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All wires when placed above the surface of the ground shall be located upon such portion of the highway and suspended from such supports and attachments as shall be approved by the council or a committee thereof. Wires conducting currents for electric lighting and for the transmission of power and wires conducting telegraphic, telephonic and other low-tension current, when such wires run parallel with each other, shall not be located on the same side of any highway.
(Code 1971, § 19-67)