sum to be considered as such compensation through tbe long period tbe use of tbe franchise would have bad to run. If it bad received tbe sanction of tbe mayor, therefore, we should unhesitatingly have denied tbe motion for confirmation as to all tbe routes for tbe reason of its failure to secure such compensation. But tbe resolution has, we think, most properly encountered tbe veto of tbe mayor, and tbe whole subject is again remanded to tbe board. Meanwhile tbe legislature of the State has intervened by tbe passage of tbe act, entitled "An act to secure adequate compensation for tbe right to construct, maintain, use, operate or extend street railways in cities or villages." New powers and new duties are now imposed upon tbe board of aldermen, tbe proper exercise of which would probably result in securing adequate compensation for whatever franchises tbe petitioner might secure by competitive purchase under the act. This would suggest the wisdom of further w-itbb olding our final disposition but for the legal conclusion to which tbe court has finally arrived. That conclusion is, however,, equally fatal to tbe conferring of any franchise by our consent even though the consent of the board of aldermen might first be acquired-under tbe new law and with ample security for compensation to tbe city.
Tbe motion of tbe petitioner must, therefore, be denied.
Motion to confirm report of commissioners denied.