238 – Increased Deposit, When and How Required.
§ 238. Increased deposit, when and how required. In case any of the securities deposited in lieu of money as provided in section two hundred and twenty-five, shall in the opinion of the county treasurer or trust company with whom they may be deposited, fall below their actual value at the time of deposit, the […]
239 – Trains to Come to Full Stop.
§ 239. Trains to come to full stop. All trains upon elevated railroads shall come to a full stop before any passenger shall be permitted to leave such trains; and no train on such railroad shall be permitted to start until every passenger desiring to depart therefrom shall have left the train, provided such passenger […]
223 – Determination of Necessity of Railroad and Route.
§ 223. Determination of necessity of railroad and route. The commissioners shall, within thirty days after such organization, determine upon the necessity of such steam railroad, and if they find it to be necessary, they shall, within sixty days after such organization, fix and determine the route therefor, and shall have the exclusive power to […]
224 – Adoption of Plans, and Terms Upon Which Road Shall Be Built.
§ 224. Adoption of plans, and terms upon which road shall be built. The commissioners by such public notice, and under such conditions, and with such inducements as they may prescribe, shall invite a submission of plans for the construction and operation of such railroad, and shall meet at a time and place in such […]
225 – Appraisal of Damages and Deposit of Money as Security.
§ 225. Appraisal of damages and deposit of money as security. The commissioners shall, within one hundred and ten days after their organization, ascertain and determine the aggregate pecuniary damage arising from the diminution in the value of the property bounded on that portion of such street or streets, highway or highways, upon which it […]
226 – Shall Prepare Certificate of Incorporation; Proviso as to Forfeiture.
§ 226. Shall prepare certificate of incorporation; proviso as to forfeiture. The commissioners shall prepare an appropriate certificate of incorporation for the corporation in the last section mentioned in which shall be set forth and embodied, as component parts thereof, the several conditions, requirements and particulars by such commissioners determined pursuant to the provisions of […]
227 – Organization.
§ 227. Organization. Whenever the whole capital stock of such corporation or an amount of such capital stock proportioned to the part of such railroad directed by the commissioners to be constructed, shall have been subscribed by not less than fifteen persons, and the fixed percentage of such subscriptions shall have been paid, in cash, […]
228 – Commissioners to Deliver Certificate; Affidavit of Directors.
§ 228. Commissioners to deliver certificate; affidavit of directors. Within ten days after the election of such directors the commissioners shall deliver to them a certificate in duplicate, verified by the oath of three commissioners, before a justice of the supreme court, setting forth the certificate of incorporation and the organization of the corporation for […]
229 – Powers.
§ 229. Powers. Subject to the provisions of the transportation law, every such corporation shall have power, in addition to the powers conferred by the business corporation law and by subdivisions four and six of section eight of this chapter: 1. To take and convey persons and property on its railroad by the power or […]
231 – Where Route Coincides With Another Route.
§ 231. Where route coincides with another route. Whenever the route or routes determined upon by the commissioners coincide with the route or routes covered by the charter of an existing corporation, formed for the purpose of constructing and operating such a railroad, and it has not forfeited its charter or failed to comply with […]