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Title 35, Chapter 51: ORGANIZATION AND CONSTRUCTION

Subchapter 1: ORGANIZATION

35 §601. Organization (REPEALED) 
35 §602. Stock requirements before articles filed (REPEALED) 
35 §603. Approval of articles; certificates (REPEALED) 
35 §604. Organization meeting (REPEALED) 
35 §605. Increase of capital stock (REPEALED) 
35 §606. Approval of location; proceedings (REPEALED) 
35 §607. Road construction in 3 years required (REPEALED) 
35 §608. Filing map and profile of road (REPEALED) 
35 §609. Location; subscribers' objections; proceedings (REPEALED) 
35 §610. Gauge changed (REPEALED) 
35 §611. Lapsed charter revived (REPEALED) 
35 §612. Legislative incorporation (REPEALED) 
35 §613. Number of directors (REPEALED) 
35 §614. Stock vote called by stockholder (REPEALED) 
35 §615. Roads extended (REPEALED) 
35 §616. Railroad corporations (REPEALED) 
35 §617. Use of electricity (REPEALED) 
35 §618. Branch or connecting road aided (REPEALED) 
35 §619. Shares in another road (REPEALED) 
35 §620. Holdings increased (REPEALED) 
35 §621. Capital stock increased (REPEALED) 
35 §622. Proceedings before commission (REPEALED) 
35 §623. New stock offerings (REPEALED) 
35 §624. Wrongful stock issue; misapplication of funds or credit (REPEALED) 
35 §625. Powers under existing law not affected (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 1-A: ORGANIZATION

35 §631. Approval of location; proceedings (REPEALED) 
35 §632. Location; subscribers' objections; proceedings (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 2: REAL ESTATE TAKEN

35 §651. Land bought or taken (REPEALED) 
35 §652. Land for improvements; proceedings (REPEALED) 
35 §653. Change in location (REPEALED) 
35 §654. Land taken for change (REPEALED) 
35 §655. Limitation of right to enter or take land (REPEALED) 
35 §656. Branch tracks (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 3: DAMAGES

35 §681. Estimate of damages; guardian; security for costs (REPEALED) 
35 §682. Petitions for assessment of damages (REPEALED) 
35 §683. Cattle guards and passes; double damages (REPEALED) 
35 §684. Award of damages; terms and conditions (REPEALED) 
35 §685. Commissioners' report of damages and rights of parties; notice (REPEALED) 
35 §686. Appeals; notice and proceedings (REPEALED) 
35 §687. Deposit of damages, interest and costs (REPEALED) 
35 §688. When damages not paid (REPEALED) 
35 §689. Service of process and notice (REPEALED) 
35 §690. Breach of injunction (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 4: MUNICIPAL AID TO CONSTRUCTION

35 §711. Construction aid; proceedings (REPEALED) 
35 §712. Payment of loan (REPEALED) 
35 §713. Call for meetings in cities and proceedings (REPEALED) 
35 §714. Only one vote a year on same question (REPEALED) 
35 §715. Town agents may vote on town stock (REPEALED) 
35 §716. Citizens eligible as directors (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 5: CONTRACTOR'S LABORERS PROTECTED

35 §741. Liability of railroads for payment of laborers (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 6: INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION

35 §771. Railroads examined; annual report (REPEALED) 
35 §772. Certificate of safety for passenger trains (REPEALED) 
35 §773. Experienced engineer to examine bridges (REPEALED) 
35 §774. Managers notified when road unsafe (REPEALED) 
35 §775. Court proceedings for noncompliance (REPEALED) 
35 §776. Passenger trains prohibited from running unsafe roads (REPEALED) 
35 §777. Disagreement of connecting roads as to passengers and freight (REPEALED) 
35 §778. Award before court; exemptions; binding effect (REPEALED) 
35 §779. Station grounds not to be taken by another company (REPEALED) 
35 §780. Use of passenger stations (REPEALED) 
35 §781. Station erected (REPEALED) 
35 §782. Site and kind of station (REPEALED) 
35 §783. Refusal to comply with commission order (REPEALED) 
35 §784. Costs assessed to losing party (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 7: CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES

35 §811. Crossing of public ways (REPEALED) 
35 §812. Ways raised or lowered; course altered (REPEALED) 
35 §813. Discontinuance of railroad crossings (REPEALED) 
35 §814. Damages for neglect (REPEALED) 
35 §815. Bridges over canals or railroads; repairs; proceedings where unsafe conditions (REPEALED) 
35 §816. Temporary crossings (REPEALED) 
35 §817. Crossing signs on each side of track; whistle and bell (REPEALED) 
35 §818. Precautions at crossings (REPEALED) 
35 §819. Crossings kept open part of year; expense apportioned (REPEALED) 
35 §820. Company to erect and maintain bridge guards (REPEALED) 
35 §821. Signboards at grade crossings; ringing of engine bells (REPEALED) 
35 §822. Failure to comply; damages (REPEALED) 
35 §822-A. Right of entry (REPEALED) 
35 §823. Railroads crossing each other; application, notice and hearing (REPEALED) 
35 §824. Crossing over railroad already built; application, notice and hearing (REPEALED) 
35 §825. Plant railroad defined (REPEALED) 
35 §826. Bridges erected by municipalities maintained (REPEALED) 
35 §827. Report of decisions and copies to parties interested (REPEALED) 
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