Appendix C. TELEPHONE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT  


§ 1. COMPANY'S RIGHT OF USE.
§ 2. CONSIDERATION.
§ 3. INDEMNIFICATION, INSURANCE AND REIMBURSEMENT.
§ 4. COMPLIANCE WITH ORDINANCES.
§ 5. CONDITIONS ON USE AND OCCUPANCY.
§ 6. MAINTENANCE.
§ 7. CONSTRUCTION AND EFFECTIVE DATES.

AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between the City of Marksville, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana (the "Municipality"), and BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Georgia (The "Company"), doing and authorized to do a general telephone business in the State of Louisiana and in the Municipality.

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, a disagreement exists between the Municipality and the Company with respect to the Company's use of the streets, alleys, public ways and thoroughfares of the Municipality for the operation of the Company's business; and

WHEREAS, it is to the mutual advantage of the Municipality and the Company that the Company continue operating in the Municipality, and in furtherance thereof that the Company be permitted to continue to maintain its facilities in the streets, alleys, public ways and thoroughfares of the Municipality under conditions mutually agreed upon by the Municipality and the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the following mutual covenants, the Municipality and the Company do hereby agree as follows: