The City of Burkburnett shall have the power to require the placing of all wires or other overhead construction of public utilities under the surface of the ground on all streets, avenues and other public grounds within the fire limits of said city, as said fire limits are established in this Charter, or as the same may hereafter be added to by the governing body of said city, or to require the utilities now operating within said city to remove such overhead construction to the alleys where it may be re-constructed above grounds provided that where necessary in order to feed the alleys one main aerial lead may be permitted, and provided, further, that each telephone company now or hereafter using the streets, avenues or other public grounds within said city, may maintain not more than one open wire aerial toll lead. The work of changing all overhead construction to underground, or removing same from the streets, avenues and other public grounds to the alleys, within said fire limits by the public service utilities now operating in the City of Burkburnett, shall be completed within twelve months after official notice has been served by the governing body of said city; and it shall be the duty of the governing body of said city, immediately after this Charter shall become effective, to pass and adopt all ordinances or resolutions necessary and proper to give full force and effect to the provisions contained in this section, and to the end that same may be fully complied with by all public service utilities within the time herein fixed.
(Adopted May 8, 1923)