Section 8
SEC. 8. Said grantee shall file his written acceptance of this franchise with the Secretary of Commerce and Communications within one hundred and twenty days from the date when he obtained the certificate required by section one of this Act, and shall commence work under the supervision and subject to the approval of the proper district engineer, within six months' time from and after the date of filing such acceptance, unless prevented by act of God or force majeure, usurped or military power, martial law, riot or civil commotion or other inevitable cause, and shall complete the system and have the same in operation in each of the municipalities of San Fernando, Bacolor, Guagua, and Angeles within eighteen months from the date of such acceptance, and shall thereafter maintain a first-class electric light, heat, and power service in each of said municipalities: Provided, That in consideration of the franchise hereby granted, the grantee shall pay quarterly into the provincial treasury of the Province of Pampanga and into the municipal treasury of each municipality in which the grantee shall operate under this franchise, one-half of one per centum of the gross earnings of the business during the first twenty years, and one per centum of said gross earnings during the remaining thirty years of the life of said franchise.