Williams v. City of Albany

On Rehearing.

BODLDIN, J.

Appellee, on rehearing;, stresses section 220 of the Constitution.

Under this section no person shall be permitted to use the streets of a city or town for the construction or operation of any public utility or private enterprise without the consent of the municipal authorities. It is a-grant or recognition of police power in the conservation of the safety and convenience of the public in the use of the streets.

The operation of a transportaton business. ,in the city for hire has been declared within the scope of -this section.

We need not here seek to define the extent…