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ly violating the forgoing provisions shall be deemed
guilty of misdeameanor and on conviction before the
Justice of the Peace of the City, shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or by im-
prisonment not exceeding twenty -five days or both,
at the discretion of the court, for each and every
offence. Any conductor or other employee on the
railroad herein provided for, any passenger thereon,
or other person on or about the cars belonging
thereto, who shall by offensive, indecent, opprobri-
ous or abusive language, insult, abuse or maltreat
any passenger on the said cars, shall on conviction
thereof before the Justice of the Peace of the City,
be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more
than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonmenr not ex-
ceeding twentydays, or both, at the discretion of the
court, for each and every such offence.

Sec. 7 - the construction of the railways herein
provided for shall be commenced within sixteen
months from the 1st day of October, 1879, and the
same shall be completed as follows:
The railway on Commercial Street and along Mill
Street from the intersection of Commercial to the in-
tersection of Front Street and along Front Street as
the same shall be graded, shall be completed within
twenty-three months from said 1st Day of October
1879, or so soon thereafter as said streets or parts of
streets shall be graded. The railways upon at least
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one street herein named, shall be completed each
year thereafter, until the railways upon all the streets
named herein shall be completed: Provided[italics], that on
or before the first day of July, A.D. 1880, the said
Irving Ballard or his assigns shall give notice to the
Common Council naming the streets upon which it is
intended to construct railways as herein provided
during the year next ensuing the date of such notice,
and the railway on such street or streets so designated
shall be completed within the said ensuing years, so
far as the same shall be graded, and on the first day
of July of each succeeding year thereafter a like
notice shall be given to the Common Council designa-
ting the street or sreets upon which the railway is to
be constructed the next ensuing year as before, until
the entire system of railways provided for herein shall
be completed: Provided further[italics], that said railway
when laid down and completed upon any street or
streets herein named and as herein provided, shall be
extended upon such street or streets whenever the
graded portion of such street or streets shall be ex-
tended; such extension of railway upon any street to
correspond and to progress with the the street improve-
ments on said street.

Sec. 8 - the said Irving Ballard, his associated
or assigned, shall forfeit their right or privlege accru-
ing by virtue hereof as follows: On failing to com-
mence the said railway within the time herein provid-