Section 1
SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions established in this Act and the provisions of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and eight applicable thereto, there is hereby granted to the municipality of Mariquina, Province of Rizal, Philippine Islands for a period of fifty years from the approval of this Act, the right, privilege, and authority to construct, maintain, and operate an electric light, heat, and power system, for the purpose of generating and distributing electric light, heat, and power for sale within the limits of the municipality of Mariquina, Province of Rizal. The grantee shall also have the right and privilege to install, lay, and maintain on all the streets, public thoroughfares, bridges, and public places within said limits, poles, conductors, interrupters, transformers, cables, wires, and other overhead appliances, and all other necessary apparatus and appurtenances for the furnishing and distribution of electric current, and to supply, sell, and furnish such current to any person, corporation public or private concern within said limits for municipal, domestic or manufacturing uses and for any other use to which electricity may be put, and to charge and collect a schedule of prices for the use of same: Provided, That this franchise shall not take effect until the grantee shall have obtained from the Public Utility Commission a certificate showing the public necessity and convenience of the same, in accordance with the purpose of subsection of section fifteen of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and eight, and shall have filed such certificate with the Secretary of Commerce and Communications upon accepting this franchise: And provided, further, That if the grantee does not file the proper application for said certificate with the Public Utility Commission within three months from the date of the approval of this Act, this franchise shall become null and void.