The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to grant the right for the erection of telegraph, electric light, or telephone poles, posts and wires along and upon any of the streets, alleys, or ways of the municipality, and change, modify, and regulate the same. However, such privilege shall not be exclusive, and no such privilege shall be granted for a longer term than twenty-five years.Codes, 1892, § 2932; 1906, § 3323; Hemingway's 1917, § 5820; 1930, § 2400; 1942, § 3374-119; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 119, eff. 7/1/1950.
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