Pennsylvania Act 1917-392 — SECOND CLASS CITIES ALLOWED TO LEASE LAND

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SECOND CLASS CITIES ALLOWED TO LEASE LAND
                 Act of Jul. 20, 1917, P.L. 1137, No. 392             Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Empowering cities of the second class, under certain conditions,
        to lease streets or highways along navigable streams, or
        streets or highways created by act of Assembly, to private
        persons, for a limited time, and to receive a rental
        therefor.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That cities of the second
     class shall have power to lease to any person or persons any
     street or highway, or part thereof, laid out or opened along a
     navigable stream, or streets or highways, or parts thereof,
     created by act of Assembly, within the limits of said city,
     wherever, in the judgment of the corporate authorities of said
     city, the said streets, highways, or parts thereof, are not
     necessary for immediate public use. Said lease or leases may be
     made for a period of not exceeding ten years; subject, however,
     to the condition that said lease or leases may be terminated by
     said city whenever, in the judgment of the corporate
     authorities, the same may be necessary or required for the use
     of the general public.
        Section 2.  The terms of said lease or leases shall be made
     by ordinance of said city, fixing the compensation or terms
     thereof, and prescribing the terms and conditions under which
     said lease may be terminated as provided by section one hereof.
        Section 3.  The said leases or leasing under the authority of
     this act, or renewal or extensions thereof, shall not be taken
     or construed as a vacation or abandonment of said streets or
     highways, or parts thereof; and the said streets or highways, or
     parts thereof, which may be leased, shall always continue and
     remain as public streets and highways, subject only to the
     temporary use thereof under the terms and conditions of said
     leases or leasing.