Laws Relating to Railroads ...1870 |
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... franchise , act not to release , Franchise , sale of , on execution , Fraudulent stock , issuing , how punished ,. Freight , rates of , .... Legislature may change ,. unclaimed , how disposed of , .... Goods , delivery of by railroad ...
... franchise , act not to release , Franchise , sale of , on execution , Fraudulent stock , issuing , how punished ,. Freight , rates of , .... Legislature may change ,. unclaimed , how disposed of , .... Goods , delivery of by railroad ...
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... franchise , Interest , rate to be paid by corporation , .. Intersection with other roads , ..... Intoxicating liquors , persons using not to be employed , penalty for using , Ionia & Lansing enabling act , Issuing of fraudulent stock ...
... franchise , Interest , rate to be paid by corporation , .. Intersection with other roads , ..... Intoxicating liquors , persons using not to be employed , penalty for using , Ionia & Lansing enabling act , Issuing of fraudulent stock ...
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... franchises or other property , as hereinafter pro- vided , which shall be necessary for the construction of its road , and may change the line of its road , whenever a To take land for majority of its Directors shall so determine ; but ...
... franchises or other property , as hereinafter pro- vided , which shall be necessary for the construction of its road , and may change the line of its road , whenever a To take land for majority of its Directors shall so determine ; but ...
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... franchise , required for the purpose of its incorporation , and when it shall have failed to secure the same by legal proceeding , it shall have the right to acquire the title to the same in the manner and by the special proceeding ...
... franchise , required for the purpose of its incorporation , and when it shall have failed to secure the same by legal proceeding , it shall have the right to acquire the title to the same in the manner and by the special proceeding ...
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... franchise , required for the purpose of its incorporation , and when it shall have failed to secure the same by legal proceeding , it shall have the right to acquire the title to the same in the manner and by the special proceeding ...
... franchise , required for the purpose of its incorporation , and when it shall have failed to secure the same by legal proceeding , it shall have the right to acquire the title to the same in the manner and by the special proceeding ...
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act entitled act of Congress act shall take ACT to authorize aforesaid Allegan county Amboy amended amount approved February approved June third Approved March articles of association assessed valuation capital stock centum certified city of Lansing city or township clerk commissioners common council construction corporation county of Livingston Court creditors deemed delivered Directors dollars duty eighteen hundred electors Enabling Act entitled An act evidences of debt exceeding February 14 filed franchises Grand Haven Grand Rapids grants of land hundred and fifty-six Ingham county interest lands granted Lansing and Traverse liable manner Marquette and Ontonagon meeting or meetings Michigan enact notice paid pany par value person petition pledge their credit Port Huron proceedings rail Receivers road scire facias stockholders supervisor take immediate effect thereof thereto tion township board township or city Traverse Bay Railroad treasurer twenty continuous miles village vote
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Page 41 - ... although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 201 - State to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections, or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of pre-emption have attached as aforesaid...
Page 38 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 7 - The trustees of such company shall have power to make such prudential by-laws as they shall deem proper for the management and disposition of the stock and business affairs of such company, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and prescribing the duties of officers, artificers, and servants that may be employed ; for the appointment of all officers, and for carrying on all kinds of business within the objects and purposes of such company.
Page 206 - State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, for the purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said railroad and branches shall be and remain a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 201 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said roads.
Page 19 - Code, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties as members of...
Page 8 - ... service performed for such company, but shall not be liable to an action therefor before an execution shall be returned unsatisfied in whole or in part against the corporation, and the amount due on such execution shall be the amount recoverable with costs against such stockholder. Before such laborer or servant shall charge such stockholders for such thirty days...
Page 45 - Such railroad company shall make an entry of the balance of the proceeds of the sale, if any, of each parcel of freight owned by or consigned to the same person, as near as can be ascertained, and at any time within five years thereafter shall refund any surplus so retained to the owner of such freight, his heirs or assigns, on satisfactory proof of such ownership.
Page 26 - Until such fences and cattle-guards shall be duly made, the corporation and its agents shall be liable for all damages which shall be done, by their agents or engines...