093_HB2827

 
                                     LRB093 05896 DRH 05993 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to railroads.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section   5.  The  Railroad  Bridge  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (610 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 114, par. 45)
 7        Sec. 1. Railroads terminating, or  to  terminate  at  any
 8    point  on  any line of continuous railroad thoroughfare where
 9    there now is or shall be a railroad bridge  for  crossing  of
10    passengers  and freight in cars over that railroad bridge the
11    same as part of  such  thoroughfare,  shall  make  convenient
12    connections of such railroads, by rail, with the rail of such
13    bridge;   and   such  bridge  shall  permit  and  cause  such
14    connections of the rail of the same with  the  rail  of  such
15    railroads  so  that  by  reason of said railroads and bridge,
16    there  shall  be  uninterrupted   communication   over   such
17    railroads  and  bridge  as  public thoroughfares. But by such
18    connections no corporate rights shall be impaired.
19    (Source: Laws 1867, p. 174.)