48:15-52. Application to board of public utility commissioners Whenever a street railway or traction company operates its cars in any street in this state in which a bridge forms a connecting link and it has a franchise to lay its tracks in the street on either side of a bridge owned by a municipality but has no legal authority to cross the bridge or its right to cross is disputed, and any municipality owning the bridge cannot agree with the company as to the terms and conditions of the use of the bridge by the company, the company, or the municipality through its body having charge of its bridges, or any taxpayer of any municipality in which the bridge or part thereof is located, may apply to the board of public utility commissioners for a direction that the company place its tracks, wires and appurtenances on the bridge and operate its cars thereon for the convenience of the public, and to fix the terms and conditions of the use of the bridge by the company.
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