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Ohio Rev Code § 4963.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4963 | Trains; Equipment|Section 4963.44 | Telegraph and Telephone Wires.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Every railroad company operating ten miles or more of railroad for the transportation of passengers and freight shall erect and maintain in complete working order, for use along the line of its railroad, a telegraph or telephone wire, with an office and proper means for communication by such wire at each of its principal stations. No such company operating a railroad without a telegraph or telephone wire along the line of such railroad, shall ask or receive any compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight on such railroad.The charter of a railroad company which fails to comply with the conditions of this section shall be declared forfeited and shall be annulled by a civil action brought for that purpose in the name of the state by the prosecuting attorney of any county in or through which its railroad is operated.
Ohio Rev Code § 4963.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4963 | Trains; Equipment|Section 4963.99 | Penalty.

Effective: October 19, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 931 - 104th General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 4963.06 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.(B) Whoever, being the person in charge of the operation and management of a railroad which fails to comply with section 4963.07 of the Revised Code, which failure results in personal injury, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.(C) Whoever violates section 4963.08 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than three hundred dollars.(D) Whoever violates section 4963.21, 4963.22, or 4963.24 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 4965.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4965 | Passenger Fares|Section 4965.50 | Rates of Passenger Fare.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A company operating a railroad in whole or in part in this state may demand and receive for the transportation of passengers on its railroad, a fare not exceeding three cents per mile, for a distance of more than five miles, but the fare shall always be made that multiple of five nearest reached by multiplying the rate by the distance.
Ohio Rev Code § 4965.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4965 | Passenger Fares|Section 4965.51 | Excess Fare on Trains.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Any company operating a railroad in whole or in part within this state which has posted proper notice to that effect in a conspicuous place in each waiting room and on the front of its depot building may collect ten cents in addition to the fare allowed by law when such fare is paid on the train, if an office at the point at which the passenger boarded the train was open for the sale of tickets at least thirty minutes next prior to the departure of such train.
Ohio Rev Code § 4965.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4965 | Passenger Fares|Section 4965.52 | Rates of Fare and Freight on Branch Roads.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A railroad company may demand and receive for the transportation of passengers on a branch road, the length of which does not exceed ten miles, a fare not exceeding six cents per mile, and for transportation of property such reasonable rates as are fixed by the company or prescribed by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 4965.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4965 | Passenger Fares|Section 4965.53 | Bicycle as Baggage.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|For the purposes specified in this section, bicycles, with or without lanterns or toolboxes attached, are baggage, shall be transported as such for passengers by all railroad companies, and are subject to the same charges and liabilities as other baggage. No passenger shall be required to crate, cover, or otherwise protect a bicycle. Such companies are not required to transport more than one bicycle for a single person.
Ohio Rev Code § 4965.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4965 | Passenger Fares|Section 4965.54 | Liability for Loss or Damage to Freight Regardless of Contract or Rule of Common Carrier.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|Any common carrier, railroad, or motor carrier receiving property at a point within this state for transportation to a point within this state, shall issue a receipt or bill of lading for such property and is liable to the lawful holder of it for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company to which such property is delivered or over whose line such property passes. No contract, receipt, rule, or regulation shall exempt such common carrier, railroad, or motor carrier from the liability imposed by this section. This section does not deprive any holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any remedy or right of action which the holder has under existing law. The common carrier, railroad, or motor carrier issuing such receipt or bill of lading may recover from the common carrier, railroad, or motor carrier on whose line the loss, damage, or injury was sustained the amount of such loss, damage, or injury it is required to pay the owners of such property as is evidenced by any receipt, judgment, or transcript thereof.As used in this section, "motor carrier" has the same meaning as in section 4923.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4965.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4965 | Passenger Fares|Section 4965.55 | Storage and Warehouse Certificate.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A railroad company organized under the laws of this state, upon the receipt of iron ore, grain, or other merchandise from any vessel, watercraft, or other source for storage and deposit, duly consigned to such company, upon the request of the owner of such ore, grain, or other merchandise, with the written consent of the consignee, may issue to the owner of such ore, grain, or other merchandise, a certificate, receipt, or voucher which shall name the railroad company by which the ore, grain, or other merchandise is held at the time such certificate, receipt, or voucher is issued, to whom such ore, grain, or other merchandise was consigned, the quantity held by such company, and the quality or grade of it, but not incurring any liability for the grade or quality. Such certificate, receipt, or voucher shall be signed by the president or vice-president of the company, and countersigned by the general agent of the company appointed for that purpose, or such other officer as is appointed by such railroad company, and is transferable and negotiable by indorsement on it, by the person to whose order it is made payable. On the presentation of the certificate, receipt, or voucher, so indorsed to such railroad company at its general offices, by the holder and on demand, the company shall deliver to the holder, the iron ore, grain, or other merchandise described in it, on the payment by such person to the railroad company of all proper charges thereon.
Ohio Rev Code § 4965.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4965 | Passenger Fares|Section 4965.56 | Track Connections.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the track of a railroad company crosses, connects, or intersects a track of the same gauge of another company, either company may connect the tracks of the two railroads so crossing, connecting, or intersecting so as to admit the passage of cars from one railroad to another with facility and avoid the necessity of transferring freight from such cars.
Ohio Rev Code § 4965.57 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4965 | Passenger Fares|Section 4965.57 | Companies Must Transport Cars of Other Companies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the tracks of two railroad companies are connected as provided in section 4965.56 of the Revised Code, either company, when required, shall transport any freight offered over its railroad to its destination on such railroad in cars in which it is offered at its local rates per mile as set forth in its freight tariff for the distance most nearly corresponding, and return the cars, with or without freight or unnecessary delay.
Ohio Rev Code § 4965.58 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4965 | Passenger Fares|Section 4965.58 | Companies Must Switch Cars of Other Companies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the tracks of one railroad company lie contiguous to coal mines, stone quarries, manufacturing establishments, elevators, warehouses, navigable waters, or sidetracks, suitable for loading or unloading, it shall switch the cars of other companies, at the request of such companies or the shippers, over and upon the tracks so lying by such mines, quarries, manufacturing establishments, elevators, warehouses, navigable waters, or sidetracks, for the purpose of unloading or loading grain or other freight into or from such elevators, warehouses, boats upon such navigable waters, or sidetrack without demurrage for forty-eight hours.
Ohio Rev Code § 4965.59 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4965 | Passenger Fares|Section 4965.59 | Bond - Certificate of Compliance.

Effective: January 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 538 - 121st General Assembly|(A) Every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the sale of steamship or railroad tickets for transportation to or from foreign countries shall execute and deliver a bond to the state approved by, and filed in the office of, the secretary of state, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the selling of genuine and valid steamship or railroad tickets for such transportation.(B) Such bond shall be executed by such person, firm, or corporation as principal, with at least two sureties who are responsible and owners of real estate within this state. The bond of a surety company may be received or cash or any securities enumerated in section 1111.04 of the Revised Code, may be accepted in lieu thereof. Upon the relation of any party aggrieved, a suit to recover on such bond may be brought.(C) No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in such business until it has obtained from the secretary of state a certificate of compliance with this section. The certificate shall be conspicuously displayed in the place of business of such person, firm, or corporation.(D) The secretary of state shall keep a book to be known as a "bond book," in which the secretary of state shall place in alphabetical order all such bonds received by the secretary of state, showing the date of receipt, the name, place of residence, and place of business of the principal, the names of sureties upon the bond, and the name of the officer before whom the bond was executed or acknowledged. Such record shall be open to public inspection. The secretary of state shall collect a fee of five dollars for each bond so filed.(E) This section does not apply to national banks, to incorporated and qualified railroad, steamship, or express companies, or to banks or trust companies.(F) Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 4965.59 of the Revised Code, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.01 | Companies May Consolidate.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the railroads of railroad companies in this state or any portion of such railroads have been or are to be so constructed as to admit the passage of freight or passenger cars over any two or more of such railroads, continuously without break or interruption, such companies may consolidate themselves into a single company or either company may merge or be merged into the other. Where the railroad of any railroad company in this state is connected with the railroad of another railroad company by means of an intervening railroad, held and operated by either of such companies under lease or over which either of such companies has the right to operate under any trackage agreement, thereby forming together a connected and continuous railroad, the railroads of such companies so connected shall be held to admit the passage of cars over such railroads continuously, without break or interruption, within the meaning of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.02 | Consolidation or Merger of Railroad Companies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A company organized in this state for the purpose of constructing, owning, and operating a railroad, or whose railroad is made or is in process of construction to a point within or without, or to the boundary line of, this state, may consolidate its capital stock, property, and franchises with those of a company in this or any other state, organized for a like purpose, whose railroad has been projected, constructed, or is in process of construction to the same point, or either company may merge or be merged into the other when the railroads so united and constructed will form a continuous or connected but not competing line for the passage of cars. Railroads running or to be constructed to the banks of a river which is not bridged, or to the tracks and property of a union depot or terminal company, the use of which is enjoyed by either of the companies proposed to be consolidated or merged, or to the tracks of another railroad over which either has the right to operate by favor of a lease or under any trackage agreement, shall be held to be continuous or connected under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.03 | Merger With Other Railroad Companies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A railroad company formed by the consolidation of a company of this state with a company of another state, or the surviving company in case of a merger of such companies, may make a further consolidation or merger with a company of this state, or of this state and any other state, or of another state or states, owning or operating over continuous, connected, but not parallel or competing lines. This section or section 4967.02 of the Revised Code does not authorize any such company organized under the laws of this state or of this state and any other state to be merged into any other company that is not so organized or authorized to do business in this state. The companies may fix by the the agreement for consolidation or merger the terms upon which it is to be made. Such terms may include the payment or retirement of the preferred stock of either or any of the companies parties to such agreement, if they have such stock. If the new or surviving company is to issue preferred stock, the par value of the shares thereof may be fixed by the agreement of consolidation or merger, or by resolution for the issue thereof without regard to the par value of shares of the common stock of such company.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.04 | Agreement of Consolidation or Merger.

Effective: November 22, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 902 - 116th General Assembly|A consolidation or merger of railroad companies shall be effected by each railroad company adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation pursuant to section 1701.78, 1701.79, 1701.80, or 1701.801 of the Revised Code and making the filings required by section 1701.81 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.10 | Relief for Dissenting Shareholder.

Effective: November 22, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 902 - 116th General Assembly|A stockholder who dissents in a consolidation or merger of railroad companies pursuant to section 4967.04 of the Revised Code is entitled to relief as a dissenting shareholder under section 1701.85 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.12 | Property of Old Companies Vests in New - Rights of Creditors Not Impaired.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon the consummation of any consolidation or merger, all the rights, privileges, and franchises of each of the companies, parties to the agreement of consolidation or merger, and all its property, debts due on account of subscriptions for stock, and other things in action, are to be deemed transferred to and vested in, or remain vested in, such new or surviving company without further act or deed. All property, rights of way, and other interests, are as effectually the property of the new or surviving company as they were formerly of the companies parties to the agreement. Titles to real estate acquired by deed, gift, grant, or by appropriation under the laws of this state shall not revert or be impaired by reason of the consolidation or merger. Rights of creditors and liens upon the property of the respective companies shall be preserved unimpaired, and the respective companies shall be deemed to continue in existence to preserve them. Debts, liabilities, and duties of the respective companies attach to the new or surviving company, and are enforceable against it to the same extent as if such debts, liabilities, and duties had been contracted by it.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.13 | Disposition of Stocks and Bonds Acquired Upon Consolidation or Merger.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A consolidated railroad company created by or existing under the laws of this state, or of this state and any other state, may take, hold, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, under such terms and agreements as the board of directors of such company prescribes, the stock and bonds of any other company acquired upon any consolidation or merger or received by virtue of any purchase, lease, or operating contract. Such company may maintain and operate a railroad purchased under authority of law, and lease or contract to operate a part or all of a railroad constructed or in the course of construction by another company of this state, of this state and another state, or of another state or states, if the railroad covered by such lease or operating contract is connected with a railroad owned, held, or operated under lease or trackage agreement by such consolidated railroad company, on such terms as the companies agreed upon.As used in sections 4967.13 to 4967.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "consolidated railroad company" includes the surviving company in the case of a merger.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.14 | Consolidated Company May Issue Stock in Lieu of Purchase Money.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a consolidated railroad company described in section 4967.13 of the Revised Code is in possession of or operating in connection with or extension of its own railroad, any other railroad in this state or any other state, under purchase, conveyance, lease, contract, or agreement, such company may take a surrender or transfer of the whole or a part of the capital stock of the company conveying, leasing, or owning such railroad, from one or more stockholders, and issue in exchange therefor the like additional amount of its own capital stock, at par or on such other terms as are agreed upon by the directors of the consolidated railroad company.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.15 | Property of Company Acquired by Purchase Vested in Consolidated Company.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When the whole of the capital stock referred to in section 4967.14 of the Revised Code is surrendered or transferred, and a certificate thereof filed in the office of the secretary of state, under the common seal of the consolidated railroad company to which such surrender or transfer was made, the estate, property, rights, privileges, and franchises of the company whose stock was so surrendered or transferred vests in and is held and enjoyed by such consolidated company as fully and entirely, without change or diminution, as they before were held and enjoyed and shall be managed and controlled by the board of directors of such consolidated company. The two companies thenceforth are consolidated and are one company, under the corporate name of such consolidated company, without any other formalities or proceedings.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.16 | Effect of Consolidation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Sections 4967.14 and 4967.15 of the Revised Code do not relieve a consolidated railroad company from paying the fee provided by section 111.16 of the Revised Code in case a corporation files a certificate for an increase of its capital stock. The rights of a stockholder not surrendering or transferring his stock are not affected, nor are existing liabilities or the rights of creditors of the company whose stock has been so surrendered or transferred affected, by sections 4967.14 to 4967.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4967.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4967 | Consolidation of Railroads|Section 4967.17 | Principal Office.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|As soon as convenient after a consolidation of railroad companies resulting in the formation of a new company, the new company shall establish a principal office at some point in this state on the line of its railroad, but may change it at pleasure. Public notice of such establishment or change shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the state, and by filing a written notice thereof with the secretary of state. This section and other laws respecting the residence of directors of corporations, the keeping of a principal or general office, and the records of corporations, do not apply to consolidated railroad companies created by or existing under the laws of this state and any other state. The election of directors of such consolidated companies may be held at the principal office of the company, whether located in this or any other state under the laws of which such company was created.