[Ord. 57, passed 4-4-1918]
There is hereby charged and imposed an annual license fee of $0.25 on each and every pole on which a wire or a cable is strung or attached, owned by any and every telegraph, telephone, electric light, electric power, street passenger railway, motor traction, gas or water company, which occupies any public highway of the Municipality, such license fee being charged and imposed for the purpose of providing for the cost of inspection and regulation of such poles and such wires and cables as may be strung thereon.
The license fee provided for in § 1054.01 shall be paid by the telegraph, telephone, electric light, electric power, street passenger railway, motor traction, gas or water company to the Manager on or before February 1 of each year. In the event of a failure to do so, a surcharge of 10% shall be added by the Manager to such tax.
At the time of paying such tax by any telegraph, telephone, electric light, electric power, street passenger railway, motor traction, gas or water company, a proper officer or employee of each company shall submit to the Manager a sworn statement of the number of poles in the Municipality owned by the company of which he is officer or employee, and the Manager shall keep a complete list of the number of such poles owned by each company in the Municipality.