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378 MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.company to complete and operate the said railroadwithin the time mentioned, it shall thereby forfeitthe franchises and privileges within the corporatelimits of the city of Savannah.(e) In order that the granting of the streets hereinmentioned to the Vernon Shell Road Company maynot deprive the city of Savannah of the right in thefuture to grant franchises to future applicants fornew lines, that is to say, to companies or personsnot now using the streets of the city of Savannah,the city reserves the right to grant at any time toany person or corporation not now possessing rightsand franchises as to streets, the right to the joint useof any track on the streets mentioned in this ordinance; the damages to be paid for the use of thetracks already constructed to be decided by arbitration,composed of an arbitrator to be selected by theVernon Shell Road Company, another to be selectedby the new company, and the third to be designatedby the Mayor of the city of Savannah, which saidarbitration shall fix the damages to be paid by thenew company for the use of said track, and theaward of the said arbitrators shall be final, and shallnot be subject to any appeal to the courts.(f) The conditions, stipulations, and obligationsspecified or indicated in the foregoing ordinanceshall bind not only the Vernon Shell Road Company,but its successors and assigns, and any personor corporation that may use or attempt to use thesaid privileges, or any of them, in the name of thesaid Veruon Shell Road Company.(g) In the event the city of Savannah does notown the title to any of the streets above named andI