Chapter 273 — Chapter 273

§273-1 Franchise. The comptroller, by and with the consent of the governor, may enter into contract with any association of persons who may associate themselves together under the general corporation law of the State, and by the general law in relation to corporations and subject…

§273-10 Nature of motive power allowable. All railroad companies authorized under the laws of the State to operate their railroads by steam power may operate their railroads or any portion of the same by electric power, either by overhead or underground wires or by storage batter…

§273-11 Right to provide same, subject to rights of others. Such railroad companies with the consent of the comptroller may provide, construct and install, maintain, change, and repair such means for the transmission and return of electric, compressed air, or other motive power f…

§273-12 Railway to be fenced. The corporation shall fence in the line of railway with a good and sufficient legal fence. [L 1878, c 29, §23; RL 1915, §899; RL 1935, §1805; RL 1945, §5063; RL 1955, §106-12; HRS §273-12]

§273-13 Bylaws, regulations. The corporation may from time to time make bylaws and regulations for the management and control of the railway, and for regulating the traffic thereon; and the bylaws and regulations on being approved by the governor, shall have the force of law. The…

§273-14 Penalty for violating. Any person violating any bylaw or regulation approved in section 273-13, shall be fined not more than $25 and costs; and in default of payment, shall be imprisoned not more than three months. [L 1878, c 29, §25; RL 1925, §901; RL 1935, §1807; RL 194…

§273-15 Bonds. Any corporation which may be organized, and undertake the building of any railroad or railroads, in pursuance of the authority of this chapter, and in accordance with it, may issue bonds to raise money for the construction of such railroad or railroads, in such sum…

§273-16 Aid to public railroads only. The aid by this chapter contemplated shall be extended only to railroads of public utility, and not to railroads of mere private or limited convenience. [L 1878, c 29, §31; RL 1925, §903; RL 1935, §1809; RL 1945, §5067; RL 1955, §106-16; HRS …

§273-2 Granting public lands, etc. The department of land and natural resources, with the consent of the governor, may grant a right-of-way, not greater than forty feet in width, through all public lands, to any corporation as aforesaid for the purpose of building the railroad or…

§273-3 Special powers. For the purposes and subject to the provisions and restrictions of this chapter, the corporation, from time to time, may exercise any of the following powers: Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any corporation to enter upon or take any …

§273-4 Compensation to be made. In the exercise of the powers mentioned in section 273-3, the corporation shall do as little damage as can be; and shall make full compensation in the manner provided in chapter 101, to all parties interested for all damage sustained by reason of t…

§273-5 Width of land taken. The lands to be taken or used for the line of any railway lawfully authorized, shall not exceed one hundred feet in width, except where greater width is necessary for engines or carriages to turn, stand in, or pass each other, or for stations, or for r…

§273-6 Superfluous lands to be sold. Where lands are acquired by the corporation under the exercise of eminent domain, but are not required for its purposes, the corporation, within the prescribed period, or if no period is prescribed, within ten years after the expiration of the…

§273-7 Offered to adjoining owners first. Before the corporation disposes of any superfluous lands, it shall, unless the lands are situated within a town, or are lands built upon, or used for building purposes, first offer to sell the same to the person then entitled to the lands…

§273-8 Acceptance of offer. If any such persons are desirous of purchasing such lands, then within six weeks after such offer of sale, they shall signify their desire to purchase the lands, to the corporation; or if they decline such offer, or if for six weeks they neglect to sig…

§273-9 Arbitration of price. If any person entitled to such preemption desires to purchase the lands, and the person and the corporation do not agree to the price thereof, then the price shall be ascertained by arbitration. The cost of the arbitration shall be in the discretion o…