Pennsylvania Act 1915-21 — STREET CAR TRACKS - POWER TO CONSTRUCT GRANTED TO SECOND CLASS CITY

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STREET CAR TRACKS, POWER TO CONSTRUCT GRANTED TO SECOND CLASS CITY
                  Act of Mar. 31, 1915, P.L. 37, No. 21               Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Empowering cities of the second class to construct and maintain
        street-railway tracks and equipment for the operation of
        street-cars, and to lease said tracks and equipment, upon
        payment of a reasonable rental, to persons or corporations
        desiring to use the same for the operation of street-cars.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That cities of the second
     class are hereby empowered to construct and maintain street-
     railway tracks, with such curves, switches, connections, and
     sidings, and other appurtenances, as may be deemed necessary,
     upon streets, alleys, and other highways within said
     municipalities, where street-railway tracks have not been laid,
     nor has the said municipality authorized the laying of any
     tracks thereon by any other person or corporation. Said
     municipal corporations may also construct and maintain such
     poles, wires, or other overhead, surface, or subsurface
     structures, as may be necessary to provide for the operation of
     cars over said tracks, by electricity or otherwise.
        Section 2.  Said municipal corporations are hereby empowered
     and authorized to lease said tracks and equipment to other
     persons or corporations authorized by law to maintain and
     operate street passenger railways, upon such terms and
     conditions as may be agreed upon: Provided, however, That the
     amount of the annual rental to be paid therefor shall in no case
     be less than an amount sufficient to pay all annual maintenance
     and renewal charges on account of said construction, and, in
     addition thereto, not less than six per centum per annum
     interest upon the cost of the construction of said tracks and
     equipment.
        Section 517.  Expiration of Licenses; Renewals.--All licenses
     issued under this article shall expire at the close of the
     license period, but new licenses for the succeeding license
     period shall be issued upon written application therefor, duly
     verified by affidavit, stating that the facts in the original
     application are unchanged, and upon payment of the fee as
     hereinafter provided and the furnishing of a new bond, without
     the filing of further statements or the furnishing of any
     further information unless specifically requested by the board:
     Provided, however, That any such license issued to a corporation
     shall expire thirty (30) days after any change in the officers
     of such corporation, unless the name and address of each such
     new officer of such corporation shall, within that period, be
     reported to the board by certificate, duly verified.
     Applications for renewals must be made not less than thirty (30)
     nor more than sixty (60) days before the expiration of the
     license period. All applications for renewal received otherwise
     shall be treated as original applications.
        (517 amended Apr. 29, 1994, P.L.212, No.30)