Section 8
SEC. 8. The grantee shall file his written acceptance of the conditions 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 within eighteen months from the date of such acceptance, and shall thereafter maintain a first-class electric light, heat, and power service: Provided, That in consideration of the franchise hereby granted, the grantee shall allow the municipality a rebate of ten per centum on all current consumed and shall also place all electric connections and wires for the lighting of the streets, markets, and all public places of said municipality, except the globes, which shall be furnished by the municipality; and shall pay quarterly into the municipal treasury of Orion one-half of one per centum of the gross earnings of the enterprise during the first twenty years, and one and one-half per centum during the remaining thirty years of the life of this franchise.