Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-05
ORDINANCE NO. 22a.

and certain other streets in the City
of Fitzgerald, and to close that por-
tion of said Ocmulgee Avenue lying
between Johnson and Jackson streets,
respectively, in said City, and for 9TH
er purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it, and it is hereby or
dained by the mayor and council OF
the city of Fitzgerald at a regular
meeting thereof, in council assem-
bled, that from and after the passage
of this ordinance, the Atlanta, Bir-
mingham & Atlantic Railroad Com
pany and its successors and assigns,
are hereby authorized and empower
ed to alter and remove the railroad
track of said Company, as the same
Is now located upon that street in
said City called "Ocmulgee Avenue"
and to construct, maintain and ope-
rate in the place and stead of such
altered and removed present track,
two parallel lines of railway track
along said Ocmulgee Avenue, which
said two railway tracks thus be con-
structed and operated upon said
street, shall be located as the same
appear upon the blueprint showing
the existing and proposed tracks re-
spectively, of said Company upon
said street hereto attached and made
a part of this Ordinance.
Sec. 2. Be it and it is hereby in
like manner further ordained, thatso
much of the aforesaid Ocmulgee
Avenue as lies between Johnson and
Jackson Streets, respectively, shall
be and is hereby closed to the public,
and the use thereof by the public as
a Highway discontinued and aband-
oned, so that from and after the pas
sage of this Ordinance, said portion
of said Ocmulgee Avenue, so lying
between and extending from Jack
son Street to Johnson Street shall no
longer be public thoroughfare in
said City, but shall be occupied and
used exclusively by the aforesaid
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Railroad Company and it's success
sors and assigns, and by it and then
for railroad purposes only. The por-
tion of said street thus abandoned
being shown the blueprint aforesaid
by continuous lines ex ending across
said Ocmulgee Avenue.
Sec. 3. Be it and it is hereby in
manner further ordained that the
said Atlanta, Birmingham and At.
lantic Railroad Company and it's
successors or assigns, are hereby full
ly authorized and empowered to con-
struct, operate and maintain two
railway tracks as such tracks are de-
lineated upon the blue print referred
to in Section One of this Ordinance
and hereto attached, along, upon
and across the following streets in
said City: Oconee Avenue, Bragg
Street, Hill Street, Altamaha Ave-
nue., and Merrimac Drive, respecti-
vely and also the several alleys or
lanes crossed by the proposed tracks
as appears upon said blueprint.
Sec. 5. Be it and it is hereby in
like manner further ordained, that
the said Atlanta, Birmingham & At
lantic Railroad Company and its suc'
cessors and assigns, are hereby full
ly authorized and empowered to con-
struct, operate and maintain it's rail-
way tracks provided for and authori-
zed by this Ordinance in said City,
upon the grade or grades shown up
on the blueprint profile thereof here.
to attached and made part of this
ordinance, and to that end, to alter,
raise or lower, either or both, tie
streets in said City along and upon
which said railway tracks are or
shall be constructed, maintained and
operated, to any extent necessary to
make said streets conform to the
grade of said railroad tracks, as
same appear upon said blueprint
profile.
Sec. 5. Be it and it is hereby in
like manner further ordained that
the rights and privileges by this or
dinance conferred upon said Atlanta
Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Company and its successors or as
signs, shall not be deemed to repeal,
revoke or alter any other rights and
privileges heretofore granted to and
now enjoyed by said Atlanta, Bir-
mingham and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany. its predecessors, successors
and assigns. but are cumulative
thereto.
Sec. 6. The said Atlanta, Bir-
and Atlantic Railroad
90. shall not be exempt by reason
of the passage of this ordinance to