Chapter 162

Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the ''department'' means the department of public utilities. An ''interested party'', in any proceeding under this chapter before the department, the board of aldermen of any city or the selectmen of any town, sha…

Section 10. If the board of aldermen or the selectmen deem public convenience and necessity require the railroad to be constructed in part longitudinally upon a public way or place, they may, in granting or agreeing to a location thereon, prescribe how the tracks shall be laid, t…

Section 11. The certificate of incorporation issued by the state secretary to the company shall contain the words, ''electric railroad companies'', instead of the words, ''railroad corporations''.

Section 12. If an electric railroad company, incorporated under this chapter, does not begin the construction of its railroad and expend thereon at least ten per cent of the amount of its original capital stock within two years after the date of its certificate of incorporation, …

Section 13. If an electric railroad company, incorporated under this chapter, does not complete and open for use an extension within four years after the date of the authorization of the extension by the department, the power of the company to construct and operate the same shall…

Section 14. An electric railroad company shall act as a common carrier of baggage, express matter and freight in such cases, upon such parts of its railroad, and to such extent, in any city or town as, after public notice and a hearing upon the petition of the president or a majo…

Section 15. An electric railroad company shall be subject to sections twenty-five, forty, forty-two, forty-six, forty-nine, fifty, seventy, seventy-one, seventy-seven to ninety-eight, inclusive, one hundred to one hundred and three, inclusive, one hundred and twenty-nine to one h…

Section 16. An electric railroad company shall not be subject to the following provisions of law relative to railroad corporations contained in chapter one hundred and sixty: so much of section twenty-two as refers to tracks laid longitudinally within the limits of a public way; …

Section 17. The location, construction, maintenance or operation of said lines of railroad in so far as the same are located longitudinally upon an elevated structure upon a public way or place shall be deemed an additional servitude, and shall entitle parties having an estate in…

Section 18. Whoever without right knowingly stands or walks on an electric railroad track not within the limits of a highway shall forfeit not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.

Section 2. This chapter, so far as applicable, except sections twelve and thirteen, and laws relative to the taxation of companies organized under this chapter, shall apply to the form of railway known as the Boynton bicycle railway.

Section 3. Fifteen or more persons may associate themselves by a written agreement of association with the intention of forming an electric railroad company.

Section 4. Such company may, subject to this chapter, construct, operate and maintain a railroad or railway, including poles, wires, or other appliances and equipment connected therewith, of the class operated by electricity or by any power other than steam, which the department …

Section 5. The agreement of association shall state— (a) That the subscribers thereto associate themselves with the intention of forming an electric railroad company; (b) The corporate name assumed, which shall be one not in use by any other electric railroad company in the commo…

Section 6. The directors, before applying to the department as hereinafter provided, shall publish a copy of the agreement of association as provided in section six of chapter one hundred and sixty-one, and the sworn certificate of the clerk shall be conclusive evidence thereof.

Section 7. After compliance with section three and the two preceding sections, and within thirty days after the first publication of notice of the agreement of association therein required, the directors therein named shall apply to the department for a certificate that public co…

Section 8. If the department grants the certificate specified in the preceding section, the directors may, within sixty days after the granting thereof, apply to the board of aldermen of each city and to the selectmen of each town where the railroad is to be located to fix the ro…

Section 9. If the route designated in the application is agreed to by the board of aldermen or the selectmen, and all requirements in respect of the part of said route located longitudinally upon public ways and places are assented to by the directors, and thereafter are approved…