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ORDINANCES
TOWN OF SCRANTON.

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specia. meeting of the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen, On Feb. II, 1893:
ORDINANCE NO. 35.
" STREET RAlLwAYs.-An ordnance to regu-
late the building of passenger and freight rail
ways in the town of Scranton, Miss, and their
uses.
Sec. !. BE it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen Of the town Of Scranton,
That wheneye err hereafter any company or cor
pOratiOn shall desire to construct a railway for
the conveyance of goods and passengers on
any of the streets of the towns, they shall be
required to petition the corporate authorities
for the privilege, stating the streets along
which they desire to build the such road and
the points between which they desire to build
the same, and if they do not to
build within three months from the time of
obtaining permission the corporate authorities
may grant the privilege to others and If after
commencing the company shall for six months
leave any part of the road ~uncompleted, their
grant and privileges shall be forfeited and the
corporate authorities may grant the privilege
to others.
Sec. 2. That whenever permission shall
have been granted the company or corporate
authorities shall proceed to lay the track ac-
cording to agreement, complying with the sur
vey's regulations and gradients that are or may
be adopted be the town.. Aud shall such rails
and to lay the same and of such gauge so as to
offer no greater obstruction to the free use and
benefit and enjoyment of the street as may be
agreed upon with the corporate authorities,
and shall build and keep in repair all bridges,
turnOuts, water ways and crossings Of the
track, paving or Smelling the track between the
rails and for three feet on each side of the
t,rnl or r,:1, NJ, mag ha dofarpnioad hr fla
town at anytime. And should the company or
corporation violate any OF the provisions of this
section the company or corporation so violating
the same shall be liable to such penalty as the
mayor shall impose not exceeding fifty dollars
per day for each and every day they shall be
proven to have violated the same.
Sec. 3. That every train shall carry at night
a lamp in the front and rear, and shall be fully
and properly lighted under such penalty as the
mayor shall impose not exceeding fifty dollars.
Sec. 4. That If any company shall refuse
and neglect to run their cars for the period of
three months then the corporate authorities
may have the track and road bed taken up,
materials and furniture sold to the highest bid
der for cash and after deducting the expense
Of taking up the road, selling the same and
repairing the street, the balance, if any, shall
be paid to the legal representative of said
company.
Sec. S. That it shall not be lawful for any
passenger or freight railway company to stop
their cars so as to nbstruet the street cross
| ings on the road or line of railroad. For each
| violation Of this section the Mayor may i'm
pose Il penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
Sec. .. That any privilege herein granted
be so construed as not to interfere with the
fire companies Of the town, but in all instances
in case of fire the use Of the streets where
railway tracks are laid, shall be subservient to
the necessities of the fire companies.
Sec. I. That the corporate authorities re-
serve the right to amend the foregoing Sec
may require II.
ORDINANCE NO. SO.
RAILROAD TRAINS NOT TO RuN AT A RATE
OVER Six MILES AN HOUR.-Be 1t ordained
by the Mavor and Board of Aldermen Of thu
town Of Scranton, That any railroad compa'
ny having the right of way may run locomo'
tives and cars by steam through the town al
the rate of six miles an hour and no more
and il in passing through the town a locomc'
tive or car should be run at a greater rate o
speed the company shall be liable to a fine o
one hundred dollars for each offence.
ORDINANCE NO. 81.
RAILROADS, BELL AND WHISTLE, AND WIFE,
TO GIVE ALARM.-Be it ordained by the May
or and Board of Aldermen Of the town o
Scranton, That every railroad company shal
cause each locomotive engine run BY It to b.
provided with a bell Of at least thirty. pound
weight, or a steam whistle, which can be hear,
distinctly at A distance Of three hundrc,
yards, and shall cause the bell to be rung an,
whistle to be blown at the distance Of at leas
three hundred Yards from the place where th
railroad crosses any street in said town, an
the bell shall be kept ringing or the whist
shall be kept blowing until the engine shaI
have stopped or crosses the street. A failur
to observe this ordinance shall cause a rail
road company to be liable to a fine of fifty dol
lars for each offence.
ORDINANCE NO. SO.
senger depot.-Be it ordained by the Mayo
and Board of Aldermen Of the town of Scran
ton, That il shall be unlawful to back
train Of cars, or part Of a train, or an engin
backing into or along q passenger depot an
within fifty feet thereof, shall, for at least thre
hundred feet before it reaches or comes oppC
site to such depot, be proceeded by q servar
Of the railway company on foot not exceedin
forty and not under twenty feet in advance I
give warning. A failure to comply with thi
ordinance shall cause a railroad company I
be liable to . fine Of nifty dollars Tor each o.
fence.
ORDINANCE NO. 80.
RAILRoADs-Not to obstruct streets.--Be
ordained by the Mayor and Board Of Alderme
Of the town Of scranton, That any railroa
company shall, upon stopping at a place whel
the railroad Is crossed BY 4 street, uncoupl
! the cars 80 as not to obstruct travel thereo
for a longer period than Ave minutes. A fai
ure to comply with this ordinance shall caus
a railroad company to be liable to . fnc Of fft
dollars for each offence.
ORDINANCE NO. 40.
REGULATIONS or S~IDEwALKs.-Bc II Of
dained by the Mayor and Board Of Alderme
Of the town Of Scranton, That the streets On
sidewalks therein shall be Of the width - D.
forth 10 this ordinance, and that II h necessai