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AL Code § 37-2-112 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 4 - Regulations for Convenience of Passengers.|Section 37-2-112 - Orders of Commission - Notice; Time for Compliance.

Section 37-2-112Orders of commission - Notice; time for compliance. Whenever the Public Service Commission shall make an order requiring the performance of any of the duties enumerated in Sections 37-2-110 and 37-2-111, notice thereof may be served on the person or corporation operating the railroad, by delivering a copy of such order, signed by the president of the Public Service Commission, to the president or other head thereof, secretary, cashier, station agent or any other agent thereof, which service may be executed by any member of the Public Service Commission, or the clerk thereof, or by any sheriff of the state; and a copy of such notice, with the service endorsed thereon, must be returned to the Public Service Commission and entered of record as a part of its proceedings. If such order be for the erection of sitting or waiting rooms, or privies or closets, the person or corporation operating the railroad is allowed 90 days after such service, or such further time as may be allowed by the Public Service Commission, in which to comply with such order; if for the erection of bulletin boards, a period of 30 days after such service shall be allowed. (Code 1896, §3452; Code 1907, §5485; Code 1923, §9965; Code 1940, T. 48, §190.)
AL Code § 37-2-113 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 4 - Regulations for Convenience of Passengers.|Section 37-2-113 - Orders of Commission - Remedy for Noncompliance.

Section 37-2-113Orders of commission - Remedy for noncompliance. The Public Service Commission must notify the district attorney of the proper circuit and the Attorney General of the failure of any railroad company or person operating a railroad to comply with any order made by such commission for the erection of sitting or waiting rooms, within 60 days after the expiration of the period within which such sitting or waiting rooms are to be erected; and thereupon, it shall be the duty of the district attorney, under the direction of the Attorney General, to bring a civil action in the name of the State of Alabama, or take other appropriate steps in the circuit court, or before the judge of the circuit court to compel the erection of such sitting or waiting rooms. For the purpose of entertaining, hearing, and deciding such cases, the circuit court shall be always open, and the circuit judge may make all needful orders and issue all writs and process. If the person or corporation refusing or failing to obey such order claims that the same is unreasonable or unjust, such person or corporation may, on demand, have the facts tried by a jury, in accordance with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. From any judgment made under this section, an appeal lies to the supreme court within 42 days from the entry thereof, and such appeal shall be heard as a preferred case. (Code 1896, §3453; Code 1907, §5486; Code 1923, §9966; Code 1940, T. 48, §191.)
AL Code § 37-2-114 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 4 - Regulations for Convenience of Passengers.|Section 37-2-114 - Failure of Trains to Stop at Advertised Stations.

Section 37-2-114Failure of trains to stop at advertised stations. Railroad trains for the carriage of passengers must stop at all stations advertised by the railroad company as stops for such trains at least half a minute for receiving passengers thereon; and every railroad company and employee of such company, violating, or causing or permitting any violation of the provisions of this section, forfeits to the state, for the use of the public schools, not less than $25.00, nor more than $100.00, which may be recovered in the district court of the county in which such violation occurs. The conductor of the train shall be held prima facie to have caused any such violation occurring on the train in his charge. The company whose agent shall cause or permit such violation shall also incur and be liable for such forfeiture. (Code 1886, §1157; Code 1896, §3453; Code 1907, §5493; Code 1923, §9974; Code 1940, T. 48, §192.)
AL Code § 37-2-116 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 4 - Regulations for Convenience of Passengers.|Section 37-2-116 - Action for Damages Not Barred.

Section 37-2-116Action for damages not barred. Nothing in this division shall be so construed as to prevent any person from recovering damages against the railroad company or companies for failure on the part of their employees to comply with the provisions of this division. (Code 1907, §5496; Code 1923, §9977; Code 1940, T. 48, §199.)
AL Code § 37-2-130 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 5 - Commercial Regulations and Regulations for Convenience of Shippers.|Section 37-2-130 - Duty of Railroad to Maintain Depots, Etc.

Section 37-2-130Duty of railroad to maintain depots, etc. All railroads shall on the order of the Public Service Commission keep and maintain adequate and suitable depots, buildings, switches and sidetracks for the receiving, handling and delivering of freight transported or to be transported by such railroads, where public necessity demands it and the revenue received at such point will be sufficient to justify it, together with a sufficient force of employees at each of said depots to transact efficiently the business and traffic thereat. (Code 1907, §§5542, 5543; Code 1923, §§10039, 10040; Code 1940, T. 48, §200.)
AL Code § 37-2-131 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 5 - Commercial Regulations and Regulations for Convenience of Shippers.|Section 37-2-131 - Connection of Tracks and Interchange of Traffic - Generally.

Section 37-2-131Connection of tracks and interchange of traffic - Generally. Railroads may be constructed so as to cross or connect with each other, by the main or branch tracks; and any person or corporation operating a railroad, when required, must transport or draw over such railroad, main line or branches, the passengers, freight or cars of any intersecting railroad, or any railroad connecting therewith, directly or indirectly, on reasonable terms, and for a reasonable compensation; but such person or corporation is not required to receive or transport the cars of any other railroad, unless such cars are adapted to the gauge of its track, are sufficiently strong, and are otherwise in proper condition for safe transportation. (Code 1867, §1435; Code 1876, §1695; Code 1886, §1165; Code 1896, §3466; Code 1907, §5499; Code 1923, §9980; Code 1940, T. 48, §207.)
AL Code § 37-2-132 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 5 - Commercial Regulations and Regulations for Convenience of Shippers.|Section 37-2-132 - Connection of Tracks and Interchange of Traffic - Railroads Running to or Through Same Town or City.

Section 37-2-132Connection of tracks and interchange of traffic - Railroads running to or through same town or city. When two or more railroad companies have roads running to or through the same town or city, or near enough thereto to receive freight traffic from said town or city, they shall, when required by an order of the Public Service Commission, make and maintain a physical connection between their respective tracks, where the tracks are of the same gauge, at such point in or near said town or city as the commission shall require, so that cars may be transferred from the one road to the other, and there may be an interchange of traffic between them, where such connection, in the judgment of the Public Service Commission, is reasonably practicable and can be put in with safety, and will furnish sufficient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same where rights-of-way can be obtained by condemnation or otherwise, on terms deemed reasonable by the Public Service Commission. All railroads shall afford reasonable and proper facilities for such interchange of traffic the one with the other when so required by the Public Service Commission. (Code 1907, §5535; Code 1923, §10032; Code 1940, T. 48, §201.)
AL Code § 37-2-133 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 5 - Commercial Regulations and Regulations for Convenience of Shippers.|Section 37-2-133 - Connection of Tracks and Interchange of Traffic - Switch Connections.

Section 37-2-133Connection of tracks and interchange of traffic - Switch connections. Every railroad subject to the provisions of this division shall construct, maintain, and operate upon reasonable terms, a switch connection with such other railroad or with any private sidetrack which may be constructed to connect with its railroad, where such connection, in the judgment of the Public Service Commission, is reasonably practicable and can be put in with safety and will furnish sufficient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same; and to furnish cars for the movement of such traffic to the best of its ability without discrimination in favor of or against any shipper. The Public Service Commission, upon the application of any other railroad, or of any shipper tendering freight traffic for transportation, made either to the commission or to said railroad company, may require them to comply with the provisions of this section. (Code 1907, §5536; Code 1923, §10033, Code 1940, T. 48, §202.)
AL Code § 37-2-134 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 5 - Commercial Regulations and Regulations for Convenience of Shippers.|Section 37-2-134 - Connection of Tracks and Interchange of Traffic - Duty to Provide Equal and Reasonable Facilities.

Section 37-2-134Connection of tracks and interchange of traffic - Duty to provide equal and reasonable facilities. All railroad companies subject to the provisions of this division shall provide at all points of connection, crossing or intersection at grade, where it is practicable and necessary for the interchange of traffic, ample facilities by track connections for transferring any cars used in the regular business of their respective lines of road from their lines or tracks to those of any other railroad company whose lines or tracks may connect with, cross or intersect their own, and shall provide equal and reasonable facilities for the interchange of cars and traffic between their respective lines and for the receiving, forwarding and delivering of passengers, property and cars to and from their several lines or on freight coming over such lines; but this shall not be construed as requiring any railroad company to furnish for another railroad company its track equipment or terminal facilities without reasonable compensation. Each of said connecting lines shall be liable for and shall pay its proportionate share, to be determined by the Public Service Commission, for the building and maintenance of such tracks and switches as may be necessary to furnish the transfer facilities required in this section. (Code 1907, §5537; Code 1923, §10034; Code 1940, T. 48, §203.)
AL Code § 37-2-135 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 5 - Commercial Regulations and Regulations for Convenience of Shippers.|Section 37-2-135 - Connection of Tracks and Interchange of Traffic - Duty to Deliver Freight or Cars Without Unreasonable Delay or Discrimination; Precedence Given Livestock and Perishable Freight.

Section 37-2-135Connection of tracks and interchange of traffic - Duty to deliver freight or cars without unreasonable delay or discrimination; precedence given livestock and perishable freight. All railroads shall afford all reasonable and proper facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines for forwarding and delivering passengers and property, and shall transfer and switch for reasonable compensation, and deliver without unreasonable delay or discrimination any freight or cars, loaded or empty, destined to any points on its tracks or any connecting lines; and precedence over other freight shall be given to livestock and perishable freight. (Code 1907, §5538; Code 1923, §10035; Code 1940, T. 48, §204.)
AL Code § 37-2-136 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 5 - Commercial Regulations and Regulations for Convenience of Shippers.|Section 37-2-136 - Spur Tracks and Sidetracks.

Section 37-2-136Spur tracks and sidetracks. Every railroad is required to construct and maintain spur tracks and sidetracks to industries already established under such reasonable rules and orders as may be made by the commission. (Code 1907, §5544; Code 1923, §10041; Code 1940, T. 48, §205.)
AL Code § 37-2-137 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 5 - Commercial Regulations and Regulations for Convenience of Shippers.|Section 37-2-137 - Cattle Guards.

Section 37-2-137Cattle guards. Every person or corporation operating a railroad must put cattle guards and crossings for plantation roads upon such railroad, and keep the same in good repair, whenever the owner or person in possession of the land through which the road passes shall make demand upon them or their agents, and show that such guards are necessary to prevent the depredation of stock upon his land, and the crossings are necessary for the proper use of the land. The owner or person in possession of the land through which the railroad passes may recover, of the person or corporation operating the railroad, the sum of $25.00 for every 30 days of default on the part of the person or corporation operating the railroad after written demand, served on an officer, road master or section foreman, designating the place for the erection of the cattle guard or road crossing, and a like penalty for failing to keep the cattle guard or road crossing in good repair after written demand. (Code 1896, §3480; Code 1907, §5513; Code 1923, §10009; Code 1940, T. 48, §213.)
AL Code § 37-2-150 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 6 - Railway Policemen.|Section 37-2-150 - Appointment.

Section 37-2-150Appointment. (a) Any company or corporation operating a railway may apply through one of its executive officers to the Governor to commission such number of its agents, servants or employees as said corporation shall designate to act as policemen for said corporation. (b) The Governor, upon such application, may appoint such person, if he sees proper in his discretion to make any appointment, or so many of them as he may deem proper to be such policemen and shall issue to such person or persons so appointed a commission to act as such policemen. (c) In addition, the Governor of this state may enter into agreement with the Governor of any other state empowering railroad police officers appointed and commissioned in either state to exercise their powers and authority, as defined in this title, in the other state. (Acts 1911, No. 77, p. 36; Code 1923, §§9993, 9994; Code 1940, T. 48, §§214, 215; Acts 1975, No. 517, §1.)
AL Code § 37-2-151 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 6 - Railway Policemen.|Section 37-2-151 - Oath; Bond.

Section 37-2-151Oath; bond. Every policeman so appointed shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the usual oath and enter into bond in the sum of $500.00, payable to the State of Alabama, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, with good and sufficient surety to be approved by the Public Service Commission. Such oath of office and such bond, with a copy of the commission, shall be filed with the Public Service Commission, and a certificate by the secretary of such commission of such appointment and compliance with the foregoing provisions of this section shall be filed with the Secretary of State. (Acts 1911, No. 77, p. 36; Code 1923, §9996; Code 1940, T. 48, §216; Acts 1975, No. 517, §2.)
AL Code § 37-2-152 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 6 - Railway Policemen.|Section 37-2-152 - Badge.

Section 37-2-152Badge. Such railway policemen shall, when on duty, severally wear a metallic shield with the words "railway policeman" and the name of the corporation for which appointed inscribed thereon, and said shield shall always be worn in plain view, except when acting as detective. (Acts 1911, No. 77, p. 36; Code 1923, §9999; Code 1940, T. 48, §220.)
AL Code § 37-2-153 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 6 - Railway Policemen.|Section 37-2-153 - Powers.

Section 37-2-153Powers. (a) A railroad policeman may exercise the same powers of arrest and the right to bear firearms that may be exercised by any state, municipal or other police officer in this state, but only with respect to offenses committed against property owned or in the possession of the railroad by which he is employed or for any offense committed on such property. (b) The authority of any person appointed under the provisions of this division to act as such policeman shall immediately cease whenever such person ceases to be an agent, servant or employee of the corporation applying for the appointment under this division. (Acts 1911, No. 77, p. 36; Code 1923, §§9995, 9996, 10000; Code 1940, T. 48, §§217, 219; Acts 1975, No. 517, §3.)
AL Code § 37-2-154 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 6 - Railway Policemen.|Section 37-2-154 - Compensation.

Section 37-2-154Compensation. The compensation of such policemen shall be paid by the companies for which the policemen were respectively appointed as may be agreed upon between them. (Acts 1911, No. 77, p. 36; Code 1923, §10001; Code 1940, T. 48, §221.)
AL Code § 37-2-155 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 6 - Railway Policemen.|Section 37-2-155 - Liability of Corporation for Acts of Policemen.

Section 37-2-155Liability of corporation for acts of policemen. The corporation or company which applied for the appointment of such policeman, as provided in this division, shall be liable in damages for all of the torts, acts of negligence or misconduct of said policeman or policemen to the same extent as for torts, acts of negligence or misconduct committed by any of its other agents, servants or employees. (Acts 1911, No. 77, p. 36; Code 1923, §9998; Code 1940, T. 48, §218.)
AL Code § 37-2-156 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 6 - Railway Policemen.|Section 37-2-156 - Filing of Notice That Services No Longer Required.

Section 37-2-156Filing of notice that services no longer required. Whenever any such corporation or company shall no longer require the services in Alabama of any policeman so appointed, it shall file a written notice to that effect in the offices of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Public Service Commission. (Acts 1911, No. 77, p. 36; Code 1923, §10002; Code 1940, T. 48, §222; Acts 1975, No. 517, §4.)
AL Code § 37-2-157 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 2 - Transportation Companies.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Division 6 - Railway Policemen.|Section 37-2-157 - Removal by Governor.

Section 37-2-157Removal by Governor. The Governor may, at any time, remove any such policeman so appointed by him. Written notice of such removal shall be filed with the employing company or corporation and in the offices of the Secretary of State and the Public Service Commission. (Acts 1911, No. 77, p. 36; Code 1923, §10003; Code 1940, T. 48, §223; Acts 1975, No. 517, §5.)
AL Code § 37-4-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 1 - Sale of Lease in General|Section 37-4-40 - Right to Sell or Lease Property.

Section 37-4-40Right to sell or lease property. The property of a utility, together with its franchises, contracts, business, good will and other assets, may be lawfully sold and conveyed or leased to, and thereafter lawfully held, enjoyed and operated by, a purchaser then engaged or proposing to engage in the business conducted by such utility; or the capital stock of a corporation owning and operating a utility may be lawfully sold and conveyed to, and thereafter lawfully held and enjoyed by, a purchaser, whether or not such purchaser is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the business conducted by such utility; whenever such sale and conveyance or lease of the property, franchises, contracts, good will and other assets of such utility, or whenever the sale and conveyance of the capital stock of such corporation is consistent with the interests of the public. (Acts 1915, No. 205, p. 268; Code 1923, §9825; Code 1940, T. 48, §337.)
AL Code § 37-4-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 2 - Property and Franchises.|Division 1 - Sale of Lease in General|Section 37-4-41 - Approval by Commission - Generally.

Section 37-4-41Approval by commission - Generally. In cases other than those covered by Section 37-4-42, the question whether the proposed sale and conveyance or lease is consistent with the interests of the public shall be determined by the Public Service Commission, and if the commission determines that the proposed sale and conveyance or lease is consistent with the interests of the public, its determination shall be shown by its approval of the proposed sale and conveyance or lease. Thirty days' notice in a newspaper published in each municipality involved of such application shall be given before the hearing by the commission. If all, or substantially all, of the property and assets of any utility or corporation is proposed to be sold under the provisions of this division, the same procedure shall be necessary as in the case of other private corporations. (Acts 1915, No. 205, p. 268; Code 1923, §9827; Code 1940, T. 48, §339.)