Nothing contained in this part of this chapter dealing with street railroads or any order of the city council passed in pursuance thereof shall affect or prejudice in any way the rights of the city or its legal representatives, or the State's Attorney of Cook County, in any pending or future litigation concerning the respective rights of the city or the owners or lessees of any street railroad in any of the streets of the city under any statute or ordinance heretofore enacted or passed, nor shall any section of this part of this chapter dealing with street railroads be construed or understood as extending or enlarging in any way any rights which the owners or lessees of any such street railroad may now possess in the public ways of the city.
(Prior code § 188-13)