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Show H j ". HI THE BLUNDERS OF OGDEN CITY. Hi The Standard has been asked to publish the sections of the old h i ordinance and the now ordinance in parallel columns, showing the F changes in regard to fixing electric light rates, the occupation, las H and the city's right to purchase the system. "We have promised to H do so und here they are. The more they are studied, the greater ap- pears the blundering' of our city commissioners: ;: THE OLD ORDINANCE M I SECTION 3. That said rights and 1 jj ( privileges are hereby granted, sub-HljJ sub-HljJ Joct to the following conditions, viz: HI Kj l First That the permission and au-H au-H rl I thority hereby granted is subject to H f.j j all laws, ordinances, and resolutions, H cj I now in force in Ogden City, or which H'j may hereafter bo passed by the state H legislature or City Council, author-H author-H II izing- or fixing the rates to be charged H for electricity used in said city for H hi light, heat, power, or other industrial H : or commercial purposes, and is also H ! subject to such laws of the state, and H ordinances and resolutions of the City H 1 Council which are now in force or H 1 which may hereafter be passed, gov-H gov-H ij orning the construction, erection, or Hfs maintenance of poles, wires, conduits, Hl'J or other erections, or appliancos, now Hjl in use, or to be used in the transmis- l slon and distribution of electricity in THE NEW ORDINANCE SECTION 4. That paragraph "First" of Section 3 of said ordinance be, and tho same Is, hereby amended so as to read as follows: First: That the permission and authority au-thority hereby granted is subject to such laws of the Stato and Ordinances Ordi-nances and Resolutions of the Board of Commissioners of Ogden City as are now in force or which may hereafter here-after be passed, governing excavations excava-tions in streets and the construction, erection or maintenance of polos, wires, conduits, or other erections or appliances now in use or to be used In the transmission and distribution of electricity in said city. IM j It will be seen that the Light company in the old franchise j agreed to abide by all laws, created either by the city or the state, l I relating to the fixing of rates for light, heat and power, while in the 1 1 new ordinance the (Light company agrees to abide by such laws only j so far as they refer to excavations in the streets or maintaining of jj poles, wires, conduits, etc. Quite a difference, indeed! H Here arc the two sections of the old and new ordinances relating pi to the occupation tax: |