§ 192. Center-bearing rails prohibited. No street surface railroad
corporation shall hereafter lay down in the streets of any incorporated
city or village of this state what are known as "center-bearing" rails;
but in all cases, whether in laying new track or in replacing old rails,
shall lay down "grooved" or some other kind of rail not "center-bearing"
approved by the local authorities. Such grooved or other rail shall be
of such shape and so laid as to permit the paving-stones to come in
close contact with the projection which serves to guide the flange to
the car wheel. Where in any city, the duty of repairing and repaving
streets, as distinguished from the authorization of such paving,
repairing and repaving, is by law vested in any local authority other
than the common council of such city, such other local authority shall
be the local authority referred to in this section.