Rhode Island General Laws 39-9-13. Accounts of revenues
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Every railroad corporation shall keep an account of the toll, freight, and passage money received at their depots and offices of receipt, and keep the same at all times in readiness for the examination of the general assembly, or the division of public utilities and carriers, or any committee that may be appointed by the general assembly.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 187, § 38; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 42; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 33; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 33; G.L. 1956, § 39-9-13.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-9-13
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Division: means the division of public utilities and carriers. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
- Railroad: means and includes every railroad other than a street railway, by whatsoever power, operated for public use in the conveyance in this state of persons or property for compensation, with all bridges, ferries, tunnels, switches, spurs, tracks, stations, wharves, and terminal facilities of every kind, used, operated, controlled, leased, or owned by or in connection with any railroad. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2