§ 1. [Grant of franchise.]

That, subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of this ordinance, the City of Vidor, Texas, hereinafter referred to as "City," does hereby grant unto Gulf States Utilities Company, hereinafter referred to as "company," and its successors and assigns, the right, privilege and franchise to conduct within the city an electrical lighting and power business and to enter upon, erect, construct, maintain, extend, repair, replace and remove in, under, upon, over, above, across and along any and all of the present and future public roads, highways, parks, streets, lanes, alleys, and other public areas of the city and over, under, above, along and across any and all streams, canals, bayous, embankments and bridges, now or hereafter owned or controlled by the city, a system of poles, pole lines, towers, distribution lines, transmission lines, wires, guys, cables, conduits, transformers and other distribution and transmission instrumentalities, facilities and appurtenances (including telephone and telegraph poles and wires for company's own use) necessary or proper for the transmission and distribution, or for the transmission or distribution, of electricity, into, in, within, from, across, and through the city, as now existing, or as said city limits may hereafter be extended; and company and its successors and assigns are authorized to use said poles, pole lines, towers, distribution lines, transmission lines, wires, guys, conduits, transformers and other distribution and transmission instrumentalities, facilities and appurtenances for the transmission, distribution, delivery and sale of electricity to the municipality, and to the inhabitants of the city, and to any governmental agency, and to any governmental subdivision, and to any person, firm or corporation, wherever located, within or without the city limits of the city, for use by such purchaser, or purchasers, for light, power, cooling and heat, and for any other purpose, or purposes, whether same or different from those herein specified, for which electricity may be used.