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§ 1 |
Definitions |
§ 2 |
Boston; tribunal acting in place of county commissioners |
§ 3 |
Application |
§ 4 |
Corporation chartered concurrently with another state |
§ 5 |
Corporation or trustees operating railroad of another |
§ 6 |
Purchase of railroad by commonwealth |
§ 7 |
Taking by eminent domain |
§ 8 |
Map and engineer’s report to accompany petition for charter |
§ 9 |
Depositary for plans and profiles |
§ 10 |
Notice of route |
§ 11 |
Limits specified in charter |
§ 12 |
Fixing of route |
§ 13 |
Formation |
§ 14 |
Contents of agreement of association |
§ 15 |
Associates’ authority |
§ 16 |
Publication of agreement of association |
§ 17 |
Application for certificate of public convenience and necessity |
§ 18 |
Map; engineer’s report |
§ 19 |
Submission of map and report to local officials |
§ 20 |
Fixing of route by local officials; certificate fee |
§ 21 |
Fixing of route by department upon failure to agree |
§ 22 |
Spurs, branches and connecting and terminal tracks |
§ 23 |
Certificate of facts of subscription |
§ 24 |
Certificate of compliance; filing; certificate of incorporation |
§ 25 |
Change in amount of capital stock; change of gauge |
§ 26 |
Limit upon time to acquire certificate of incorporation |
§ 27 |
Limit upon time to construct railroad |
§ 28 |
Narrow gauge railroads; paid-up capital stock |
§ 29 |
First meeting of incorporators; notice; waiver of notice |
§ 30 |
Adoption of by-laws; election of directors |
§ 31 |
Managing officers |
§ 32 |
Selection of officers; treasurer’s bond; clerk’s qualifications and duties; terms of office; vacancies |
§ 33 |
Stockholders’ meeting |
§ 34 |
Special meetings |
§ 35 |
Voting by corporation upon its own stock |
§ 36 |
Voting rights of stockholders |
§ 37 |
Meetings of directors |
§ 38 |
Certificate |
§ 39 |
Assessment; failure to pay assessment |
§ 40 |
Collection of assessment |
§ 41 |
Increase of capital stock; purposes |
§ 42 |
Corporation consolidated with one in another state; unauthorized capital stock increase |
§ 43 |
Issue of preferred stock |
§ 44 |
Designation of preferred stock; filing of record of proceedings; contents of certificate |
§ 45 |
Voting power of preferred stock; amount of stock |
§ 46 |
Offer of preferred stock to common shareholders |
§ 47 |
Issue of shares, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness |
§ 48 |
Approval by department of issue |
§ 49 |
Exchange for registered bonds |
§ 50 |
Validity |
§ 51 |
Default on mortgage; contract to allow those in possession to operate |
§ 52 |
Trustees in possession of railroad; annual meeting |
§ 53 |
Trustees in possession of railroad; election and confirmation of trustees |
§ 54 |
Trustees in possession of railroad; jurisdiction of supreme judicial court |
§ 55 |
Purchaser under foreclosure |
§ 56 |
Necessity of payment of par for shares; limit upon capital stock |
§ 57 |
Liability for issuing void stock |
§ 58 |
Use of each other’s railroad |
§ 59 |
Service provided to other railroad; compensation |
§ 60 |
Rates for services for connecting company |
§ 61 |
Foreign railroads’ privilege as connecting road |
§ 62 |
Lease by one connecting railroad to the other |
§ 63 |
Term of lease |
§ 64 |
Taking securities of other corporations |
§ 65 |
Telegraph company stock |
§ 65A |
Holding stock in railroad car and equipment companies |
§ 65B |
Real estate, warehouse, industrial facility, and industrial development companies stock |
§ 66 |
Guaranty of steamship company bonds |
§ 67 |
Associate in formation of grain elevator corporation |
§ 68 |
Acquisition, retention, sale or guarantee of other’s bonds or notes |
§ 69 |
Powers of railroad corporations; aid in construction of branch or connecting railroads |
§ 70 |
Terminal, express and subsidiary companies; interest of railroads in stock and securities |
§ 70A |
Steamship companies, ferries, ferry boats, docks, motor vehicles and aircraft |
§ 71 |
Prohibition after 1907 |
§ 72 |
Application for consolidation; notice; hearing; determination |
§ 73 |
Rates and facilities of consolidated railroads |
§ 74 |
Violations; penalties |
§ 75 |
Determination of method of crossing highways |
§ 76 |
Estimate of cost; subscription for capital stock; certificate of compliance |
§ 77 |
Consent to locate within three miles of state house |
§ 78 |
Authorized purchases |
§ 79 |
Filing of descriptions with department |
§ 80 |
Proceedings to fix location of land |
§ 81 |
Change of location |
§ 82 |
Taking of land |
§ 83 |
Taking of land for purposes other than a railroad |
§ 84 |
Lands or rights of other railroads |
§ 85 |
Purposes for change |
§ 86 |
Change of direction |
§ 87 |
Limitation upon tax exemption |
§ 88 |
Prescriptive rights of adjoining landholders |
§ 89 |
Description of locations of railroads; rules and regulations |
§ 90 |
Fencing of railroad property |
§ 91 |
Eminent domain; order securing landowners |
§ 92 |
Enforcement of order securing landowners |
§ 93 |
Fences and gates along length of railroad |
§ 93A |
Fences along railroad tracks in cities and towns |
§ 94 |
Recovery by railroad from person required to fence |
§ 95 |
Grade separation of railroad tracks by agreement |
§ 96 |
Consent for one railroad to cross another or to cross navigable water |
§ 97 |
Highway crossings; obstructions; grade separations |
§ 98 |
Over-passes and under-passes; height |
§ 99 |
Material used to surface bridges and approaches |
§ 100 |
Alteration of grade of highway; decree of county commissioners; security |
§ 101 |
Alteration of course of highway; decree of county commissioners; security; eminent domain |
§ 102 |
Level grade crossing of highway |
§ 103 |
Level grade crossing; rails protected to enable easy passage |
§ 104 |
Proceedings to lay out public way across railroad |
§ 104A |
Building, equipment or machinery moving; duty of railroad; reimbursement of costs |
§ 105 |
Alteration of course of canal |
§ 106 |
Remedy of obstruction or for failure to repair |
§ 107 |
Construction and repair of bridges, approaches and abutments |
§ 108 |
Jurisdiction of county commissioners |
§ 109 |
Separation of private land; order of commissioners relative to crossing |
§ 110 |
Denial of access to private land; order for crossing by department |
§ 111 |
Decisions of commissioners; appeal |
§ 112 |
Proceedings perfecting appeal |
§ 113 |
Appeal; hearing; department’s powers |
§ 114 |
Rights of way across tracks by prescription |
§ 115 |
Construction; additional capital stock; certificate of necessity and convenience; fee |
§ 116 |
Switch connections with private interests |
§ 117 |
Order for switch connection by department |
§ 118 |
Certification by department |
§ 119 |
Filing of map and profile, tables of grade and curvature and statement of characteristics |
§ 120 |
Draw tender |
§ 121 |
Position of bridge when not in use |
§ 122 |
Passage of vessels |
§ 123 |
Signals indicating position of bridge |
§ 124 |
Gates |
§ 125 |
Precautions taken by engineer |
§ 126 |
Violations; penalty |
§ 127 |
Penalties |
§ 127A |
Drawbridges; department; exemption of railroad from compliance with law |
§ 128 |
Abandonment of passenger station |
§ 128A |
Discontinuance of passenger service; hearing; notice; decision of department |
§ 129 |
Relocation of passenger stations and freight depots |
§ 130 |
Signs indicating way stations |
§ 131 |
Compensation for use of station, railroad or grounds of one company by another |
§ 131A |
Application of business corporation to acquire, own and operate terminal facilities; notice; hearing; approval |
§ 132 |
Safety switches |
§ 133 |
Protection of employees; blocking of frogs, switches and guard rails |
§ 133A |
Switch stands, lighting |
§ 134 |
Bridge guards |
§ 134A |
Distance between sets of tracks, structures or obstructions; exemptions |
§ 135 |
Stopping of trains at grade crossings |
§ 136 |
Grade crossings; rules and regulations |
§ 137 |
Grade crossings; interlocking signals |
§ 138 |
Warning to public |
§ 138A |
Warning devices at crossings |
§ 139 |
Regulation by department of use of warning devices |
§ 140 |
Signs protecting public ways |
§ 141 |
Signs protecting a traveled place |
§ 142 |
Signs erected by municipalities |
§ 143 |
Signs erected by municipality; duty to supply |
§ 144 |
Release of railroad or municipality from duty to provide signs |
§ 145 |
Violations; penalties |
§ 146 |
Damaging warning signs; penalty |
§ 147 |
Gates or flashing lights at crossing of railroad and public way |
§ 147A |
Reflectorizing of signs, etc., at crossings |
§ 148 |
Failure to erect signs or install gates or lights; penalty |
§ 149 |
Signals at crossing of railroad above highway level |
§ 150 |
Obstruction of view by standing wood; petition for removal; payment for damages |
§ 151 |
Obstruction of public way by railroad; penalty |
§ 152 |
Reasonable use of crossing; regulation by department |
§ 153 |
Type of power used to operate |
§ 154 |
Brakes and brakemen |
§ 155 |
Control of brakes by engineer; inspection |
§ 156 |
Safety couplers on freight cars |
§ 157 |
Use of car not equipped with automatic couplers |
§ 158 |
Grab irons |
§ 159 |
Standard height of draw bars for freight cars |
§ 160 |
Violations; penalty |
§ 161 |
Trains composed of four-wheel cars; application |
§ 162 |
Extension of time for equipment |
§ 163 |
Tools and devices carried on trains |
§ 163A |
Track motor cars; windshield with cleaning device and canopy |
§ 163B |
Passenger cars; safety windows and doors |
§ 165 |
Passenger, mail or baggage car; heating devices |
§ 166 |
Passenger cars; illuminating oil or fluid |
§ 167 |
Platform gates |
§ 168 |
Testing of locomotive boilers, rolling stock or other equipment |
§ 169 |
Vacuum brakes; mufflers |
§ 170 |
Safety valves; mufflers |
§ 171 |
Failure to equip with mufflers; penalty |
§ 172 |
Reasonable passenger accommodations |
§ 172A |
Drinking water and sanitary toilet facilities on locomotives or cabooses |
§ 173 |
Women or children in smoking cars |
§ 174 |
Drinking water in railroad cars |
§ 175 |
Failure to provide drinking water; penalty |
§ 176 |
Other necessary appliances |
§ 176A |
Track motor cars; lights |
§ 177 |
Caps and badges |
§ 178 |
Eye examinations |
§ 179 |
Engineer; experience |
§ 180 |
Conductor; experience |
§ 181 |
Violations of experience requirements for engineers and conductors |
§ 182 |
Experience of engineer and conductor; exceptions |
§ 183 |
Penalty for violation of experience requirements for engineers and conductors |
§ 184 |
Rest days |
§ 185 |
Change in number of train crew; regulation by department |
§ 186 |
Determination by railroad; revision |
§ 187 |
Reduction of rates |
§ 188 |
Extra charges for ticket purchased at place other than ticket office |
§ 189 |
Mileage tickets; detaching coupons |
§ 190 |
Commutation tickets |
§ 191 |
Season tickets; extension of term |
§ 192 |
Season tickets; reimbursement for additional fares |
§ 193 |
Sale of season tickets to express messengers; release of liability for personal injury |
§ 194 |
Baggage checks |
§ 195 |
Baggage stored over week end |
§ 196 |
Transportation of bicycles |
§ 197 |
Cheap morning and evening trains |
§ 198 |
Workingmen’s trains |
§ 198A |
Unauthorized sale at less than full fare |
§ 198B |
Unauthorized sale at other than scheduled rate |
§ 199 |
Free passes or reduced rates for public officials |
§ 200 |
Free passes to former employees injured in service of railroad |
§ 201 |
Required upon request |
§ 202 |
Determination of compensation |
§ 203 |
Reopening of proceedings determining compensation |
§ 204 |
Receipts |
§ 205 |
Equal facilities; passengers and property |
§ 206 |
Application of Sec. 205 |
§ 207 |
Prompt forwarding |
§ 208 |
Charges for transportation of freight |
§ 209 |
Violations; penalties |
§ 210 |
Freight differential to port of Boston |
§ 211 |
Discrimination in rates |
§ 212 |
Complete service; equal tariffs |
§ 213 |
Tariff |
§ 214 |
Violations; penalty |
§ 215 |
Approval of shareholders; authorization by department |
§ 216 |
Certificate of authorization; filing; notice |
§ 217 |
Rights and liabilities under new name |
§ 218 |
Standing, walking or riding vehicle on railroad property |
§ 219 |
Loitering in station |
§ 220 |
Riding upon train other than as fare-paying passenger or employee |
§ 221 |
Fees for enforcement of Sec. 220 |
§ 222 |
Riding or driving animals on railroad |
§ 223 |
Liability for allowing animal on railroad |
§ 224 |
Liability for allowing animal on railroad |
§ 225 |
Malicious injury to railroad; treble damages |
§ 226 |
Obstruction of passing of train |
§ 227 |
Wilfully stopping train |
§ 228 |
Tampering with tools or appliances |
§ 229 |
Defects in highway; liability of city or town; recovery from railroad |
§ 231 |
Gross negligence of person in control of train; penalty |
§ 232 |
Neglect of railroad to give signals at crossing; damages; contributory, gross or wilful negligence |
§ 233 |
Non-liability of railroad for acts of expressmen |
§ 234 |
Liability; insurance of railroad and owner |
§ 235 |
Spark arresters |
§ 235A |
Clearing of inflammable material along right of way |
§ 236 |
Clearing of adjoining land; notice of intent to enter |
§ 237 |
Warning of fire given by train crew |
§ 238 |
Extinguishing fire |
§ 239 |
Instruction of employees |
§ 240 |
Entry upon public park or reservation |
§ 241 |
Expense of extinguishing fire; liability of railroad |
§ 241A |
Derailments; removal of wreckage and debris |
§ 242 |
Content; inspection; violations |
§ 243 |
Quarterly statement |
§ 244 |
Lessee to make lessor’s returns |
§ 245 |
Construction; limitations |
§ 246 |
Supervisory powers of department |
§ 247 |
Formation; powers |
§ 248 |
Agreement of association |
§ 249 |
Certificate of compliance |
§ 250 |
Change in amount of capital stock |
§ 251 |
Application |
§ 252 |
Enforcement |