Every person erecting, maintaining or using
poles, structures, supports or wires under this article shall indemnify
and save harmless the Village, its officers, agents and servants from
and against all claims and demands for injuries or alleged injuries
to persons or property occasioned by the existence of such poles,
posts, structures, supports or wires, or by the transmission of electric
current by means thereof; and the Village, the Board of Trustees,
or its officers, agents or servants exercising the rights, powers
and permission herein shall not be held liable by such person on account
thereof or by reason of any injury or damage caused thereby.
All poles now standing or to be hereafter erected
shall be branded or stamped with the initials of the company owning
them at a point not less than five feet or more than seven feet from
the street surface. When a pole is occupied by wires belonging to
more than one company, each group of cross arms or, when necessary,
the support of a single wire of different ownership must be designated
by some characteristic paint, mark or fastening.
In case of fire or other emergency the Director
of Public Works shall have full power and authority to order and cause
any electric wires to be cut and removed and electric current discontinued
until the fire is extinguished or the emergency eliminated.