Title 46 — Title 46

A railroad company organized and incorporated as provided in this chapter shall be empowered: (1) To cause such examinations and surveys to be made for the proposed railroad as shall be necessary for the selection of the most advantageous route, and, by its officers, agents, serv…

Railroad companies may build and operate as part of their corporate property such number of vessels as they shall deem necessary to facilitate their business operations. (Ga. L. 1892, p. 37, § 13; Civil Code 1895, § 2174; Civil Code 1910, § 2592; Code 1933, § 94-313; Ga. L. 1982,…

(a) Any railroad company owning or operating a railroad in this state, whether such company is chartered under the laws of this state or under the laws of any other state, is authorized and empowered: (1) To reconstruct its lines or tracks, to build one or more additional main tr…

(a) Any railroad company may extend its railroad from any point named in the petition for charter or may build branch roads from any point on its line of road. Before making any such extensions or building any such branch roads, the company shall, by resolution of its board of di…

(a) Any railroad company incorporated under this chapter shall have the power to change the general direction and route of its railroad from that stated in the original petition by a two-thirds’ vote of the capital stock of the corporation represented in person or by written prox…

In all cases where a railroad crosses a highway and the cutting makes a change in the route of any such highway or a change is desirable with a view to easier ascent or descent, the railroad company may take such additional lands for the construction of such highway upon a new ro…

(a) No railroad company operating trains in this state shall employ or allow in charge of any of its locomotives in this state, as a locomotive engineer (except locomotive engines used in yard service), any person who has not had at least three years’ actual experience as a firem…

(a) All steam railroad companies operating steam locomotives on their railroads in this state shall provide and equip each steam locomotive so operated in this state with an automatic door to the firebox of such locomotive. Such automatic door shall be so constructed and so opera…

Qualifications of railroad telegraph operators; maintenance of written record of certificate of competency. Limitation of hours of service for railroad employees engaged in train operation. 46-8-197. Part 2 Signal Whistles and Lights on Trains 46-8-170. 46-8-171. 46-8-172. Equipp…

The commission shall have power and authority: (1) To ascertain the cost of construction and the present value of properties in Georgia owned by railroad companies; and to that end, the commission may employ necessary experts; (2) To prescribe rules with reference to the use, con…

All track or section foremen shall report, in such manner and at such times as may be required by federal law, the different marks and brands of all livestock killed upon their respective sections, specifying in their report on what part of their sections such livestock were or m…

All special officers appointed and commissioned as provided for in this article shall have throughout the state all the powers, duties, and responsibilities of sheriffs or other law enforcement officers of the state while engaged in the performance of their duties as such railroa…

All criminal processes served by a special officer shall be returned by him to the county from which the same originated. (Ga. L. 1935, p. 465, § 4.) ARTICLE 8 LIENS AGAINST COMPANIES GENERALLY 46-8-250. Lien for wages of railroad company employees, generally.

The amounts due employees of any railroad company for wages earned by services rendered to the railroad company shall constitute a lien upon the railroad and other property of the railroad company and shall be superior to the lien of any mortgage or other contract lien executed o…

Manner of payment after placement of company in receivership; manner of payment and rights of employees after seizure of railroad pursuant to conveyance to secure debt. Lien for furnishing materials, supplies, and articles necessary for railroad operation and for damages for kill…

Any person may make a contract in writing with any company owning or operating a railroad in this state to furnish the company with rolling stock or other equipment, deliverable either immediately or subsequently at stipulated periods. The contract may provide that the purchase m…

The lessees of any railroad or the company having possession of the railroad shall be liable to an action of any kind in the same court or jurisdiction as were the lessors or owners of the railroad before the lease. (Ga. L. 1862-63, p. 161, § 1; Code 1868, § 3330; Code 1873, § 34…

When any person is sued as the lessee of a railroad, service of a petition, summons, or other process may be effected by delivering a copy thereof to the depot agent or other officer of such lessee in the county where the action is pending, or by leaving a copy at the place where…

Whenever any railroad company incorporated under the laws of this state or whose line of road may extend into this state has leased its line of road to any person and such lessee is in possession of the road, service on such lessor company may be perfected by delivering a copy of…

Any railroad company desiring to adopt this chapter as a part of its charter may so signify by resolution of its board of directors filed with the Secretary of State. The certificate of the Secretary of State that such resolution has been filed with him shall be conclusive eviden…

Any person who is a director or other officer or agent of a railroad company which owns a railroad situated in this state and who, either alone or in conjunction with any other person, whether or not such person is an officer, stockholder, or agent of a railroad company, does any…

Any person who is a director or other officer or agent of a railroad company which owns a railroad situated in this state and who does any act with the intent and purpose of wrecking the company, although by the act the company is not thus wrecked, shall be guilty of the felony o…

Any person intruding unlawfully upon the constructed track of a railroad company, contrary to the will of the company, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Laws 1837; Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 850; Code 1863, § 4334; Code 1868, § 4370; Code 1873, § 4437; Ga. L. 1875, p. 26, § 1; Code …

Any person who rides or attempts to ride on a railroad train of any character and conceals himself from the conductor or train authorities by hiding under the train, or on top of the train, or in box cars, on tenders, or elsewhere, for the purpose of avoiding the payment of fare …

Hiding on train for purpose of stealing a ride. Neglect or refusal of officer, agent, or employee of railroad company to make and furnish report required by commission; obstructing commission. for which Interstate Commerce Commission has determined a certificate of abandon- 628 P…

The provisions of Article 14 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 shall be applicable to railroad corporations dissolved under this chapter. (Ga. L. 1953, Ex. Sess., p. 213, § 10; Ga. L. 1989, p. 946, § 113.) ARTICLE 2 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION AS TO RAILROAD COMPANIES GENERALLY 46-8-2…

In no case shall a railroad corporation issue bonds or increase its capital stock except by a vote of two-thirds of the capital stock of the corporation represented at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called for that purpose, and after each stockholder has been notifi…

A railroad corporation which is organized under the laws of this state and chartered by the Secretary of State and which has surrendered its franchises to the state in accordance with Code Section 46-8-70 or which has sold its property, rights, and franchises to another corporati…

When the petition for dissolution is filed, the Secretary of State shall certify one of the copies thereof and shall deliver the same to the corporation, which shall cause the certified copy to be published once a week for four weeks in the official organ of the county in which t…

Immediately upon the filing of the petition for dissolution, the Secretary of State shall transmit one copy thereof to the Public Service Commission for investigation. (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 213, § 5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 46.) 46-8-76. Investigation by commission of pr…

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