...authoritively determined. The new constitution which went into effect August 8, 1870, provided that, "No law shall be passed by the General Assembly granting...requiring the consent of the local authorities having control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied by such street railroad." The so-called "Horse...

...proper to call attention to section 20 of article 12 of the constitution of 1875, which Is as follows: "No law shall be passed by the general assembly, granting...and operate a street railroad within any city, town, village or on any public highway, without first acquiring the consent of the local authorities having...

...CORPORATIONS. SEC. 2. [Street railroads.] — No such general law shall be passed by the legislature granting the right to construct and operate a street...within any city, town, or incorporated village, without first requiring the consent of a majority of the electors thereof. Where the question of giving consent...

...railway company to occupy the street with its tracks. Our constitution, article 11, section 4, provides: "No law shall be passed by the general assembly granting the right to construct and operate a street railway within any city .... without requiring the consent of the local authorities having control...

...shall be constructed upon any street or highway within any incorporated city, town, or village without the consent of the local authorities having the control of the street or highway proposed to l>e occupied bysuch street or other railroad. SEC. 7. The term "corporation," as used in this article,...

...a street railway within any city .... without requiring the consent of the local authorities having control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied by such street railroad." The twenty-fourth clause of section 1 of article 5 of the city and village act (then in force) gave the...

...thereafter to prevent interference with the principle of local control in such matters. That provision is : "No law shall be passed by the General Assembly granting...proposed to be occupied by such street railroad." Under the new constitution the Legislature in 1874 passed a general law relating to horse railroads,...

...regulate the use thereof by public utilities ; that § 4 of article 11 of the Constitution, providing that no law shall be passed by the general assembly granting...authorities having the control of the street or highway, is, like all other provisions of the Constitution concerning legislative power, a mere limitation upon...

...AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF THE STREET OR HIGHWAY. — No law shall be passed by the Legislature granting the right to construct and operate a street railroad within any city, town or village, or upon any public highway without first acquiring the consent of the local authorities having...

...either to make a direct grant of the right, or to authorize a municipal corporation to make such grant. control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied by such street railroad." This provision makes the operation and management of street railroads in Chicago a subject or object...