§11-44-33. Resolutions, bylaws, or ordinances granting franchises, etc., for use of streets, public highways, etc. - Publication; effective date.

No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation any franchise, lease, or right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public property of the city or town organized under the provisions of this article, either in, under, upon, along, through, or over same, shall take effect and be in force until 30 days after the final enactment of same by the board of commissioners and publication of said resolution, bylaw, or ordinance in full once a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in said city or town, which publication shall be made at the expense of the persons, firms, or corporations applying for said grant.

(Acts 1911, No. 504, p. 591; Code 1923, §2360; Code 1940, T. 37, §59.)