under-collection or over-collection of the "Annual Fee" due the Town.
For the second and subsequent years while this Ordinance
remains in effect, the "Annual Fee" is subject to adjustment by
application of the Growth Factor set out in paragraph 8(C). This adjustment for
the Growth Factor will be made effective as of each anniversary date of this
Ordinance.
B.
The "Annual Fee" for each year shall be paid in four (4) equal
payments. The
due
dates shall be February 28, May 31, August 31 and November 30, with the first
payment under this Ordinance due on
C.
The Growth Factor shall be an annual increase of four percent (4%) of the
"Annual
Fee." The Town agrees to rely
upon this growth process as a self-auditing process and accepts the growth rate
in lieu of any other form of audit.
D.
Payment of the "Annual Fee" shall not relieve the Telephone Company from
paying
all applicable municipally-owned utility service charges. Should the Town
not have the legal power to agree that the payment of the foregoing charge shall
be in lieu of the taxes, licenses, charges, rights-of-way permit or inspection
fees, rentals, rights-of-way easements or franchise taxes as described in
Section 8(A) above, then the Town
agrees that it will apply so much of such payments as may be necessary to the
satisfaction of the Telephone Company's
obligation, if any, to pay any such taxes, licenses, charges, rights-of-way
permit or inspection fees, rentals, rights-of-way easements or franchise taxes.
E.
In the event that either (1) territory within the boundaries of the Town
shall
be
disannexed and a new incorporated municipality created which includes such
territory or (2) an entire, existing incorporated municipality shall be
consolidated or annexed into the Town,
then notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the Annual Fee shall
be adjusted. To accomplish this adjustment, within sixty (60) days following the
action effecting a disannexationlannexation as described above, the Town
shall provide the Telephone Company
with maps of the affected area(s) showing the new boundaries of the Town.
In the event of an annexation as described above, the Annual
Fee paid to the Town will be adjusted
to include the amount of the Annual Fee paid by the Telephone
Company to the existing incorporated municipality being annexed. In the
event that the annexed
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municipality
had no ordinance imposing an Annual Fee or in the event of a disannexation, then
the adjustment to the Annual Fee will be made based on the Town's
net gain or loss of telephone subscribers using the same methodology prescribed
in section 8(A) above. The effective date of the adjustment shall be within one
hundred twenty (120) days following the annexationldisannexation action by the Town, provided that the Town
will have supplied the appropriate annexation/disannexation maps to the Telephone
Company in accordance with the provisions herein.
SECTION 9.
SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS
The rights, powers, limitations, duties and restrictions
herein provided for shall inure to and be binding upon the parties hereto and
upon their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 1 0.
PERIOD OF AGREEMENT
This agreement shall be in full force and effect for the
period beginning with the effective date hereof and ending five (5) years after
such date. This Ordinance may be extended for an additional five (5) year period
if mutually agreed to in writing by both parties.
SECTION 11.
MUTUAL RELEASES
The Town hereby
fully releases, discharges, settles and compromises any and all claims which the
Town has made or could have made
arising out of or connected with Ordinance Number 7 A, adopted May 18, 1973, and
renewed or extended from time to time thereafter, and its predecessor
ordinances, if any, (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Ordinance No.
7A." This full and complete release of claims for any matters under
Ordinance No.7 A shall be for the benefit of GTE Southwest Incorporated; its
parent; its affiliates; their directors, officers and employees; successors and
assigns; and includes any and all claims, actions, causes of action and
controversies, presently known or unknown, arising directly or indirectly out of
or connected with the Telephone Company's
obligations to the Town pursuant to
the provisions of Ordinance No.7 A. GTE Southwest Incorporated, its parent,
affiliates, successors and assigns hereby fully release, discharge, settle and
compromise any and all claims, actions, causes of action or controversies
heretofore made or which could have been made, known or unknown, against the Town,
its officers or its employees, arising directly or indirectly out of or
connected with any matters under Ordinance No.7 A.
It is the intent of the Town
and the Telephone Company to enter
into the foregoing mutual releases in order to reach a compromise that is
acceptable to both the Town and the Telephone
Company. This Ordinance and the mutual release set forth in this Section
represent a compromise of each party's claims as well as each party's defenses,
and are
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not
intended to be and are not an admission of liability or vulnerability by either
party to the other with respect to either the claims or the defenses asserted or
which could be asserted against the other.
SECTION 12.
FUTURE CONTINGENCIES
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance to the contrary, in
the event
that
(1) this Ordinance or any part hereof, (2) any statutory or regulatory authority
by which the Telephone Company seeks
to collect the charge imposed by this Ordinance, (3) any procedure provided in
this Ordinance, or (4) any compensation due the Town
under this Ordinance, becomes, or is declared or determined by judicial,
administrative or legislative authority exercising its jurisdiction to be
excessive, unrecoverable, unenforceable, void, unlawful or otherwise
inapplicable, in whole or in part, the Telephone
Company and the Town shall meet
and negotiate in good faith to obtain a new ordinance that is in compliance with
the authority's decision or enactment; and, unless explicitly prohibited, the
new ordinance shall provide the Town
with a level of compensation comparable to that set forth in this Ordinance so
long as such compensation is recoverable by the Telephone
Company in a mutually agreed manner permitted by law for the unexpired
portion of the term of this Ordinance.
SECTION 13.
GOVERNING LAW
A.
This Ordinance shall be construed in accordance with the Town Charter and
Town
Codes in effect on the date of passage of this Ordinance to the extent that such
Charter and Codes are not in conflict with or in violation of the Constitution
and laws of the
B.
This Ordinance shall be construed and deemed to have been negotiated at
arms
length and drafted by the combined efforts of the Town and the Telephone
Company.
SECTION 14.
ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
A.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the Parties hereto
agree
that any claim, cause of action or other dispute based upon or arising out of
this Ordinance (a "dispute") shall be conducted, decided, determined
and/or resolved pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this
Section. The parties desire to resolve disputes arising out of this Ordinance
without litigation. Accordingly, in the event of any dispute hereunder, the
Parties hereto agree to attempt in good faith to resolve their dispute between
themselves. At the written request of a party, each party will appoint a
knowledgeable, responsible representative to meet and negotiate in good faith to
resolve any dispute arising under this Ordinance. The Parties intend that these
negotiations be conducted by non-lawyer, business representatives.
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B.
Except for action seeking a temporary restraining order or injunction
related
to
the purposes of this Ordinance, or suit to compel compliance with this dispute
resolution process, the parties agree to use the following alternative dispute
resolution procedure, and also agree not to sue any party to this Ordinance with
respect to any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Ordinance
or its breach prior to exhausting the procedures set out in this section.
C.
If the Parties are unable to settle their dispute within sixty (60) days
of the
initial
request, either party may, on written notice to the other party, initiate
non-binding mediation of the dispute before a single mediator affiliated with
Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (JAMS) in
scope of this Section.
SECTION 15.
LIMITATIONS PERIOD
The Town
and the Telephone Company mutually agree that any dispute, claim or
cause
of action one party may have against the other party arising from or in any way
related to this Agreement must be brought to the attention of the other party,
by written notice received no later than four (4) years from the date of the act
or omission giving rise to the dispute, claim or cause of action; otherwise,
such dispute, claim or cause of action shall be waived and the party asserting
such dispute, claim or cause of action shall be barred from pursuing the same.
SECTION 16.
INDEMNITY
The Telephone
Company shall indemnify and hold the Town
harmless from all
claims, causes of action, costs, expenses (including
reasonable attorney's fees) and
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damages
to person and property, to the extent proximately caused by the negligence or
willful misconduct of the Telephone
Company officers, employees or agents arising directly or indirectly outof
the construction, maintenance and operation of the Telephone Company's facilities which are subject to this Ordinance.
This duty to indemnify only applies where, and to the extent, the Telephone
Company's negligence or willful misconduct is either the sole or a
contributing cause of the injury, death, or damage. It does not extend to any
portion of any injury, death, or damage caused by either the sole or
contributing negligence or intentional act or omission of the Town
or any third party. This provision is not intended to create liability for the
benefit of third parties but is solely for the benefit of the Telephone Company and the Town.
SECTION 17.
REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
All
other ordinances and agreements and parts of agreements and ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 18.
VENUE
Venue
for any proceeding under this Agreement shall be in
SECTION 19.
NOTICE
For
any purposes related to this Ordinance, notice to the Town
shall be to:
Mayor
Town
of
Notice
to the Company shall be to:
Manager-Municipal
Affairs
GTE
Southwest Incorporated
P.O. Box 152013
MC: TXD1921B
Notice
will be effective upon delivery at the above addresses until the Town
or the
Company
notifies the other, in writing, of a change of address.
SECTION 20.
PARTIAL INVALIDITYAND REPEAL PROVISIONS
If any section, sentence, clause or phrase in this Ordinance is for any
reason held
to be
illegal, ultra vires or unconstitutional, such invalidity shall not affect the
validity of the
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remaining
portions. All ordinances and agreements and parts of ordinances and agreements
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 21.
ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT
The Telephone Company shall
have sixty (60) days from and after the passage
and
approval of this Ordinance to file its written acceptance thereof with the Town
Secretary .Upon such filing, this Ordinance shall take effect and the effective
date of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be the first day of the calendar
quarter following the acceptance and it shall be in force from and after such
date, and shall effectuate and make binding the agreement provided by the terms
hereof.
APPROVED
this 14th day of August, A. D. 1995.
/S/__________________________Jim
Treece, Mayor
ATTEST:
/S/____________________________
Marie
Finley, Town Secretary
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STATE
OF
§
I, Marie Finley, Town Secretary of the Town
of
~
WITNESS
MY HAND this the ___14th____
day of August
,
A. D. 1995.
signed_________________________
Town
Secretary
(SEAL)
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ACCEPTANCE
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of St. Paul, Texas, did on the
_____________
day of
________________________, 19__, enact an Ordinance entitled:
AN
ORDINANCE WHEREBY THE TOWN OF ST.
PAUL, TEXAS, AND GTE SOUTHWEST INCORPORATED AGREE THAT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
OPERATING ITS COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS, THE TELEPHONE
COMPANY SHALL CONSTRUCT, ERECT, BUILD, EQUIP, OWN, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN,
ALONG, UNDER, OVER AND ACROSS THE STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, BRIDGES, VIADUCTS
AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE TOWN, SUCH POSTS, POLES, WIRES, CABLES, CONDUITS AND
OTHER APPLIANCES, STRUCTURES AND FIXTURES NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR RENDITION
OF TELEPHONE AND OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN SAID TOWN AND FOR CONDUCTING A
GENERAL LOCAL AND LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE BUSINESS; PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS
GOVERNING THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY'S COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS; PRESCRIBING THE ANNUAL
COMPENSATION DUE THE TOWN UNDER THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING AN INDEMNITY CLAUSE; SPECIFYING GOVERNING LAWS; PROVIDING
FOR ASSIGNMENT; FOR A PERIOD OF AGREEMENT; FOR FUTURE CONTINGENCIES; FOR REPEAL
OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; FOR RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS UNDER PRIOR ORDINANCES; FOR
AL TERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION; FOR A LIMITATIONS PERIOD; FOR VENUE; AND FOR
METHOD OF ACCEPTANCE;
and
WHEREAS, said Ordinance was on the ___________
day of _________________, 19__,
duly
approved by the Mayor of said Town
and the seal of said Town was thereto
affixed and attested by the Town
Secretary;
NOW THEREFORE, in compliance with the terms of said Ordinance
as enacted, approved and attested, GTE Southwest Incorporated hereby accepts
said Ordinance and files this its written acceptance with the Town
Secretary of the Town of
Dated this _________ day of
_________________, A. D. 19__
GTE SOUTHWEST INCORPORATED
ATTEST:
by: ____________________________________
President
_____________________________
Assistant
Secretary
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Acceptance filed in the office of the Town Secretary
of St. Paul, Texas, this ____________
_day of
_______________________, 19__.
______________________________________
T own Secretary
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