Section 5. That the passenger railway company may, if it deems proper, in its petition for the appointment of viewers to assess the damages incurred by its proposed use of such bridge as aforesaid which it desires to cross, pray that the damages, for such crossing and use of said bridge for the purpose of its road and business, shall be assessed, payable yearly, and thereupon the said viewers shall ascertain and determine:
First. What damages the owner or owners of the bridge will suffer, by reason of the laying down, over and across the bridge, the track or tracks of the railway company; and
Second. What damages the owner or owners of the bridge will suffer, by reason of the use, for one year, of the track or tracks by the railway company in its business; and the finding shall be distinct as to each. Thereupon the railway company may, by paying, or, before the final settlement of the amount to be paid, securing the same by bond as hereinbefore provided, the damages, both for the laying down of its track or tracks and for the use of the same for one year, having the right to lay down its track or tracks over and along the roadway of the bridge, and use the same for the purposes of its business for the next ensuing year; and the railway company, by paying to the owner or owners of the bridge, before the termination of the first year, the sum assessed as the damages for the use of the bridge for one year, shall be entitled to use the bridge for the ensuing year; and so on, from year to year, until the sum is changed on the petition of either party to court and proceedings by viewers as hereinbefore provided. This section shall include all bridges, other than steam railroad bridges, upon which a railway track or tracks are now laid, and also any street passenger railway company incorporated under the act to which this is a supplement, using any such bridge. The appointment of viewers, reports of viewers, action of the court and appeals therefrom, on proceedings under this section, shall conform to, and be regulated in, the manner prescribed in the preceding sections.