No person, firm or corporation, not otherwise authorized by law to do
so, shall erect or maintain on, through or under the surface of any public
street, sidewalk or other public place within the Village any telegraph, telephone,
electric light or other poles, or string wires in, over or upon, or install
conduits or pipes in any public street, sidewalk or other public ground or
over or in front of any building or buildings within the Village, without
a permit from the Board of Trustees.
All telephone, telegraph, electric light or electric power poles, where
the same are located upon the public streets, sidewalks, or other public grounds
within the Village, shall be marked with the name or initials of the owner
or owners of the said poles in such distinct and legible letters and characters
and in such manner as the Board of Trustees shall prescribe.