The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-05-22
Legal Notices.
Ordinance No. 40, Relative to street Rail
Way.

An ordinance granting Geo. f. Bardeen and G..
w. Merriman, trustees, their successors and
assigns, and any company or corporation succeed
ing 10 its property rights, permission and author
ity and a right of way 70 locate, establish, con
struct, use, and maintain, own and operate, rail-
way by electricity, or other approved power, with
all the appurtenauces thereunto belonging, on in
through and over the streets and highways in the
village Of Paw Paw, county Of Van Buren,, state Of
Michigan.
The Village of Paw Paw Ordans:
Sec. /. Permission and authority and a right of
way is hereby granted to Geo. f. Bardeen aud G.
w. Merriman, trustees their successors and
assigns, and company or corporation succeeding
to its property right to locate establish construct
extend, use, maintain, own and operate railway
by electricity, OF other approved power with all
the appurtenanCes thereunto belonging, in, on
through and over the streets and highways i'm the
village of Paw Paw, county of Van Buren,, state Of
Michigan, with all the necessary and convenient
double tracks, tuTnouts, sidetraCks and switches
and with single OF double trolley with necessary
poles and overhead wires and rail connections,
and TO own and maintain thereon cars for the
transportation OF passengers, baggage, freight, L.
). mails and express, necessary and convenient
toi ITS business Tor thirty so years from the date
of this charter.
Sec II. The rails of said company, its success
ors assigns, may be OF the style known as the
T rail and shall be placed flush with the surface
of the streets and shall conform to the grade
thereof and shall be so constructed as 10 least in
convenience and obstruCt public travel thereon,
and the wire and structure in said streets shall be
kept at all times in good, safe condition, at all
streets or road intersections the approaches shall
be graveed between the rails and sufficient dis
tsnce each side Of the rail afford proper APP
pToaCh for teams.
Sec. III. Said company, its successors or
assigns, shall not charge more than two ~ cents
per mile for each passenger, provided, how
ever, that no single fare shall be less than hve 5)
cents.
Sec. ". None but careful, sober and prudent
men shall be employed 10 take charge of the cars
on the road, and they shall use every reasonable
Precauton not 10 inJure the teams, carriages or
persons on foot.
Sec. V. The cars at all times shall be entitled
to the tracks and any vehicle persons on the
the track Of said railway shall turn when the
cars come up in either direction, to leave
the track unobsTucted.
Sec. VI. Said company, its successors or as
signs, shall have road completed within two years
from the time this ordinance takes effect.
Sec. VII Permits shall not be issued 10 move
buildings or large or bulky articles on or across
any OF the streets upon which said tracks are, or
may be situated, in such manner as to interfere
with the overhead equipment or operation OF cars
upon railway, unless at time of making such APP
plication the person desiring the permit shall file
with the village clerk the written of said
company, their successors or assigns, or the presi
dent of said village. Whenever the president of
said village shall grant to any person the right 10
move buildings articles, person moving
same, shall be required, If possible practicable,
TO move the same across or along the track of
said railway between the hours of twelve (Iz)
o CLOCK midnight and IS clock the next morning,
the party in whose favor the permission IS granted
shall pay TO grantees, their successors OF assigns,
any and all damages and expenses caused by the
removal disturbance of the wires, poles and
premises of said railway, or by the stoppage Of its
G RS.
Sec. VIII. This ordinance shall take effect at
once upon its passage and the public notice there
of, required by law
Sec. TX. The power. privileges and rights
conferred, and obligations herein and hereby i'm
posed, shall be deemed contract and continued
said grantees, their successors and assigns, tor
a period OF thirty 500 years from and after the
adoption thereof.
Sec. K said grantees shall within thirty go
days after the passage Of this ordinance, signify
their acceptance IN writing of the rights and
privileges hereby granted and file the same with
the village clerk.
We do hereby certify that the foregoing ordin-
ance No. 10 was adopted by the village council of
Paw Paw at special meeting OF said village
council held May 18th, 1908.
L. b. LONGWELL,
President
W. II. MAsoN,
Clerk.