Editor's Note: The catchlines of all the sections contained
in this article were supplied by the editor.
In granting franchises the council shall be governed by the
general laws of the state in force at the time, and franchises shall
be granted only upon further conditions hereinafter provided.
Every application for a franchise shall be accompanied by a
cash deposit or certified check in amount to pay in full all costs
of advertising and other preliminary expenses connected with the offering
for sale of such franchises and the granting of same, which deposit
shall not be less than $100. Said deposit shall be returned in case
the council shall determine that neither the public necessity nor
the public interest required the granting of the franchise, or in
case the franchise be granted to a person other than said applicant.
The cost of advertising and other costs hereinabove referred to connected
with the offering for sale and granting of said franchise shall be
paid by the successful bidder for said franchise, and such payment
shall be a condition precedent to the vesting of the franchise.
Franchises shall not be granted for a longer period than 25
years.
Whenever an applicant for a franchise or other person shall
pay in advance to the city the expenses of a special election, the
council may, in its discretion, call such election, at which the proposed
ordinance shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the city.
