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§ 3725. Refusal to pay fare; penalty

§ 3725. Refusal to pay fare; penalty A person entering as a passenger upon a railroad train and refusing to pay his fare shall be fined not more than $20.00 nor less than $2.00.

§ 3726. Running out of time; penalty

§ 3726. Running out of time; penalty A conductor, engineer, or other person having the control of an engine or train of cars, who runs such engine or train of cars or allows the same to be run upon a section of railroad, at the time designated for any other engine or train of cars […]

§ 3727. Only company’s engines to be run on road; penalty

§ 3727. Only company’s engines to be run on road; penalty A locomotive, engine, or other power shall not run upon a railroad, except those that belong to and are controlled by the person owning and managing the road, unless by the person’s consent. An engineer or other person violating the provisions of this section […]

§ 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 […]

§ 3670. Clearance standards; variance

§ 3670. Clearance standards; variance (a) No person shall construct, alter, or permit construction or alteration of a railroad track, railroad bridge, or structure over or adjacent to any railroad track unless the clearances provided equal or exceed the minimum standards set forth in the American Railway Engineering Association’s Manual for Railway Engineering, as in […]

§ 3671. Destruction of weeds and thistles

§ 3671. Destruction of weeds and thistles A person or corporation operating a railroad in this State shall cause all thistles and noxious weeds growing within the surveyed boundaries of such railroad to be cut and destroyed before August 1 in each year. (Amended 1969, No. 97, § 1.)

§ 3673. Vegetation control

§ 3673. Vegetation control A railroad shall take reasonable measures to control vegetation that is both on railroad property and on or immediately adjacent to the roadbed, so that the vegetation does not obstruct a highway user’s view of traffic control devices at a grade crossing or of a train approaching the crossing. (Amended 1969, […]

§ 3674. Enforcement

§ 3674. Enforcement If a railroad fails to control vegetation as required by section 3671 or 3673 of this title within 30 days after written notice is given by the selectboard of the town in which the vegetation is located or by the Agency in the case of violations involving a State highway grade crossing, […]

§ 3694. Rebate on fare paid on train; penalty

§ 3694. Rebate on fare paid on train; penalty A railroad corporation and its agents or employees shall not demand or receive for a single ticket bought or fare paid, on a train or elsewhere than at its ticket office, more than ten cents in excess of the tariff rate charged at its ticket office. […]