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 nor more then 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 Superintendent
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.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to existing poles and wires heretofore erected by permission of the
Village but shall apply only to new construction or replacements.