N.J. Stat. tit. 48, ch. 12
N.J. Stat. tit. 48, ch. 12
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section12-1. Application of chaptersection12-2. Exclusive franchises; railroads subject to general lawssection12-3. § 48:12-3section12-4. § 48:12-4section12-13. General powers, restrictions and liabilities; governed by Title 14section12-14. Purchase and sale of capital stock, securities and franchises of other corporationssection12-15. Sale or exchange by railroad company of its property and franchises; proceduresection12-16. Change of name; extension of corporate existence; change in amount and classes of stocksection12-17. Voting by bondholderssection12-18. Borrowing money; bonds; mortgages; usury as defense; penaltysection12-19. § 48:12-19section12-20. § 48:12-20section12-21. § 48:12-21section12-22. § 48:12-22section12-23. Foreign railroads in this state; rights and liabilitiessection12-23.1. Improvement and use of real estate not required or used for railroad purposessection12-24. Filing surveys of routes of main line and branchessection12-25. Deposit with treasurer prerequisite to filing survey of branchsection12-26. § 48:12-26section12-27. § 48:12-27section12-28. Entry on lands and construction of road; payment or tender of damagessection12-29. § 48:12-29section12-30. Failure to timely commence or complete road; priority of locationsection12-31. Extension of time for completing roadsection12-32. Branch lines to mills, factories and mines; municipal consentsection12-32.1. Branch lines, spurs or side tracks to horse race meeting premises; deposit with state treasurer; municipal consentsection12-33. § 48:12-33section12-34. § 48:12-34section12-35.1. Authority and extent of condemnation.section12-36. Crossing another railroad; required grade anglesection12-37. § 48:12-37section12-38. Change of location of route to avoid physical obstaclessection12-39. Straightening, shortening or improving road; condemning landsection12-40. Abandonment of part of line; repaying of deposit; new surveysection12-40.1. Cautionary boards not connected with automatic block signal systemsection12-40.2. Violationssection12-41. Construction and maintenance; draws; land under water belonging to statesection12-42. Draws; lights and attendants; penalty for neglectsection12-43. Bridge over shallow tidal waters; necessity of draw; determination of department of conservation and economic developmentsection12-44. Bridges over Delaware river; condemnation; taking lands of statesection12-45. Tunnel under interstate waters; manner of constructing; changing sewerssection12-46. Duty to erect and maintain; liabilitysection12-47. § 48:12-47section12-48. Speed of trains through cities where fence, embankment or cut is maintainedsection12-49. Bridges and passages at street and road crossings; private ways and cattle guardssection12-49.1. Construction of bridges or passages; installation of protective devices; division of expensessection12-50. Piers to support bridges over streets or highwayssection12-51. Highways over or under railroad; condemnation of lands for embankment or cuttingsection12-52. Failure to construct and maintain bridges and crossings; procedure by county or municipalitysection12-53. Construction of tracks along city streets; elevated roads; contractssection12-54. Protections at grade crossings; group signalssection12-55. Compelling proper protection of grade crossingsection12-56. Enforcement; penalty; constructionsection12-57. Safety measure for locomotives; penalties; "supplementary safety measure" defined; limitations.section12-57.1. Pilot demonstration program for supplementary safety measures.section12-58. Warning signs at grade crossingssection12-58.1. Abandonment of line and grade crossings; notice; substitution of abandoned grade crossing sign for warning signsection12-59. § 48:12-59section12-60. Failure to protect electrified third rail; penalty; negligence per sesection12-61. Authority of board of public utility commissioners; manner of eliminationsection12-62. Division of expensessection12-63. Expense of change in or removal of public utility property or facilities; hearingsection12-64. Petition for removal of grade crossing; hearing; notice; determinationsection12-65. Notice of hearing; publication; contentssection12-66. Powers vested in board of public utility commissioners and courtssection12-67. Changes or alterations ordered prior to April 14, 1930section12-67.1. Application of sections 48:12-61 to 48:12-66section12-68. Annual program by state highway department; maximum yearly expendituresection12-69. Railroad companies to be furnished annual program; co-operation requiredsection12-70. Division of cost between railroads and Highway Departmentsection12-71. Agreement for division of costsection12-72. Expense of certain crossings not at gradesection12-73. Agreements with railroad companies to perform the worksection12-74. Furnishing annual program to municipalities and public utilities; changes at own expensesection12-75. Maintenance and repair of completed worksection12-76. Closing, abandoning or combining crossingssection12-77. Sharing of expense of closing, abandoning or combining highway or crossingsection12-78. § 48:12-78section12-79. Contracts between municipalities and railroads; condemnation; division of expensessection12-80. Taxes or bonds by municipalities to pay their share of expensessection12-81. Contracts between county and railroad for elimination of grade crossings; street railwayssection12-82. § 48:12-82section12-83. Crossing not having protective device; contributory negligence jury questionsection12-84. Traveler's right to assume proper operation of safety devices at grade crossingsection12-85. Spark arresters on engines; penaltysection12-86. Liability for damage by fire from sparkssection12-87. § 48:12-87section12-87.1. Diesel locomotives; ventilation of cab; penalty for violationsection12-87.2. General requirementssection12-87.3. Exceptionsection12-87.4. Administration and enforcement; penaltysection12-87.5. Partial invaliditysection12-88. § 48:12-88section12-89. § 48:12-89section12-90. § 48:12-90section12-90.1. Electric headlight and tail lightsection12-90.2. Windshield and device for removing moisture; topsection12-90.3. Administration of act; rules and regulationssection12-90.4. Violation of act; penaltysection12-91. § 48:12-91section12-92.1. Condemnationsection12-93. Stocks and bonds; mortgages; approvalsection12-95.1. Condemnation of right-of-waysection12-96. Operation authorizedsection12-97. § 48:12-97section12-98. Franchise taxes; exemption from other taxessection12-99. Train service; accommodations for transportation; civil liabilitysection12-100. Right to demand and receive faressection12-101. Tickets; length of validitysection12-103. Extra fare for parlor and sleeping carssection12-104. § 48:12-104section12-105. § 48:12-105section12-106. § 48:12-106section12-107. Baggage checks; penalty for refusalsection12-108. Transportation of bicycles as baggage; penalty for refusalsection12-109. State officials and employees entitled to free transportationsection12-110. Issuance of certificates; contents; list to railroads; revocationsection12-111. Production of certificate on requestsection12-112. Loaning certificate; illegal use of certificate; penaltysection12-113. Certificates taken up for misuse; restoration or cancellationsection12-114. § 48:12-114section12-115. § 48:12-115section12-116. § 48:12-116section12-117. Freight chargessection12-118. § 48:12-118section12-118.1. Greater rate for way freight; lesser rate for long hauls; board may authorize; restrictionssection12-119. § 48:12-119section12-120. Mail; rate and terms of carrying; commission to determinesection12-121. Rates for express matter and fragile property; agreement between railroad and express companiessection12-122. § 48:12-122section12-123. § 48:12-123section12-124. Lien for demurrage; bond for delivery of property where claim disputedsection12-125. Limitation of liability; noticesection12-125.1. Railroad rights of way; acquisition; abandonment; sale, conveyance.section12-125.2. Contents of noticesection12-125.3. Service of noticesection12-126. Lease, consolidation or merger authorized; ratessection12-127. Filing agreement of waiver; approval of board of public utility commissionerssection12-128. Joint agreement for consolidation or merger; contentssection12-129. Submission of agreement to stockholderssection12-130. Filing and recording of agreement; record or copy as evidencesection12-131. Effect of consolidation or merger; rights, duties and liabilities of new or acquiring company; acquisition of landsection12-132. Stockholders dissenting from consolidation, merger or lease; proceduresection12-133. Issuance of stock and exchange or sale of stock and bonds by consolidated companysection12-134. Borrowing money; bonds secured by mortgagesection12-135. Lessor company may borrow money and issue bonds secured by mortgagesection12-136. Filing of survey and maps of lines; relocation of routessection12-137. State treasurer to repay deposit in certain casessection12-138. Sale or lease; title vested in purchaser or lesseesection12-139. Acceptance of former charter or organization of new companysection12-140. § 48:12-140section12-141. Foreclosure sale of railroad of another state with part of route in this statesection12-142. Procedure to acquire property and franchise within state; transfer of property to new companysection12-143. Purchase by another railroad company of railroad and franchises sold by court ordersection12-144. Foreclosure sale in another state of foreign railroad operating road within this statesection12-145. Failure to run daily trains; receiver; exceptionssection12-146. Operation of insolvent railroad by receiver; expensessection12-147. Sale or lease of railroad by receiversection12-148. Lease of railroad by trustee or receiver; conditionssection12-149. Return to receiver of insolvent railroad money deposited with state treasurersection12-150. Dissolution; procedure; repayment of deposit with state treasurersection12-151. Limitation of certain actions.section12-152. Trespassing on property prohibited; recovery barred in certain cases.section12-153. Liability of railroad for amount due laborer by contractorsection12-154. Badges for passenger train and station employeessection12-155. § 48:12-155section12-156. Selling articles on train without licensesection12-157. § 48:12-157section12-158. Placing freight car in rear of passenger car; misdemeanor; exceptions where ordered by army or navy officerssection12-160. Unobstructed windows on passenger cars; penaltysection12-161. Signal device between engine and cars; penaltysection12-163. § 48:12-163section12-164. Strikes; employees abandoning or refusing to aid in movement of trains; misdemeanorsection12-165. Strikes; interfering with employees; injuring, destroying or obstructing property; misdemeanorsection12-166. Neglect or refusal to pay fare; penaltysection12-168. Railroad operators to remove obstructive vegetation near railroad crossings.
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