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ADOPTING A SCHEDULE OF RATES TO BE CHARGED AND COLLECTED
FOR TELEPHONE SERVICE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF FORT COLLINS BY THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE &
TELEGRAPH COAPANY ON AND AFTER DECEiiBER 1 1919
WHEREAS The schedule of rates now charged
and collected by The ,Aountain States Telephone & Telegraoh
Company within the corporate limits of the Ci+y of Fort
Collins pursuant to the order of the Postmaster General
of the United States will cease to be in force and effect
December 1, 1919 by operation of law, and
WHEREAS Section 4 of Article XVIII of the
City Charter ves+s the power and authority in the City
Council to fix and regulate by ordinance the costs rentals
and charges for service by public utility corporations within
the corporate limits of the City, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That the schedule of rates charged
by The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company and in
force and effect on the 1st day of April 1919, be and the
same is hereby adobted as the schedule of rates which it
shall be lawful for The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph
Company to charge and collet` for telephone service within the
corporate limits of zhe City of Fort Collins, effective
December 1 1919, which schedule of rates is as follows, towit
1 party business 642 oo per year
2 party business 36 oo per year
1 party residence 24 oo per year
2 party residence 21 oo per year
Business Extensions 12 oo per year
Residence Extensions 6 oo per year
Extension Belle 3 oo per year
Directory Service
Non-Subscriber Business 12 oo per year
Extra Listings Business 4 20 per year
Residence 4 20 per year
Section 2 It shall be unlawful for
said Telephone Company to charge any greater rate than
provided in Section 1 , and any violation of this pro-
vision by said Company as to any rate or charge,upon
conviction, shall be fined the sum of Three Hundred
Dollars (4300 oo) , and costs of the proceeding
Section 3 In the opinion of the City
Council an emergency exists for the preservation of the
public health peace and safety and this ordinance
shall take effect upon its passage and publication,
under and by virtue of the authority contained in
Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Introduced read at leng+h and adopted
by the unanimous vote of all members of the City
Council this 22nd day of November, A D 1919
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Commissioner o ety an
ATTEST Ex Officio Mayor
City Clerk
STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF LARIMER )
I , A J Rosenow, Citj Clerk of the City
of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the
foregoing ordinance consisting of three sections was
duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting
of the City Council held on the 22nd day of November ,
A D 1919, and was duly adopted and ordered published
in the Fort Collins Courier , a daily newspaper, by the
unanimous vote of all the members of the City Council,
as an emergency ordinance, in accordance with the pro-
visions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City
Charter, and thereafter and on towit the 2? "j�!4day
of November , A D 1919 said Ordinance No 16 was
duly published in the Fort Collins Courier, a daily
newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 7day
of November , A D 1919
City Clerk