§ 8-18. United Gas Pipe Line Company.

(a)

The right is hereby given to United Gas Pipe Line Company, a corporation, its successors and assigns, hereinafter called "grantee," to lay, erect, construct, replace, relocate, renew, maintain, operate and change the sizes of, and remove pipelines for the transportation of gas and all equipment and appurtenances in connection therewith, including telephone, telegraph and electric lines, conduits, poles, transformers, gas meters and regulators over, through, upon, under and across any and all roadways, highways, streets or rights-of-way thereon, and any rivers, lakes, streams, waters, waterbeds or watercourses in said parish over which the police jury thereof has jurisdiction.

(b)

In the exercise of this grant, grantee shall duly comply with all laws, rules, regulations and specifications of any duly authorized regulatory body of the State of Louisiana or of the United States that may be applicable.

(c)

The grantee shall promptly repair, at its expense, any damage caused by virtue of the exercise of its privileges under this grant, and the grantee shall be liable for damages to persons or property arising out of the negligence of itself, its agents, servants and employees.

(d)

The grantee shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder to any assignee, which shall be subject to the obligations herein imposed on the grantee.

(Ord. No. 1952-B, §§ 1—4, 5-17-50)