The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20
BRATTLEBORO VERNON ROAD
Text Of Bill Providing for Electric Railway to Connect
This Town With Massachusetts.

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hc decision II said eanlt shall H. hnal
l9n the iepuu oi said commissioners
hd o,si may, IA the discretion IT the
"udi hc allowed Ia either PARTY,
7 -, y SAID rnmpnny shal not com
mrnf" The ronsi rmrilnn ut said nilnai
nnlll ten Thousand dollars af IT, eapital
steak shall haze hrrn subscribed aud al
least iiiN Ter cent ui the samr shall
have hvun PAID ~, aud Il may continue 10
construct the sanir lum time tn time a.
max seem beet, but Il said company does
not within live Nrars commence the con.
,lrhrlion ol IT. mad then this ac, shall
he void.
Scc. IL. Said company may cross and
connect with the tracks III ANY other rail,
way company ia such manner anl on such
conditions a. max h. agnced upon.
Ia case oi failure Ia agtce either party
may amply 10 the miliuAd commissioner
and tald commissioners, after due notice
and hearing, shall decide the question
submitted tu them. and make such nplcr,
Ia the premises a. ihcY may deem just
and II requested by either pany the,
shall make report oi their doing, to the
county rouit and said count may render
Judgment thereon aud have all the power
al the count oi elmnreiy an making orders
aud deeJccs aud enforcing he same
shall unlawiully hinder or nh,tmci said
company ia the u-c Of it, roads or tracks
or Ia the construction ol the same, shall
Tor every oiicnrc be- fined not exceeding
iiity dollars, ar imprisoned not exceeding
three months or both.
See. II The laid railway company may
acquire by lease or purchase, subscription
90 or purchase OF it, capital stock or
otherwise. and Use and operate the work.,
property, franchises, rights, privileges and
mmunitlcs of any street railroad company
or companies organized or Ia he organ.
led under the laws ot this state. or of
this and any other state, or under the
laws of amy other state or states, or may
extend its lines into any state or states
where il may obtain either a charter or
special franchises: aud the said railroad
COMPANY may increase it, capital stock 10
any amount which the purposes OF the
corporation may require and may merge
and consolidate it, capital stock. fran
chises and property with the capital stock,
franchises and property OF such other
railroad or railway company upon such
terms and with such an amount OF capital
stock as may be agreed upon between
them under its own name or the name ol
any such other company, or any other
name that the companies so consolidating
NAV agree upon, whenever the two or
more railroads of the companies or cor
porationS 50 10 be consolidated, tunnels,
bridges, or branches or any part thereof
or the line or routes OF their roads IL not
constructed. shall or may form contln'
mons or connected line of railroad with
each other or by means of any interren'
ing railroad bridge, and any such consoll'
dated corporation may thereupon con
struct or finish the construction oil such
continuous line OF railroad, II not prey
iously constructed and operate the same
subject TO all provisions OF law applicable
10 such railroad corporations; and the
said railroad company Is authorized 10
carry out in the making and execution OF
any agreement or in effectlng any cohsoh'
dation herein authorized, any OF the pro
visions required by the laws OF any other
state under which such corporation OF
CORPORATIONS proposed to be merged OF
consolidated were incorporated,
Sec l3. Said corporation shail ilaNe w
power to borrow money ana issue ~
bonds therefor, bearing interest at rate
not exceeding six per cent, ana may mo-.
cage its railroad, franchises and properly
70 secure the payment of the same, 10
any amount authorized and permitted ID!
the railroad commissioners. TOO
Soc IA Either town through or INTO
which said railroad shall pass may ald III
the construction thereof to the extent anu
in the same manner as is provided IN sec,
tion 1858 of the Public Statutes IN case Oh
the construction OF road organized uh,
der the general law. The ma, manner .a ana
time Of warning and holding to !,l
meeting therefore shall be as Is proVldfes9
in section 1853 of the Public Statutes. II,
at meeting so holden, the town votes
bv majority vote of the legal voter 5
present pT and voting at such meeting to ald
such road, it shall fix the amount to DE De
given. and the terms, and elect three
Commissioners who shall be resident TAX,
payers of the town. said commissioners
xii he sworn and shall ,thereupon eXer'
Si.a'' the powers and perform the duties
pre- Prescribed by section 1868 Of the Pubic nnnG
Statutes. A town SO voting to ald such
road may issue bonds with coupons pay y,
able semi-annualy, to raise the necessary
moneys for extending the AID a az vo yea
The provisions of sections 1865, 35o9; o3Io
a im a573 of the Public Statutes, relating
70 the authorization, issue, record anu
navment of town bonds shall Apply &c
Town bonds issued under the provisions Oh
This section.