CHAPTER 5. CORPORATION LAW FOR RAILWAYS

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§§ 501-520

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CHAPTER 5. CORPORATION LAW FOR RAILWAYS

§§ 501-520. Definitions; formation of railroad corporation; articles of association; approval of articles; filing and recording; powers of railroad corporations; preliminary requisites to incorporation; capital stock; deposit with State Treasurer; affidavit of payment; fees and taxes; presumptive evidence of incorporation; borrowing money; usury as defense; subscriptions to capital stock; election and qualifications of board of directors; organization and bylaws; stock as personal estate; transfers; annual report to stockholders; consolidation of railways; leases and mergers; stock appraisement proceedings; eminent domain; width of railways; procedure for construction or widening; construction and maintenance of bridges and passages; enforcement of duties; crossings over canals, streams, railroads and railways; regulation of grade crossings; time for commencement and completion of railway construction; limitations upon powers, authority and rights conferred by this chapter.

Repealed by 59 Del. Laws, c. 393, § 20, eff. June 28, 1974; 59 Del. Laws, c. 397, § 1, eff. June 28, 1974.

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