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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1914-8-Q RESOLUTION #8-Q Original Resolution Missing Excerpt from minutes of Board of Trustees Meeting of 4 October 6, 1915' The following Resolution was introduced and read: "BE IT RESOLVED, that Whereas, it is provided by the laws of the State of California, that no railroad corporation must use any street, alley, or highway, or any of the land or water, within any incorporated city or town, unless the right to use the same is granted by a two-thirds vote of the town or city authority from which the right must emenate: And Whereas, said state laws also provide that authority to lay railroad tracks through the streets and public highways of any incorporated city, city and county, or town may be obtained for a term of years not exceeding fifty, from the trustees, council, or other body to whom is entrusted the government of the city, city and county, or town, under such restrictions and limitations and upon such terms and the payment of license tax, as the city, city and county, or town authority may provide; And Whereas, the San Diego and Southeastern Railroad Company is now using certain streets of the City of Chula Vista by maintaining its tracks thereon and operating street cars over said track without having obtained the right to use said streets in the manner provided by law; Now, therefore, that said San Diego and Southeastern Railroad Company be requested to file on or before the 6th day of November, 1914, its application with the Board of Trustees of the City of Chula Vista, for a franchise to operate its street railroad upon the public streets of said city. On motion duly seconded, said Resolution was passed, adopted and approved, by the following vote, to-wit: Ayes: Eitzen, Monroe, Wharton. Noes: Barnes. Absent: Geyer. RESOLUTION #8-Q Original Resolution Missing Excerpt from minutes of Board of Trustees Meeting of October 6, 1915 The following Resolution was introduced and read: "BE IT RESOLVED, that Whereas, it is provided by the laws of the State of California, that no railroad corporation must use any street, alley, or highway, or any of the land or water, within any incorporated city or town, unless the right to use the same is granted by a two-thirds vote of the town or city authority from which the right must emenate: And Whereas, said state laws also provide that authority to lay railroad tracks through the streets and public highways of any incorporated city, city and county, or town may be obtained for a term of years not exceeding fifty, from the trustees, council, or other body to whom is entrusted the government of the city, city and county, or town, under such restrictions and limitations and upon such terms and the payment of license tax, as the city, city and county, or town authority may provide; And Whereas, the San Diego and Southeastern Railroad Company is now using certain streets of the City of Chula Vista by maintaining its tracks thereon and operating street cars over said track without having obtained the right to use said streets in the manner provided by law; Now, therefore, that said San Diego and Southeastern Railroad Company be requested to file on or before the 6th day of November, 1914, its application with the Board of Trustees of the City of Chula Vista, for a franchise to operate its street railroad upon the public streets of said city. On motion duly seconded, said Resolution was passed, adopted and approved, by the following vote, to-wit: Ayes: Eitzen, Monroe, Wharton. Noes: Barnes. Absent: Geyer.