Section 91. The rights of the general public and of an owner of property abutting on a street are capable of distinguishment in that the latter, in addition to the rights shared by the public at large, possesses some additional ones growing out of the relation in which his lot stands to the street in front of it. "These rights, whether the fee of the street is in the lot owner or in the city, are rights of property, and are as sacred from legislative invasion as the right to the lot itself. In cities the abutting property is especially dependent upon sewer, gas and water connections; for these the owner has to pay or contribute out of his own purse. He has also to pay or contribute toward the cost of sidewalks and pavements. These expenditures, as well as the relations of his lot to the street, give him a special interest in the street in front of him distinct from that of the public at large. He may make, as of right, all proper uses of the street, subject to the paramount right of the public, for all street uses proper, subject to reasonable and proper municipal regulations. Such rights being property rights are, like other property rights, under the protection of the constitution." 7