Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-01-12

| over which said grantees, their heirs, sue.
| cessors and assigns have no control, shall
not be counted In computing the time for
completion.
Section 4-Said grantees, their heirs. sue
cessors and assigns, shall have the right to
carry passengers. baggage. express, United
States mail and freight and shall charge and
receive for carrying passengers over said
| line OF railway or any part thereof within
the corporate limits on a continuous passage
one way five centsfor each passenger and
| shall carry children under five years of age
| free whenAccompanied by parents or guar.
dian, except there.sha be no freight receiv-
ed or delivered on Main street or Bridge
street north of Congress street
Section 5-This grant Is made upon the
| further condition that the cars of said rail.
way shall be propelled by electric power or
| such other modern motive power, excepting
| steam as said grantees, their heirs, success.
ors and assigns, may from time to time deem
expedient. The speed of said cars shall not
exceed twelve miles per hour within the
corporate limits.
Section 6-Said grantees their heirs, sue
| cessors and assigns, shall restore all por-
| tons of the said streets and the pavements
and crosswalks thereon, which II may be
| necessary for them to misplace. alter or re-
| move during the construction or operation
/ OF the railway under this franchise and
/ shall leave the same as nearly as prac-
| ticable In the same condition as before dis
turbed. All tracks located In portions of the
| street WIFI CHI have. been improved or put up
on an established grade shall conform TO
the grade of the street. The upper surface
| OF the rails shall be laid flush with the sur
| face of the street and shall be laid in such a
| manner as to disturb as little as practicable
| the free passage of vehicles over the same
| II at any time the said city shall alter the
grade of said streets or any portion thereof
upon which the tracks are laid under this
| ordnance, said grantees, their heirs, success.
sors and assigns, shall at their own expense
relay their tracks or any portion thereof as
| shall be necessary to make all conform to
| the new grade. such track shall be located
| along such portions of said street as the
| common council may direct Before con-
| structing, such location shall be determined
by the said common council within ten days
after request to the mayor of said city by
| the grantees. their heirs. successors or as
signs. And in case said location Is not made
by said common council within the ten DAYS
| above provided for, said grantees. their
heirs, successors aud assigns. may proceed
| to lay their tracks according to their own To-
| cation All portions of said tracks that are
laid in portions of streets that have been i'm.
proved OF put upon an established grade,
| shall at the expense of the said grantees.
their heirs, successors or assigns, be filed
with gravel between the rails and twelve in
ches outside of same, and snail be maintain
ed and kept flush with the rails from the
time of laying said tracks. In case said city
of Bedding shall at any time pave or repave
any portion of the streets occupied under
this franchise. said grantees. their heirs,
successors and assigns shall at their own
expense pave or repave such portions of the
said streets paved or repaved as may lay be-
tween the tracks and twelve inches outside
of same, which paving shall be done accord
ing to the specifications of the said city of
eelding for the paving of the balance of the
street
Section Whenever II may become nee
essary In the construction or repair of said
railway or its appurtenances to alter or in
terfere with any of the municipal wiring
the same shall be repaired In as good a con-
dition as before and shall be done at the ex-
pense of the said grantee. their heirs, sue
cessors or assigns. In case It shall become
to cut or trim any ornamental trees, the
same shall be done under the direction of
the mayor of the city.
Section 8-lf said grantees, their heirs
successors or assigns shall fail or neglect to
perform or fulfill the covenants herein con.
tanned, then after thirty days notice, said
notice to be in writing given by the city of
Belding and to contain a clear and definite
statement OF the failure or neglect COM
commissions and authority hereby created
shall thenceforth cease and be forfeited un.
less said grantees their heirs successors or
assigns shall within the thirty days above
mentioned comply with the ordinances in
the particulars mentioned In said notice.
Section 9-The grants, powers and privil-
eyes conferred In this ordinance shall be
extended for and be limited to a period of
thirty years,
Section 1o-Said grantees, their heirs, sue
cessors and assigns shall file their written
acceptance of this ordinance with the clerk
of the city of Belding within thirty days
after its passage.
Section 1 This ordinance shall take eff
feet Immediately upon the signing of the &C
ceptance provided for In section 10
This ordinance shall be known as Ordin. |
ance No. CT of the city of Bedding.
Adopted and approved by the common
council and mayor of the city of Bedding
this 10th day of January A. u. 1906.
GEo w. MoULToN, X M. WILSON,
Clerk. Mayor.