The Portland daily press., 1897-03-20

IS liable for the repair Of bridge, the
County commissioners OF such county
snalI nave authority In the premies. But
no road shall be located under this act.
over any strest in any city in this state,
wlthout the permission of the mayor and
aldermen thereof, unless it shall be other
wise determined by q committee of judges
OF Ghe supreme judicial court, on appeal,
rs hereinbefore provided for appeals from
the decisions of the board Of railroad
commissioners and such appeal may be
taken by any party interested, including
an existing street railroad claiming to
Dc lnJuriously affected by such location,
stahtlally in the manner and with the
erect "a hereinbefore provided.
Section 3.-Seotion ten Of said ohapter
1s hereby amended by inserting after the
words lone hundred and twenty six" in
the eighth line of said section the words
,one hundred and thirty-fve, one hun
dred and thirty six as amended, one
hundred and thirty-seven, one hundred
anu thirty eight, and hundred and thirty
nine, one hundred and forty" so that
said section as amended, shall read as
follows:
Section 1870 far as applicable the
provisions of section seventeen, nineteen,
twenty, twenty-five, twenty three,
twenty -four, twetny- five, twenty six.
twenty seven, thirty six, thirty seven,
thirty eight, thirty nine, ffty-four, fifty
five, fifty six, f1fty-seven, sixty -six, sixty
seven, sixty eight, one hundred and
fourteen, one hundred and fifteen, one
hundred and sixteen, one hundred and
seventeen, one hundred and eighteen,
one hundred and twenty-six, one hun
dred and thirty-five, one hundred and
thirty-six as amended, one-hundred an
thirty seven, one hundred and thirty.
aiQhf. r1nndrnd thirtV-nin0
hundred and forty of chapter ffty-one OF
the revised statutes. shall apply to street
railways"
Any street railroad corporation, or
ganized under the general laws of said
state, or under special charter, may
erect and maintain hotels, cottages, places
of amusement and pleasure grounds
along Its route, and for that purpose may
purchase and hold real estate and person
al property necessary or convenient there
for, provided that the right Of taking
lands or other property shall not extend
to property to be used for such purposes,
and such street railroad corporations may
purchase and hold shares of the capital
stock of any other corporation engaged
In the business of owning, leasing, main
tanning or operating such hotels, cot
tages, places of Amusement and pleasure
grounds.
Section 5.-Any street railroad corpora
tion organized under special legislative
act, may be authorized to extend, con-
struct. maintain and operate its road to,
into and through adjoining cities and
towns. other than and in addition to
those named in its charter, by compliance
with and subject to the provisions OF
section six of said chapter two hundred
and sixty -siRht of the Public Laws of
eighteen hundred and ninety three, as
amended ny this act. Such corporations
shall In addition to their chartered rights
have all the rights and powers conferred
from time to time by general laws upon
street railroad corporations, subject to
the conditions, limitations and restric-
tions thereby imposed; but no corpora
tion shall have the right to run over the
tracks OF another street railroad, without
Legislative consent, heretofore or here
after granted. and the right of any con-
Meeting street railroad company specially
conferred upon 1t by it's charter shall be
preserved unimpaired.
Section 6.-Any street railroad corpora
ton may issue<bonds in accordance with
the provisions of the general law for any
lawful purpose, and secure the same by
mortgage of it's road, franchises and
property.
Section 7.-Seotion two chapter eighty
four of the Public Laws of the year
eighteen hundred and ninety five is here
by repealed.