Title 48, PUBLIC UTILITIES

48:12-139. Acceptance of former charter or organization of new company The purchaser or lessee and his associates or assigns not less than 3 in number, may within 18 months after the sale or lease, organize as a railroad company under a different corporate name from that of the f…

48:12-14. Purchase and sale of capital stock, securities and franchises of other corporations Every railroad company, in addition to the powers conferred by its charter or by any act or certificate under which it is or shall be incorporated, and notwithstanding any limitation exp…

48:12-140. New company may issue bonds and stock; settling debts of former company When a new railroad company is organized to purchase and operate the railroad and franchises of any railroad company of this state sold on foreclosure or insolvency proceedings, and has acquired ti…

48:12-141. Foreclosure sale of railroad of another state with part of route in this state Where suit is brought to foreclose a mortgage of the railroad and franchises of any railroad company of another State, any part of whose route, whether acquired by lease or otherwise, lies w…

48:12-142. Procedure to acquire property and franchise within state; transfer of property to new company Where a new railroad company is formed in the State of the domicile of such former company by or on behalf of the purchasers, to take and operate the railroad and its franchis…

48:12-143. Purchase by another railroad company of railroad and franchises sold by court order When the railroad and franchises of a railroad company of this state, or any part thereof are sold by virtue of a decree, order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, any oth…

48:12-144. Foreclosure sale in another state of foreign railroad operating road within this state L.1898, c. 11, p. 23 (C.S. pp. 4264, 4265, s.s. 110 to 113), entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of railroad corporations and regulate the sa…

48:12-145. Failure to run daily trains; receiver; exceptions If a railroad company shall fail or neglect to run daily trains on any part of its road for a space of 10 days the Superior Court, on petition of a citizen of this State and on due proof of the facts, may appoint a rece…

48:12-146. Operation of insolvent railroad by receiver; expenses When a railroad company in this State shall become insolvent and its property shall have passed into the hands of a receiver by order of the Superior Court, the receiver shall operate the railroad for the use of the…

48:12-147. Sale or lease of railroad by receiver The receiver, appointed by the Superior Court, of an insolvent railroad company of this State, or of another State holding railroad franchises and property in this State, may with the approval of the Superior Court, lease or sell t…

48:12-148. Lease of railroad by trustee or receiver; conditions No lease of a railroad shall be made by a trustee or receiver appointed by the Superior Court except upon a rental and adequate security for the payment of the same, both to be first approved by the Superior Court an…

48:12-149. Return to receiver of insolvent railroad money deposited with state treasurer When the Superior Court or a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudged a railroad company to be insolvent and appointed a receiver to wind up its affairs, the Superior Court or such court …

48:12-15. Sale or exchange by railroad company of its property and franchises; procedure Every railroad company may, by action taken at any meeting of its board of directors, sell or exchange all or substantially all of its property and assets, including its franchises, to any ra…

48:12-150. Dissolution; procedure; repayment of deposit with state treasurer When the holders of a majority of the capital stock of a railroad company which has no bonded indebtedness and does not receive for the operation of its road money sufficient to pay expenses or has not c…

48:12-151 Limitation of certain actions. 48:12-151. All actions accruing from injuries to persons caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of any railroad company owning or operating any railroad within this State, shall be commenced and sued within two years next after th…

48:12-152 Trespassing on property prohibited; recovery barred in certain cases. 48:12-152. a. No person other than those connected with or employed upon the railroad who are acting within the scope of their employment shall enter upon the right of way of any railroad or come into…

48:12-153. Liability of railroad for amount due laborer by contractor Any laborer employed by a contractor for the construction of any part of a railroad may give notice to the company of any indebtedness due him by the contractor by written notice served on an engineer, agent or…

48:12-154. Badges for passenger train and station employees Every conductor, brakeman, engineer, baggage-master or other servant of a railroad company employed on a passenger train or at a station for passengers, shall wear upon his hat or cap a badge indicating his office and th…

48:12-155. Number in train crews The board of public utility commissioners, upon its own initiative or upon complaint in writing, may by order in writing after hearing on notice to the parties direct any railroad company in this state to employ such number of employees on any of …

48:12-156. Selling articles on train without license Any conductor, servant or agent of a railroad company may eject from any train and station of the company, using no unnecessary violence, any person entering a train with intent to sell books, papers, fruit, provisions or other…

48:12-157. Unauthorized exercise of franchise; penalty Any company or person exercising or attempting to exercise a railroad franchise without statutory authority shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars for each offense, to be sued for and recovered in the n…

48:12-158. Placing freight car in rear of passenger car; misdemeanor; exceptions where ordered by army or navy officers In forming a passenger train, no freight car shall be placed in the rear of a passenger car. A conductor, officer or agent who shall direct or knowingly suffer …

48:12-16. Change of name; extension of corporate existence; change in amount and classes of stock Every railroad company may, by certificate and proceeding in the manner prescribed by sections 14:11-1 to 14:11-5 of the title Corporations, General: a. Change its name; b. Decrease …

48:12-160. Unobstructed windows on passenger cars; penalty No passenger car having fastened screens, bars or gratings across the windows shall be used in the transportation of passengers on any railroad. Any person or company violating this section shall forfeit two hundred dolla…

48:12-161. Signal device between engine and cars; penalty Every company operating a railroad shall have a bell, gong or whistle on the locomotive with a rope or strong cord attached thereto leading through every baggage, express and passenger car and through or over every other c…

48:12-163. Intoxication of engineer or conductor; misdemeanor Any person who shall, while in charge of an engine running upon the track of a railroad company, or while acting as a conductor of a car or train, be intoxicated, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

48:12-164. Strikes; employees abandoning or refusing to aid in movement of trains; misdemeanor Any railroad employee within this state who shall: a. While engaged in a strike or with a view to incite others to such strike or in furtherance of any combination or preconcerted arran…

48:12-165. Strikes; interfering with employees; injuring, destroying or obstructing property; misdemeanor Any person who shall, in aid or furtherance of the objects of any strike upon any railroad: a. Interfere with, molest or obstruct a railroad employee performing his duty as s…

48:12-166. Neglect or refusal to pay fare; penalty 48:12-166. Any person who shall: a. Travel or attempt to travel on any train on a railroad without having previously paid his fare and with intent to avoid payment thereof; or b. Having paid his fare for a certain distance, knowi…

48:12-168 Railroad operators to remove obstructive vegetation near railroad crossings. 1. a. Each railroad operator shall destroy or remove plants, trees, brush, or other obstructive vegetation upon and within the geographical bounds of its right-of-way at each intersection with …

48:12-17. Voting by bondholders The stockholders of any railroad company may, by agreement expressed in the certificate of incorporation, or in a supplementary certificate executed and acknowledged by every stockholder and filed in like manner as the original certificate, authori…

48:12-18. Borrowing money; bonds; mortgages; usury as defense; penalty Every railroad company may borrow such sums of money from time to time as shall be necessary to construct, improve, extend and repair its road and furnish all necessary lands, chattels, engines, cars and equip…

48:12-19. Motive power; condemnation Any railroad company authorized to use steam as a motive power may use any motive power it deems best adapted to the economical operation of its railroad, and may erect, construct, maintain and use such machinery, engines, devices and applianc…

48:12-2. Exclusive franchises; railroads subject to general laws No franchise granted prior to July 4, 1903, to construct a railroad or build or establish bridges or ferries or operate any line of travel and take tolls or fares therefor shall after that date remain exclusive and …

48:12-20. Construction and use of tracks across streets and highways by certain companies Any railroad corporation chartered by or authorized to exercise its franchises within this state, which, on March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, owned or possessed,…

48:12-21. Operation of ferry as part of railroad system Where the terminus of a railroad company is on the shore of a river or navigable water of this state, the company may establish and operate ferries for the transportation of persons and property on or across the same. The co…

48:12-22. Purchasing or hiring vessels, wharves and landings Any railroad company, whenever a majority of the directors thereof shall so decide, may purchase or hire any vessels or barges and any wharves, piers, docks, landings and buildings situated at or near any terminus of it…

48:12-23. Foreign railroads in this state; rights and liabilities Any railroad company created by the laws of any other state and authorized by the laws of this state to hold property and exercise franchises in this state may hold meetings of the directors in this state who may e…

48:12-23.1. Improvement and use of real estate not required or used for railroad purposes Whenever any railroad owns in fee real estate susceptible of other than railroad uses without abandonment of such railroad uses, or real estate, different levels or parts of different levels…

48:12-24. Filing surveys of routes of main line and branches When the route of a railroad company shall have been determined, a survey of the route and location, particularly describing the same, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The company may also from ti…

48:12-25. Deposit with treasurer prerequisite to filing survey of branch The survey of the route of any branch shall not be filed in the office of the secretary of state until the company shall have deposited with the state treasurer at least two thousand dollars for every mile a…

48:12-26. Recording surveys of main lines and branches; fees The secretary of state shall record in a book kept for that purpose all descriptions of the surveys of the main lines or branches filed with him, for which he shall collect from the company filing the same the fees pres…

48:12-27. Right of way; width The right of way of any railroad or of any branch thereof shall not exceed two hundred feet in width unless more land is required for the slopes of cuts and embankments or for retaining walls, in which case such land may be acquired as part of the ri…

48:12-28. Entry on lands and construction of road; payment or tender of damages When the survey of its route has been filed in the office of the secretary of state, every railroad company, upon payment or tender of compensation, may construct, maintain and operate a railroad with…

48:12-29. Time for commencement and completion of road Every railroad company shall commerce its proposed railroad within six months from the date of its organization. Where the road is not more than fifty miles in length, the company shall open and complete at least one track wi…

48:12-3. Certified copies of certificates, surveys and documents as evidence A certified copy of a certificate, survey or other document filed or recorded in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this chapter shall be evidence in all courts and places of the certificat…