EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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supply and other public utilities necessary for the proper
services of said town of Midland; any franchise granted by
said Mayor and Council shall not exceed in duration twenty
years, and be subject to such qualifications and conditions as
the Mayor and- Council may impose in said franchise; pro-
vided, that at the expiration of said franchise the said Mayor
and City Council shall have the right to purchase the physi-
cal property connected therewith, and all the belongings
essential to the proper operation of the utility at a cost not
to exceed the cost of construction or duplication of the same,
plus ten per cent., the same to be determined by arbitrators,
two to be selected by the Mayor and City Council and two
to be selected by the grantee of said franchise, and in case
of dispute, a fifth arbitrator to be selected by the four above
provided for, and the award of a majority thereof shall be
binding on both parties, and any franchise granted shall be
construed in law and equity to contain and be accepted on
the above conditions, for the said Mayor and City Council
may renew said franchise after a term not to exceed twenty
years, subject in every way to the provisions of this section.

Salary, Clerk and Treasurer.
Section 184 A 13. And the Mayor and Council shall pro-

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vide such compensation for the clerk and treasurer as they
may think proper; provided, said compensation shall not
exceed twenty-five dollars each per annum. And the Mayor
and Council shall provide compensation for the bailiff of said
town not exceeding forty dollars per month, and such com-
pensation for collecting moneys as is already provided for in
sub-section "Bailiff," of Section 184 A18.

Licensing and Regulating Sale of Liquors.

Section 184 Al4. The Mayor and Council shall have the
right to pass ordinances providing for the licensing, taxing

Salary, clerk
and
treasurer.

and regulating the selling or giving away of any spirituous,
vinous or malt liquor, and to license all places where such
liquors or either of them are to be used on the premises,
whether given away or sold, and all such last named places
within the corporate limits and within one-eighth of a mile
thereof, in addition to the fees required to be paid to the
State, shall pay a license fee of twenty-five dollars per annum
to the Mayor and City Council of Midland. And it is hereby
further provided that no person licensed by the State as a

Licensing and
regulating
sale of
liquors.