Evening journal., 1911-03-18

filed and recorded In the office of Sec
retary Of State until at least $500
of stock for every mile of road pro-
posed is subscribed and paid in cash
to the directors named, and until the
directors shall have deposited the said
money so subscribed with the State
Treasurer. TO be paid back in sums of
$500 for each mile of road built.
State Officials on Commission.
The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor
and Secretary of State are constituted
a commission to determine the width
of the road between 12 and 1S feet, the
road building materials, and to obtain
opinions of competent road engineers
for their information. the character of
bridges. culverts and crossings. The
acknowledgement shall receive com
pensatiOn similar to that as President
OF the Senate for acting on the COM
mission. Thirty days after the articles
of association are filed the directors of
such boulevard corporation shall or
ganize by electing a president. secre-
tary and treasurer. and perfect organ
ization. Power is given to boulevard
corporations TO institute proceedings
for the condemnation of lands, in the
manner now provided for by law.
Amy boulevard, built or located un-
der the provisions of this act shall not
exceed two hundred feet and shall not
be less than one hundred feet
i'm width, unless more land
shall be required for cuts and slopes
and embankments.
Filing OF Surveys.
There is a provision that it shall not
be necessary for the boulevard COR
poration to deposit a survey for the
entire length or route of the road with
the Secretary of State at one time
but surveys may be deposited for sec
tons of twenty or more miles in
length, to form one continuous boule-
ward when completed Section 155
also provides:
And, provided further, however
that no route or routes for such
boulevard, or for any such sections
thereof, can be finally determined
upon by any such boulevard corpor-
alton until such route has been sub
mitted to the Commission. Created
by section 149 hereof for the approva
of said Commission, and no survey o
any such route, or routes, or sections
thereof, shall be deposited in the Of
flee of the Secretary of State, as afore.
said, unless such survey bears in.
dorsed thereon the approval of saiC
Commission"
Pay Damages First for Land.
II also is provided that any lane
condemned shall not be entered upor
and broken until all damages incurred
are paid to the owner or unless tn,
! of fho our,,,,
tanned.
The boulevard corporation is en-
powered to use and to widen existina
roads and bridges. and the right t
cross railroads. railways and streams
Such corporation shall commence
survey within two months from thu
date of organization and shall com
plete the whole road for vehiculai
travel within a reasonable time.
No Consolidation With Railroads.
The construction and operation o
railways on the strip shall be I'm ac
cord with the existing laws of tn,
State and governed thereby TIL,
corporation also is empowered t.
build and maintain and operate al
plants necessary for the production
pumping, storage, sale, distribution o
RNNahAf ANofs HONtAs fAN1AAAi kdc
water, OIL telegraph or telephone mes
sages. etc, but for this purpose tn
part of the road reserved for vehicu
lar travel shall not be used. Author
lty also is given to lease the strip. |
shall be lawful for the boulevard cor
poration to consolidate with any 9th
or railway incorporated under tn
laws of this or any other State, bu
subject to the provisions Of exist
ing laws.
The borrowing of money or issuanc
Of bonds is authorized. on the strip O
road for vehicular travel shall b
way.
All that strip not devoted to tn
road for vehicular trovel shall h
wholly exempt from taxation 70
thirty years. unless it shall be utilize
for one or more public utilities, whe
1t shall become subject to taxation
accord with existing laws.