Section 1
SECTION 1. Subject to the conditions established in this Act and the provisions of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and eight and its amendments, applicable thereto, there is hereby granted to the Butuan Sawmill, Inc., 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 th purpose of generating and distributing- electric light, heal and power for sale within the limits of the Municipality of Lianga, Province of Surigao, Philippines. The grantee shall further have the right and privilege to install, lay, maintain on all streets, public thoroughfares, bridges and public places within said limits, poles, conductors, interruptors, 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 or public or private concern within a limits for provincial, 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 and conventional sets for the use of same: Provided, That this franchise shall not take effect until the grantee shall have obtained from the Public Service Commission a certificate showing the public necessity and convenience of the same in accordance with the purpose of subsection (i) of section fifteen of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and as amended, and shall have filed such certificate with the Secretary of Public Works 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 Service Commission within six months from the date of the approval of this Act, this franchise shall become null and void.