I. [Granting of franchise to render public utility service.]


Indiana Michigan Power Company, its successors and assigns (hereinafter called "grantee") is hereby granted the right, privilege, franchise, and authority to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate in, above, under, across, and along the streets, thoroughfares, alleys, bridges, and public places (as the same now exist or may hereafter be laid out) of the Village of Stevensville, Berrien County, State of Michigan, lines for the transmission and distribution of electric energy, either by means of overhead or underground conductors, with all the necessary or desirable appurtenant equipment (the "Facilities"), to render public utility service in said Village and to the inhabitants thereof by supplying electric energy to said Village and the inhabitants thereof, and persons or corporations beyond the limits thereof for all purposes for which electric energy is now or may hereafter be used, and the transmission and distribution of the same within, through, or across said Village of Stevensville, Berrien County, State of Michigan, subject to such reasonable regulation of the placement and operation of the facilities as the Village Council shall prescribe from time to time and as is permitted under applicable state law.