§ 3649. Order of Board
§ 3649. Order of Board After hearing, the Board may make a written order requiring the corporation to construct or maintain in good repair such fence, cattle guard, or farm crossing, or to make or alter such watercourse or ditch, or to remove such impediment to the same, within such time as it may fix. […]
§ 3650. Penalty
§ 3650. Penalty Unless the Board has extended the time for cause shown, a railroad corporation failing to comply with such order for more than 20 days after the time fixed by the Board shall be fined not more than $25.00 for each day’s failure. The corporation shall be further liable to the party aggrieved […]
§ 3642. Fences; construction and maintenance
§ 3642. Fences; construction and maintenance (a) A person or corporation owning or operating a railroad shall construct and maintain on the sides of its road, when completed and in running order, a good and sufficient fence, along land of an operating farm adjacent to the railroad. (b) Whenever the owner or occupant desires to […]
§ 3643. Neglect; proceedings
§ 3643. Neglect; proceedings When a person or corporation owning or operating a railroad does not construct and maintain a fence as required by this chapter, any person aggrieved may construct it. The selectboard members of the town in which the same is located shall appraise the value thereof, and the person or railroad corporation […]
§ 3644. Construction of fence when landowner is to keep it
§ 3644. Construction of fence when landowner is to keep it The provisions requiring a person or corporation owning or operating a railroad to construct and maintain fences shall not apply when such person or corporation has settled with and paid the landowner for building and maintaining such fence. When a landowner thus paid for […]
§ 3645. Damage to animals on railroad
§ 3645. Damage to animals on railroad Until fences and cattle guards are duly made, such person or corporation and their agents shall be liable for the damages done by agents or engines to cattle, horses, or other animals thereon, if occasioned by want of such fences and cattle guards. After such fences and guards […]
§ 3646. Driving animals or vehicle within fences on railroad; damages; penalty
§ 3646. Driving animals or vehicle within fences on railroad; damages; penalty A person who rides, leads, or drives a horse or other animal or operates a motor vehicle or a snowmobile upon a railroad, and within such fences and guards, other than at road and farm crossings, without the consent of the corporation shall […]
§ 3647. Allowing animal to be at large in roadway; damages; penalty
§ 3647. Allowing animal to be at large in roadway; damages; penalty When a horse or other beast is found going at large within the limits of a railroad after the same is opened for use, the person through whose fault or negligence such horse or other beast is so at large shall forfeit not […]
§ 3648. Complaint regarding fences, guards, crossings, watercourses
§ 3648. Complaint regarding fences, guards, crossings, watercourses A person through whose land a railroad passes, after such road is in operation, and after 10 days’ notice by registered or certified letter addressed to the principal office of such railroad, may make complaint in writing to the Transportation Board that he or she is aggrieved […]
§ 3639. Farm crossings and cattle guards; construction and maintenance; judicial review
§ 3639. Farm crossings and cattle guards; construction and maintenance; judicial review (a) A person owning or operating a railroad shall construct and maintain farm crossings of the road for the use of the proprietors of lands adjoining the railroad, and cattle guards at all farm and road crossings sufficient to prevent cattle and animals […]