Alabama § 11-49-42 Passage, Etc., of Ordinance Requiring Construction, Etc., of Bridge, Tunnel, Etc.; Apportionment of Costs Between Railroads

Alabama Statutes

§ 11-49-42 — Passage, Etc., of Ordinance Requiring Construction, Etc., of Bridge, Tunnel, Etc.; Apportionment of Costs Between Railroads

Alabama § 11-49-42

Title 11Counties and Municipal Corporations

Ch. 49Regulation, Construction, Maintenance, Etc., of Streets, Highways, Railroad Bridges, Ferries, Etc

Art. 3Requirement of Construction and Maintenance by Railroads of Bridges, Tunnels, Etc., Within Limits of Certain Cities

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Ala. Code § 11-49-42 (2026).

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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.

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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.