Section 7
SEC. 7. Whenever any individual, copartnership, private, public or quasi-public association, corporation, or joint-stock company has lawfully obtained permission to use any of the public property of said municipality, including the public streets and highways, provincial roads, bridges, and public squares, for any cause whatsoever, making it necessary to raze or remove any of said poles and or electric wires, and or pipes, which may hinder or obstruct the prosecution of said work, the said grantee, upon written notice by the municipal council of said municipality, served upon the grantee in person or upon his duly authorized agent at least forty-eight hours in advance, shall raze or remove any of its poles, and or wires and or conduits and pipes which might hinder or obstruct the prosecution of said work so as to allow the free and unobstructed prosecution of said work. The notice shall be in the form of a duly adopted resolution of the municipal council concerned, served upon the grantee or his duly authorized agent by a person competent to testify in a civil action. The individual, copartnership, private, public, or quasi-public association, corporation, or joint-stock company at whose request the razing or removing of said poles, and or electric wires and or conduits, and or pipes has been done shall pay one-half of the actual cost thereof to the grantee and also one-half of the actual cost of their replacement. In case of the refusal or failure of the grantee to comply with such notice, the municipal president concerned, with the approval of the municipal council first had, shall order such poles, and or electric wires, and or conduits, and or pipes razed or removed at the sole expense of said grantee.