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IN Code § 8-4-7-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 7. Incorporation of Union Railway Companies|8-4-7-14. Associate Companies; Board of Managers; Delegation of Powers and Duties

Sec. 14. It shall be competent for the board of directors of such union railway company, in the agreement by which any associate company or companies may be admitted as aforesaid, to delegate to such board of managers such and so much of the authority, power and jurisdiction of such board of directors as may be agreed upon, subject, however, to the rights of the proprietary companies and of the union railway company as defined in the agreements under which associate companies may have been or may be admitted; subject to these rights, the powers so delegated to said board of managers shall be exercised by said board of managers, and shall continue so long as the said associate companies, or any or either of them, shall continue to be entitled to use the property and facilities of such union railway company.Formerly: Acts 1885, c.20, s.14.
IN Code § 8-4-7-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 7. Incorporation of Union Railway Companies|8-4-7-15. Contracts; Tort Liability

Sec. 15. Every such union railway company shall be primarily liable to the public and to third persons on its contracts and for its torts, but it shall be competent, as between themselves, for such proprietary companies, such associate companies, and said union railway company, to agree among themselves that the ultimate liability for damages for any class of injuries to persons or property shall fall upon one (1) or more of said companies, and such agreement as to such ultimate liability may be enforced as between the companies parties to such agreement: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall prevent any person suing for an injury to persons or property from joining as defendants any or all of said companies if the facts would have justified such joinder if this section had never been passed.Formerly: Acts 1885, c.20, s.15.
IN Code § 8-4-7-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 7. Incorporation of Union Railway Companies|8-4-7-16. Acceptance of Provisions of Chapter; Certificate; Filing

Sec. 16. Any union railway company organized prior to March 2, 1885, under the provisions of Acts 1852, 1RS, c.84 may adopt the provisions of this chapter by filing a written statement setting forth its acceptance of the provisions of this chapter, which written statement shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary of each proprietary company, under its corporate seal, and shall be acknowledged by the parties thereto before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of conveyances of real estate, which writing shall be filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of the county or counties in which such union railway may be situated, and, from time of such filing, such union railway company shall be deemed a corporation of the state of Indiana, and shall have all the powers and be subject to all the provisions of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1885, c.20, s.16. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.53.
IN Code § 8-4-7-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 7. Incorporation of Union Railway Companies|8-4-7-17. Filing of Certificate of Acceptance of Provisions of Chapter; Conclusiveness Upon Associate Companies

Sec. 17. Whenever, prior to March 2, 1885, any union railway company shall have been incorporated, and the proprietary companies of such union railway company shall have, by agreement in writing with any other railroad company, such as is designated in this chapter as an associate company, admitted such associate company to the use of the property and facilities of such union company, then, upon the filing of the certificate of acceptance contemplated by section 16 of this chapter, such agreement between such proprietary companies and such associate company shall have the same force and effect and be as valid and binding as if the same had been made after March 2, 1885, and the terms of such agreement, including the provision for such a board of managers as is contemplated by this chapter, the delegation of powers to such board, and the right of such associate company to representation on such board, shall be observed and enforced as may have been provided for in said agreement.Formerly: Acts 1885, c.20, s.17. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.54.
IN Code § 8-4-7-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 7. Incorporation of Union Railway Companies|8-4-7-18. Mechanic's Liens; Joint Liability of Proprietary Companies

Sec. 18. The proprietary companies shall be jointly liable for all debts due for labor done for such union railway company on its tracks, depots and other property that shall not be paid by such union railway company, but such liability shall not be enforceable against the said proprietary companies until the remedy against such union company shall have been exhausted, unless it is shown that said union company is insolvent.Formerly: Acts 1885, c.20, s.18.
IN Code § 8-4-7-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 7. Incorporation of Union Railway Companies|8-4-7-19. Facilities and Connections; Joint Use by Proprietary Companies

Sec. 19. Any such union railway company may make running arrangements with any of its proprietary companies, or with any of its associate companies, whereby such union railway company shall acquire the right to use the roads and tracks of such proprietary companies, or of said associate companies, so as to afford connecting facilities between the tracks of such union company and any belt railroad contemplated by this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1885, c.20, s.19. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.55.
IN Code § 8-4-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 8. Branch Railroads|8-4-8-1. Authority to Operate; Stocks and Bonds

Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any railroad company in this state, organized under the general or special laws of this state, to make branches or extensions of its railroad to the boundary-line of any county in which such railroad may have a terminus, such boundary-line being also a boundary-line of the state, and such railroad company shall have all the powers, rights and privileges in relation to such branches of extensions as it has or may have in relation to its original road, under the law by which it was organized, and in conformity to the law of its organization, with power to said company to subscribe and take stock in any railroad bridge company on the route of said road, or at the terminus of said railroad, for the use and benefit of said road: Provided, That any such bridge at the terminus of such road shall be so constructed as to admit the passage of vehicles, foot passengers, and for general purposes: And, provided also, That where the terminus of such road is, or shall be, at or near the state-line, and the board of directors of such railroad company shall, by resolution, declare that it is desirable for such railroad company to acquire terminal property, or terminal rights and facilities, to enable it to operate through or into any city in another state and adjoining the terminus of such company, such railroad company shall have power, by its board of directors, to take stock in any terminal company organized under the laws of any adjoining state for the purpose of acquiring and constructing terminal property and terminal facilities, and to guarantee the bonds thereof. The amount of such stock investments and of the bonds guaranteed shall be determined by such board of directors.Formerly: Acts 1863, c.4, s.1; Acts 1911, c.59, s.1.
IN Code § 8-4-10-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 10. Lateral Railroads|8-4-10-2. Width of Road; Route Restriction

Sec. 2. Such proposed lateral railroad shall not exceed one hundred (100) feet in width, except where excavations, embankments, or other necessity require it; nor shall the same pass through any burial ground, place of public worship, or any public building or dwelling-house without the consent of the owner.Formerly: Acts 1869(ss), c.46, s.2.
IN Code § 8-4-10-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 10. Lateral Railroads|8-4-10-3. Adjoining Lands; Entry to Secure Materials

Sec. 3. It shall be lawful for any such person or persons, or company of persons, their agents or employees, desiring to construct such lateral railroad, to enter upon any land near or adjoining thereto, to search for stone, wood, gravel or other materials to be used in the construction thereof; but no stone, gravel, wood or other materials shall be taken from any land, for said purpose, until the rate of compensation therefor shall be ascertained and tendered to the owner thereof; but if the parties can not agree thereon, each party shall choose a disinterested and reputable freeholder of the neighborhood who, if they can not agree, shall choose an umpire of like qualifications who shall, under oath or affirmation, fairly and impartially estimate the same; and such award shall be final and conclusive─the amount of which said award shall be paid or tendered to the person or persons entitled thereto, if within the state or known.Formerly: Acts 1869(ss), c.46, s.3.
IN Code § 8-4-10-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 10. Lateral Railroads|8-4-10-4. Connections With Other Roads

Sec. 4. It shall be lawful for any such person or persons or company of persons to connect such lateral railroad with any railroad or railroads incorporated or to be incorporated in this state, and also with any highway or public improvement; provided, that if the parties interested can not agree upon the mode, manner, or point of connection with such railroad or railroads, the same shall be determined in the same manner as the compensation for materials prescribed in section 3 of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1869(ss), c.46, s.4. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.56.
IN Code § 8-4-10-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 10. Lateral Railroads|8-4-10-5. Sheriff as Owner; Nonresident, Incompetent, or Unknown Party

Sec. 5. If any of the owners of any intervening lands aforesaid shall be unknown, nonresident, or incompetent to act, then the occupant of such lands or the agent of such owner shall be deemed and taken to be the owner of such lands; and in case where such owner or agent is unknown and such lands are unoccupied, then, in all such cases, the sheriff of such county shall be deemed the owner of such lands for all the purposes contemplated in this chapter, and shall be paid two dollars ($2) per day for every day's service in and about such matter.Formerly: Acts 1869(ss), c.46, s.5. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.57.
IN Code § 8-4-10-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 10. Lateral Railroads|8-4-10-6. Certificate of Organization and Route Description; General Powers and Duties

Sec. 6. Such person or persons or company of persons, who shall determine to construct such lateral railroad, shall make out, under oath a certificate of the name or names of such person or persons, or company of persons, setting out the beginning, termination, and length of said proposed lateral railroad, and file the same in the recorder's office in the county or counties in which said road is located; and shall have the power and capacity to contract and be contracted with, to sue and to be sued, and generally to exercise such powers and perform such acts and duties as may be necessary and proper to carry out the purposes contemplated by this chapter; and in cases of sale or assignment, the purchasers, assignees, or lessees thereof shall file the same in such recorder's office; and such certificate of organization, sale, or assignment shall be, by the recorder, recorded in the proper record of his office; and for all services aforesaid, such recorder shall be entitled to receive fifteen cents ($.15) for each one hundred (100) words.Formerly: Acts 1869(ss), c.46, s.6. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.58.
IN Code § 8-4-10-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 10. Lateral Railroads|8-4-10-7. Viewers; Fee

Sec. 7. The viewers mentioned in this chapter shall each receive two dollars ($2) per day for their services, to be paid by said petitioners.Formerly: Acts 1869(ss), c.46, s.7. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.59.
IN Code § 8-4-10-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 10. Lateral Railroads|8-4-10-8. Construction Across Highways or Roads; Prohibition

Sec. 8. It shall be lawful for any such person or persons, or company, or owner, or owners, or their lessees as referred to in section 1 of this chapter to construct such lateral railroad across public highways or roads. This chapter is to apply to all such lateral railroads and highway or road crossings presently planned, under construction, previously constructed, or to be constructed in the future. Said person, or persons, or company, or owner, or owners, or their lessees, shall comply with all laws or regulations of the State of Indiana, or any agency thereof, concerning the location, construction, or maintenance of such railroads or crossings of public highways or roads.Formerly: Acts 1974, P.L.29, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.112-1995, SEC.1; P.L.86-2018, SEC.142.
IN Code § 8-4-11-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 11. Extension of Railroad Franchise|8-4-11-1. Authority to Construct and Operate

Sec. 1. Any railroad company organized under any general law of this state is hereby empowered to extend its road, from time to time, beyond either terminus fixed in its articles of association, and to construct, or cause to be constructed, to own and operate such extension or extensions, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as if such extension or extensions had been included between the termini named in its original articles of association: Provided, however, That before any such extension or extensions are commenced, the same shall be authorized by resolutions adopted by the holders of a majority, in value, of the capital stock of the company proposing to extend its road, and such resolutions shall specify the point from and the point to which such extension is to be made, and the township or townships and county or counties into or through which the same is to be constructed; and a copy of such resolution, signed by the president and attested by the secretary of said company, under its corporate seal, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of this state.Formerly: Acts 1879, c.28, s.1.
IN Code § 8-4-11-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 11. Extension of Railroad Franchise|8-4-11-2. Eminent Domain

Sec. 2. Any railroad company extending its line under the provisions of this chapter may acquire right of way and other property, by condemnation or otherwise, in the same manner and with the same effect as if such extension had been included within the original articles of association of such company.Formerly: Acts 1879, c.28, s.2. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.60.
IN Code § 8-4-12-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 12. Abandonment of Certain Railroads|8-4-12-1. Forfeiture of Rights, Privileges, and Franchises

Sec. 1. Any railroad company organized under a special charter, or under the general law of the state for the construction of railroads, whose lines are wholly within this state or partly within this state and partly in another state, which shall fail to keep up the directory of their road and expend at least the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) upon the line of their road in this state, within any period of two (2) years from March 11, 1867; or where any railroad company, so organized as aforesaid, shall have located before March 11, 1867, the line of her road in this state, and have afterwards adopted another and different line and route thereof in this state, then, in either of the above cases, such railroad company shall be taken and held to have abandoned such road, or so much of the line thereof in this state as has been abandoned by so selecting and adopting another and different line; and such company is hereby declared to have forfeited all her rights, privileges, and franchises in such road or part thereof.Formerly: Acts 1867, c.80, s.1; Acts 1877, c.68, s.1. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.61.
IN Code § 8-4-12-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 12. Abandonment of Certain Railroads|8-4-12-2. Takeover of Derelict Company by New Company; Appraisement

Sec. 2. Any company that is or that may be organized under the general laws of this state providing for the incorporation of railroad companies may complete any such abandoned road or part thereof, and shall, for such purpose, be invested with all the rights, privileges, interests, rights of way, franchises, properties, and immunities of such derelict railroad company, and shall proceed to construct the same, as is provided under this chapter. However, before any such new company shall succeed to said rights, privileges, interests, rights of way, franchises, properties and immunities, and before it shall proceed to complete such road or part of such road, the value of the same shall be ascertained by:(1) one (1) disinterested freeholder in any county through which the line of the road may run; and(2) two (2) disinterested appraisers licensed under IC 25-34.1;who are residents of Indiana, one (1) of whom shall be selected by said new company, and one (1) by the old company, or the assignee or purchaser of the franchises thereof, and the other by the auditor of such county. One (1) of the appraisers described under subdivision (2) must reside not more than fifty (50) miles from the property. The freeholder and the two (2) appraisers appointed under subdivisions (1) and (2) shall constitute a board of appraisers; and in the event that the said old company, or the assignee or purchaser of the franchises thereof, shall fail or refuse, upon request, to name such appraiser, then the appraiser shall be named by the said auditor. Such board of appraisers shall take an oath to faithfully discharge their duties, and make a true and impartial appraisement of such rights, privileges, interests, rights of way, franchises, properties and immunities. Such board shall report their appraisement to said auditor, and, upon the payment of the same by such new company to the treasurer of such county, it shall succeed to and be invested as aforesaid. Nothing in this chapter shall authorize or permit any railroad company which has constructed and is operating its road to change its line of road from that now used and occupied so as to avoid any point named in their charter or articles of association.Formerly: Acts 1867, c.80, s.2; Acts 1877, c.68, s.2; Acts 1975, P.L.76, SEC.3. As amended by P.L.113-2006, SEC.5; P.L.136-2018, SEC.91.
IN Code § 8-4-12-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 12. Abandonment of Certain Railroads|8-4-12-3. Payment of Appraised Value; Disposition

Sec. 3. The money so paid, as is provided in section 2 of this chapter, shall be held by such treasurer in trust for the payment, firstly, of the debts of such old company; and, secondly, the balance, if any, shall be equitably distributed among the stockholders thereof.Formerly: Acts 1867, c.80, s.3. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.62.
IN Code § 8-4-12-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 12. Abandonment of Certain Railroads|8-4-12-4. Fees of Appraisers

Sec. 4. The said appraisers shall receive for their service, five dollars ($5.00) per day for the time by them employed, to be paid by said treasurer out of the amount of said assessment.Formerly: Acts 1867, c.80, s.4.
IN Code § 8-4-12-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 12. Abandonment of Certain Railroads|8-4-12-5. Evidence of Abandonment

Sec. 5. Any such railroad company whose road is incomplete who shall fail to complete the same, or who shall fail to expend at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) towards the completion thereof in each year, shall be taken and held to come within the purview of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1867, c.80, s.5. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.63.
IN Code § 8-4-12-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 12. Abandonment of Certain Railroads|8-4-12-6. Annual Financial Statement and Report; Filing

Sec. 6. All railroad companies in this state, or whose roads run into this state, shall, on the fifteenth day of January of each year, file with the auditor of state a statement in writing, verified by the affidavit of the treasurer of such company, showing the gross receipts of such company; the amount paid to each officer, the gross amount paid to other employees; the amount paid for rolling-stock; the amount paid for the actual construction of such road; itemizing the amount paid for earthwork, bridges, iron, ties, culverts and all other items of such construction; and also the amount of the capital stock of such company, the assets thereof, and the rate of dividends to the stockholders, and also any and all other expenses of such company.Formerly: Acts 1867, c.80, s.6.
IN Code § 8-4-12-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads|Chapter 12. Abandonment of Certain Railroads|8-4-12-7. Completion of Road by Transferee Company

Sec. 7. Whenever any railroad company, coming within the provision of this chapter, shall sell or transfer their property, rights, or franchises to any other railroad company, it shall be the duty of such last named railroad company to complete the road so transferred to them, and put the same in complete running order, within three (3) years after the time of such transfer; and upon failure so to do, it shall be taken and held to have abandoned and forfeited the same, and any company organized, as provided in this chapter, shall succeed to and be invested with the same, as is provided in this chapter; however, nothing in this chapter contained shall be regarded as a recognition of the right of two (2) or more railroad companies to consolidate by voluntary agreement.Formerly: Acts 1867, c.80, s.7. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.64; P.L.136-2018, SEC.92.