§ 111. Municipal consent to use streets. A district steam corporation
shall have power to lay and maintain suitable pipes and conduits or
other fixtures in and under the streets, parks and public places of the
cities, villages or towns mentioned in its certificate of incorporation
upon obtaining the written consent of the local authorities thereof and
upon such reasonable regulations as they may prescribe. Such local
authorities shall be: in a city, a majority of the members of the local
legislative body; in a village, a majority of the members of the board
of trustees; in a town, outside of a village, the town superintendent of
highways and a majority of the members of the town board.