The city (hereinafter called "municipality") hereby grants to and vests in Southern Union Gas Company (hereinafter called the "company"), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware, with a permit to transact and actually transacting business in the State of New Mexico its legal representatives, successors, lessees and assigns, a franchise and the authority, license, power and privilege to maintain, construct, equip, extend, alter and otherwise establish and operate in the municipality, as now or hereafter constituted, works, systems plants, pipes and all related facilities (including those now in service) necessary and appropriate to sell, manufacture, store, distribute, convey or otherwise conduct, serve, supply and furnish the inhabitants of the municipality and others, and to the municipality, whenever the municipality may desire to contact therefor, gas for light, fuel, power, heat and any and all other useful purposes, and the company is hereby granted passage, right-of-way in, under, along and across, and the right to occupy and use in any lawful way during the life of this franchise any and all streets, avenues, easements, rights-of-way, alleys, highways, sidewalks, bridges and other structures and public places and grounds of the municipality, both above and beneath the surface or the same, as said streets, avenues, casements, rights-of-way, alleys, highways, sidewalks, bridges structures and other public places and grounds of the municipality now or may hereafter exist, for every and any such service, use, effect, and lawful purpose as herein mentioned.
(Ord. 17-1973)