Section 2
SEC. 2. Article XI of the said franchise, contained in section two of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and forty-two, is hereby amended to read as follows : "Art XI. Within ninety days after the acceptance of the bid of the grantees, the grantees shall be with the Secretary of Commerce and Police (his) their written acceptance of this franchise and of all the terms and conditions hereof, and the grantees shall begin the construction of (his) their telephone system in the municipality of Iloilo within six months from the date of (his) their acceptance of this franchise and shall begin the business of transmitting messages by telephone and be fully equipped and ready to operate at least one hundred telephones in said municipality within eighteen months from the date of (his) their acceptance of this franchise unless prevented by act of God the public enemy, usurped or military power, martial law, riot, civil commotion, or inevitable cause. Forfeiture hi event "The failure, refusal, or neglect to comply with any of the terms and conditions required by this franchise of the grantees, (his) their successors or assigns, shall subject the franchise to forfeiture unless such failure, refusal, or neglect was directly and primarily caused by act of God the public enemy, usurped or military power, martial law, riot, civil commotion, or inevitable cause."