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'.',MREAS, a Perry privilege and franchise has been granted to
the VICKERS FERRY COMPANY by the County Court of McCracken County to
operate a ferry across the Tennessee River, from a point a.t or near the
foot of &Iizabeth street to a point on the opposite shore in Livingston
County; and,
MJREREAS, application Ins been im fte to the City of Paducah by
the Vickers Ferry Coinoany asking- the City to permit them to land at or
near the foot of Elizabeth Street, and to build a, dock at or near the
foot of said street in the Tennessee River at which to land its ferry
boat, which dock so built by it it is to have the exclusive right to
use, but not the exclusive right to land at the foot of Elizabeth Street
but only at this dock; and,
YMREAS, the said Ferry Company agrees to make six round trips
per day from the point in Paducah to the point in Livingston County,
HOtiI,THEREFORE, be .it resolved by the Board of Commissioners of
the City of Paducah that such rermission be granted to said Ferry
Com-cany to build such individual dock., and use same as above stated so
long as it complies Stith its agreement to ma.ke at le=ast six round trips
per day between said points covered by its franchise or privilege.
Adopted by thq Board of Commissi.oners Earth 17, 1919
Recorded by Henry Bailey, City Clerk, i%arch 18, 1919
On P,a-rch 24th, 1919,
Before the adoptio_Z of the minutes of the neeting of Iarch 17, 1919
the following amendment to the above Resolution was offered and adopted
and .. ordered added to said resolution:
The dock to be built and used by said Vickers Ferry Company
not to take up, of. the :fifty (50) feet width of Elizabeth street, more
than twenty-five (25) feet; that is to say, that such dock shall not use
mare than twenty-five (25) feet of Elizabeth street extended to the water.
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