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less than-feet wide, without the consent of the Common Council of said city, and in laying all double tracks, switches and turnouts the track of the same shall be laid as close to each other as can be to prac- tically operate said road and admit of one car passing another with safe ty. No side track shall be put in about the court house without the consent of the Common Council. Said grantees, their successors or as- signs shall not construct, erect or maintain any building, house orshed of any kind or character in or upon any of the streets of said city.
 Sec. 4. The tracks of said grantees, their successors and assigns shall be laid in center of streets as far as practicable. except where a double track is con templated being put down, and said track shall then be so laid that the center of the street shall be the center line between the two tracks. When @ double track is contemplated and only one track is laid, then the said track may be laid only with the consent of the Common Council at any other place than the center of the street, and where it is so laid with such consent, it must be laid at such distance from the center as will make the center line between the two tracks, when laid, the een- ter line of the street, and so laid that when a double track is laid, only so much space shall be left between the two tracks as is necessary for cars to pass with safety, and all tracks, side tracks, switches, turnouts and turntables shall be so constructed and maintained at all times as not to obstruct or impede the free use and passage by the public, beyond the extent reasonably necessary for the purpose of the construction and operation of said street railroad. In all eases, said grantees, their success ors and assigns, so far, and as soon as practicable, upon the completion, change or repair any of their tracks, or any portion thereof, shall replace any such street and make it thesame as good and passable for the general public as it was before such track or tracks were placed in position, changed or repaired, and this pro- vision shall include alleys and street crossings iE tersected by such tracks.
 Sec. 5. Whenever said grantees, their successors or assigns, shall construct any part Of their line upon the street that has not been built or improved to established grade by said city, then any such track or tracks shall be built as near as prac- ticable to the surface of the street, but when any such street has been built to an established grade by the city, then, and in every case, thesaid grantees shall conform their tracks, switches and side-tracks and turn outs to such established grade, and the city shall, upon reasonable no- tice at all times hy said grantees, their successors and assigns, require the city engineer to furnish such grade upon all such streets and also the center line of all streets.
 Sec. 6. A "T" rail may be used in the construction of the tracks laid by said grantees, their successors or assigns, and on any street or part of streeG that shall be paved with brick, the track shall be laid with rails of at least five and three-fourths (5&) inches high upon ties laid upon gray eI or broken stone foundation, so as to permit of laying such brick pave ment, and said grantees, their sue cessors or assigns, shall put in their track when a street is being paved so as not to unnecessarily delay the street contractor in his work; and all ties used in the construction of any tracks, side-tracks, turnouts or switches shall be laid and at all times kept maintained at such depth as not to be exposed above the sur face of the street or interfere in any way with public travel, beyond the ex tent reasonably necessary for the purpose of operating said road.
 Sec. [. Said grantees, theirsuccess- ors and assigns, may takeup and al- Ter any track and lay it down on any other street not reserved accord cording to the provisions of this or dinance, but they shall put the va cated street iu as good condition for travel as it was immediately before snch track was taken up, and in case of laying, relaying or repairing their tracks, said grantees shall put the street in as good condition as it was before such laying, relaying or repairing was done, and " hen said grantees, their successors and as- signs, shall occupy any or part of q street that has been improved by said city, by graveling the came, cai1 Oranfaas thpir cuaaacsars and