Passage, etc., of Ordinance Requiring Construction, etc., of Bridge, Tunnel, etc.; Apportionment of Costs Between Railroads.

1. Law
2. Code of Alabama
3. Counties and Municipal Corporations.
4. Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
5. Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc.
6. Requirement of Construction and Maintenance by Railroads of Bridges, Tunnels, etc., Within Limits of Certain Cities.
7. Passage, etc., of Ordinance Requiring Construction, etc., of Bridge, Tunnel, etc.; Apportionment of Costs Between Railroads.

Section 11-49-42

Passage, etc., of ordinance requiring construction, etc., of bridge, tunnel, etc.; apportionment of costs between railroads.

Whenever any such governing body shall deem any such improvement necessary, it shall pass an ordinance requiring the construction of such improvement, describing the character and location of such proposed improvement with reasonable certainty, stating the estimated cost thereof and fixing a reasonable time for the construction of the same, and where a viaduct, bridge, or tunnel crosses over or passes under the tracks of two or more railroad companies and such railroad companies cannot themselves agree upon the division as between them of the cost thereof to be borne by them as provided in Section 11-49-40, the said governing body shall have full power and authority to apportion the cost thereof equitably among the different railroads owning the said tracks.

(Code 1907, §1298; Code 1923, §2072; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 37, §653.)

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