Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-07-27

proVal OF SAID mayor ana council:
Section 4. And be 1t enacted and ordered !:
That the entire expense OF the construction
and main tainance OF said track, road-bed and
sidings, and the portion OF said avenue in
cluded therein, and two feet adjacent thereto,
a. aforesaid, to be laid and kept in repair by
said company, as hereinbefore provided, as
well as the grading and repair of other por-
lions of said avenue and streets, as herein
before set forth, and the repair and replacing
of any electric light telephone or telegraph
wire, and the erection aud maintenance Of
said poles and wires In accordance with the
conditions, regulations, restrictions, reserVa-
tons and requirements prescribed by this
ordinance, shall be borne by said company
And the said company shall be liable
for, and shall satisfy all adjudicated dam
ages to person or property occasioned by the
exercise Of the rights and privileges hereby
conferred, and shall indemnify and save
harmless the said Mayor and Council Of Rock
Vile from all loss, costs, damage or expenses
by reason OF the exercise Of said rights and
privileges, and the use Of the aforesaid avenue
by said COMPANY, for the purposes herein
contemplated, and the approval or direction
OF the said Mayor and Council as hereinbe.
fore provided shall not relieve the said com
pany of its sole and exclusive liability In the
premises.
Section 8. And be 1t enacted and ordered /:
That no steam engine shall be used by said
company upon and over the track and road
hereby authorized to be constructed upon
said avenue, and the speed Of the care or mo
tors operated thereon shall not exceed twelve
miles an hour, between the cross or inter-
secting streets, nor be more than six miles
an hour at the cross or iutersecting streets.
Section 6. And be il enacted and ordered
That the rights and privileges hereby granted
to said company shall be forfeit and void If the
construction Of said track and road hereby
authorized shall not be commenced by said
company within sixty days from the date OF
the ratification Of this ordinance, Or If the
said construction shall not be completed
within sixty days from the commencement
OF the same and the wilful failure or re-
fusal by said company to run or operate its
cars or motors over any portion Of said road
for sixty days, 10 any one year, without the
written consent of the Mayor and Council Of
Rockville, shall operate as a forfeiture Of the
franchise and Of all the rights and privileges
by this ordinance.
Section And be II enacted and ordered |:
That in addition to the stated taxes which
may be annually levied against the said COM
pany by said Mayor and Council, the right
is hereby reserved TO the said Mayor and
Council, after the expiration of twenty years
from the ratification Of this ordinance to col
lect from the said company, or it's assigns,
for the exercise of the rights and privileges
hereby conferred, the additional tax of FIVE
dollars per annum for each and every car
operated by said company, or It's assigns,
over the streets of said town.
Section 8. And be it enact and ordered
That said company shall have at all times the
free and uninterrupted use of Its roadway; an
II any person or persons shall wilfully, mis-
chievously and unnecessarily obstruct or i'm
pede the passage Of the cars of said railway
with vehicle, or vehicles, or otherwise, or
In any manner modest or interfere with passen-
gers or operatives while in transit, or destroy
or injure the cars Of said railway, or depOts,
or other property belonging to said railway,
the person or persons 80 offending shall for
felt and pay for each such offence not less than
five nor more than one hundred dollars, 10
be recovered as other fines and penalties in
said town Of Rockville.
Section o. And be II enacted and ordered
That the rights and privileges hereby granted
shall be subject TO revocation by the said
Mayor and Council of Rockville upon the
continued violation by the said company of
any of the conditions, regulations, restric-
tions, reservations and requirements herein
contained, after due and reasonable notice
thereof has been served upon said company,
or its assigns, or by service on any Of its
to comply Herewith within q
reasonable time nor shall any Of the mat
tiers and things herein required TO be done by
said company be so construed, or operate as,
a waiver Of the right Of the Mayor and Coun
Gil Of Rockville TO insist upon the perform
ance by said company, or its assigns, OF all
the conditions, regulations, restrictions, res
ervations and requirements herein contained.
Section 10. And be II enacted and ordered
That, IL the present legal inhibition to the
uGteasioa % said railway along and over the
route harelnale r designated shall be removed,
, ,hs SID eoSapany, sts essisas, snail
s.ieAd ita srid railway from Its western term
'uaa AZ hefeiabefore described TO the begin
ming o. Commerce street, thence along and
over the south side OF Commerce street, dis
iaut four tees rom the curb, 10 Anderson
atreet, theeoc aiong the middle OF said Com
'"ele ca; % ihC western limit Of said town,
sal s9sa eitatn ~ months from the remov-
OIL % az legal obstruction thereto, begin the
work Of oonatrt ing such extension, aud
shall within ulul days from the commence
ment Vi Sa.a "U,A complete the same and
shall then run It's cars and motors to and
from said western limit Of said town, subject
to all the conditions, regulations, restric-
tons, reservations and requirements con-
tanned within this ordinance and every sec
ton thereof; and II said company shall not
comply with the provisions of this section OF
this ordinance within the time herein limit
ed for the commencement and completion of
such extension, then all the rights and fran
chises granted by this ordinance and by ev-
cry section thereof shall cease and be utterly
null and void.
Section IL. And be il enacted and ordered:
That this ordinance shall take effect from and
after 1t shall have been finally ratified, as re-
quired by Chapter 476 OF the Acts Of the
General Assembly OF Maryland, passed at
the January Session, 1900.
The above ordinance having been passed
by the Mayor and Council Of Rockville, at
meeting held July 23d, 1900, is published 10
accordance with Chapter 476 Of the Acts Of
1900, Of the General Assembly of Maryland,
and an election is hereby ordered by said
Mayor aud Council Of Rockville, TO be held
on Saturday, the 18th day Of August, 1900,
between the hours OF IL O'Clock, N and $3.50
o'clock, P. NJ, at the ticket Office in the
Town Hall, in said town of Rockville, for its
ratification or rejection by the taxpayers le-
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