The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-04-07
ORDINANCE NO. lS.
An Ordinance providinu TOR tho Voc

AN ordnance Pr0Vlding Tor the Nac2-
ton Of portion OF Levee Street.
BE il ordained By the City Council Of the
city Of Cairo:
SECTION /. That all that part of Levee stree,
lying between the southerly side Qfextendedl
extended) Of Thirty fourth street. in the city OF
Cairo, Ills Except as provided In section two
OF this ordinance) be aud the same is hereby va
Gated d declared to be no longer public street
or highway, and the lots and tracts OF land i'm
mediHtely adjoining said portion of Levee street
on either side thereof shall rot extend 10 the CEN
trail line OF said vacated street or beyond their
present respective boundaries, but the land on
which the portion of said street hereby vacated 10
located shall bedevoted to the use declared in the
third section OF this ordinance.
SIC. .. That wherever and so long as
any cross street. terminating at the west
er'y eide OF tlat portion OF Levee
to on the easterly, side Of said Levee
street any land owned by any person or persons
other than Illinois Central Railroad company,
such portions of said Levee street as would be
covered by any such cross street. If EXTENDED TO
the eastery side OF said Leyee street, shall remain
An open highway.
SIC. 3. That portion Of Levee street vacated,
by this ordinance, shall, as far as the city Of
Cairo may so declare. be used by Illinois Central
Railroad company exclusively for It's railroad
purposes, ana for the switches or sidetracks which
ihhy Dc ISVulECu lUf any iulli, lACtOEys bnOp,
warehouse, elevator incline, car transfer. coal
dump or yard. manufacturing establishment or
business house, built or established, or which
may hereafter be built or est, bished upon or on,
or adjoining said portion Of Levee street so VA
Gated.
SIC. 4. That said vacation of said portion of
Leyee street is hereby made, and said use thereof
10 hereby surrendered, In consideration OF the
conveyance by said Illinois Central Railroad
company, by good and sufficient deed in fee, to
h.. aid atrrNA be- k.., E,-A
strip Of land designated and described on the
recorded maps or pats Of said city Of Cairo and
It's additions as "Illinos Central Railroad" not
heretofore conveyed by said Illinois Central
Railroad company to the trus tees Of the Cairo
one hundred feet strip lying between the
northerly line OF Four,senth street and the
southerly. line Of Elshteenth street, In said
city Of Cairo ; and also in consideration Of said
Illinois Central Railroad company saving and
keeping hames. the said city OF Cairo, Of and
from any and all damages suffered by any owner
OF any lot or tract OF land AUDITING on the portion
Of said Levee street hereby vacated In conse-
quenee Of tina vacation thereof. and OF the pay
rneut BY Illinois Central Railroad company Of all
damages g the owner OF any lot or tract Of lsni
AUDITING the vncated portion OF said Levee street.
suffered In consequence Oft vacation thereof
SIC 5. That my l50 feet In width ON tn
easterly side Of said one hundred feet strip,
north Of 18th street, is hereby set apart and de-
city Of Cairo.
SIC 6. That nothing herein shall prevent the
city from, at any time hereafter, deyoting thirty
ave tjS feet in width through said entire One
hundred QoO) feet strip excepting the fifty (3o)
feet SCI Apart above) TO the laying down and
use Of railroad tracks under such rungtmen S
as may be h rsafter ayr ed upon between the
city and any ilroad company or companies.
Apprc we'd April LIST, 1878.
HENRY WINTER, Mayor City Of Cairo.
Atsest-J. Il. PHiLIIs, City Clerk.