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NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-13 - Borrowing money; limitation

48:15-13. Borrowing money; limitation  Any street railway or traction company may borrow from time to time such sums of money as may be necessary for the accomplishment of the objects of the company, not exceeding at any one time the amount of its capital stock issued, outstanding and fully paid for. Amended by L.1946, c. 287, p. 981, s. 2, eff. May 3, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-14 - Bonds and mortgages; recording mortgages

48:15-14. Bonds and mortgages; recording mortgages  Any company borrowing any sums pursuant to section 48:15-13 of this title may, for the repayment thereof, issue coupon or registered bonds, or both, secured by a mortgage covering the corporate franchises, real estate and personal property of the company including stocks and securities of such company or of any other corporation whose stocks or securities it owns. The mortgage may be recorded as mortgages of real estate are recorded in the office of the clerk or register of deeds of the county or counties in which the railway described in the mortgage may be located and in the office of the clerk or register of deeds of the county in which the principal office of the company is located. The recording of the mortgage shall have the same force and effect as to judgment creditors, purchasers or mortgagees in good faith as the recording of mortgages of real estate although the mortgage may not have been executed, proved or recorded as a chattel mortgage.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-16.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-16.1 - Power of condemnation

48:15-16.1. Power of condemnation  Any street railway or traction utility may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof in taking so much land or property as may be necessary for the construction of any railway built under the provisions of this title either as an extension of the line of any existing railway or a new line, not exceeding 60 feet in width except where a greater amount shall be required for the slopes of cuts and embankments, and such easements of lands lying within or without the limits of any street as may be necessary for the accomplishment of the objects of such utility, or such lands or properties as may be required for the purpose of locating and constructing all necessary works, buildings, conveniences and equipments for the construction and operation of such machinery, engines, boilers or appliances, including the erection of poles for the support of wires and conduits or the making of tunnels or subways for the production or supply of any of the motive power authorized to be used under this title. L.1962, c. 198, s. 57.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-17 - Entry on land to explore and survey; filing survey

48:15-17. Entry on land to explore and survey; filing survey  For any of the purposes mentioned in section 48:15-16 of this title the company may enter at all times upon all lands lying within or without the limits of any street for the purpose of exploring and surveying the same and of locating the right of way thereon and the necessary easements, works, buildings, conveniences, equipments and appliances doing no unnecessary injury to private or other property. When the location of such right of way, easements, works, conveniences, equipments and appliances shall have been determined upon, a survey of the location shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-18 - Entry on railway for purpose of operating; certificate, description and map

48:15-18. Entry on railway for purpose of operating; certificate, description and map  If a street railway or traction company shall, in the exercise of powers conferred by law, enter upon any railway for the purpose of operating the same, it shall within ten days thereafter file in the office of the secretary of state a certificate under its corporate seal, attested by its president or other head officer, setting forth the name of the company under which the entry shall have been made, the date of the entry and the period of time during which the possession and operation of the railway is to continue, together with a description and map of the route of the railway so entered upon. In default of the filing of such certificate, description and map, the company shall forfeit and pay to the state the sum of one hundred dollars for each day after the expiration of said ten days during which the default shall continue, which sum may be recovered in an action at law, prosecuted in the name of the state by the attorney general in any court of competent jurisdiction. The judgment recovered therein shall be a first and paramount lien on all property and assets of the company.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-19 - Carrying newspapers, freight and express

48:15-19. Carrying newspapers, freight and express  Any street railway or traction company may receive and carry over its railway, newspapers, freight and express matter for hire and may deliver the same to parties entitled thereto. The board of public utility commissioners may prescribe reasonable regulations for the use and operation of cars employed in the carrying of the freight and express matter.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-20 - Change of gauge

48:15-20. Change of gauge  The board of public utility commissioners may permit any street railway or traction company to change its existing gauge to standard steam railroad gauge upon such terms and conditions as the board shall prescribe.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-21 - Joint use of tracks and equipment

48:15-21. Joint use of tracks and equipment  Whenever after hearing, upon notice, the board of public utility commissioners shall find that public convenience and necessity require the use by one street railway or traction company or by a company organized under the general railroad law of this state operating an interurban railway company of the tracks, wires or other property or equipment and appurtenances or any part thereof in any street, or other public place belonging to another such company, and that such public utilities have failed to agree upon such use or the terms and conditions or compensation for the same, the board may by order direct that such use be permitted and prescribe a reasonable compensation and reasonable terms and conditions for such joint use; provided that the consent of the municipalities affected be first obtained. Such joint use shall not be required if the same will prevent the owners of the tracks, wires or other property or equipment and appurtenances or other users thereof from performing their public duties, or result in serious injury to the owners or other users, or in any substantial detriment to the service or danger to the public or employees of the owners or users. This section shall not be construed to give the right to use the tracks, wires, or other property or equipment and appurtenances of a company in territory already served by it to another company seeking to compete with the owner of the tracks, wires or other property or equipment and appurtenances in such territory.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-22 - Steam locomotives prohibited

48:15-22. Steam locomotives prohibited  No street railway or traction company shall use on any of its railways within the limits of any street and in the surface thereof, any locomotive or other engine propelled by steam, moving on its rails.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-23 - Inclosed or vestibuled platforms on cars required; penalty

48:15-23. Inclosed or vestibuled platforms on cars required; penalty  No company operating a street railway or railroad operated as a street railway by means of electric motors shall, between the first day of November and the first day of April in any year, use for passenger transportation any car or other vehicle not constructed with inclosed or vestibuled platforms provided with proper glazed sashes at the ends of the car and with open doorways at the side. Any company operating any car or vehicle in violation of this section shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each day or part thereof any such car or vehicle shall be so operated. Such penalty may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction together with the costs of the suit by the person, board or authority having control of the police department of any municipality in or through which such car or vehicle shall be operated. The penalty when recovered shall be paid into the treasury of such municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-24 - Filing description and map of extension or new line; exclusive right to route

48:15-24. Filing description and map of extension or new line; exclusive right to route  Every street railway or traction company before beginning the construction of any extension of an existing railway, or the construction of any new line of railway shall file in the office of the secretary of state a description of the route of the extension or new line showing the termini thereof together with a map exhibiting the same with the courses and distances thereof. The company shall thereby secure the exclusive right to build the extension or new line for a period of six months, and thereafter for an additional period of two years if within said six months the company shall have in good faith begun to construct the extension or new line and shall have diligently pursued such construction to the completion of the extension or new line within such two years and six months, to be computed from the day of the filing of the description and map; provided such company shall have obtained the consents required by sections 48:15-29 and 48:15-30 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-25 - Amended description and map

48:15-25. Amended description and map  When a street railway or traction company shall fail to acquire from the municipal governing body or the body having control of any street, the right to locate its tracks or any satisfactory operative portion thereof, it may file with the secretary of state an amended description of the route of such extension or new line, showing the termini thereof together with a map exhibiting the same with courses and distances thereof. The company shall thereby secure the exclusive right to build such extension or new line for a period of six months from the day of filing the amended description and map; provided such company shall have obtained the consents required by sections 48:15-29 and 48:15-30 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-26 - Relocation before completion of extension or new line

48:15-26. Relocation before completion of extension or new line  When the location of the route of the extension of any railway or of any new line shall have been made under this chapter, the company may, at any time before the extension or new line shall have been completely constructed, relocate the same or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of this chapter applicable to the original location thereof in the same manner and under the same conditions as though the extension or new line or part thereof to be relocated had never been located.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-27 - Change of route; land condemned along original route to revert to owners

48:15-27. Change of route; land condemned along original route to revert to owners  Any street railway or traction company may at any time change the location of the route of any new line of railway or an extension of any existing railway, shown on the map thereof filed in the office of the secretary of state, or any part of the route of any such new line or extension, by filing an amended map showing such change and alteration of location, in the office of the secretary of state together with an amended description of the route of the new line or extension as changed. In case the company has acquired by condemnation any land or easement therein along the original route so changed, so much thereof as is not within the amended route shall, upon the construction of the railway along the amended route, revert to the original owners thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-28 - Relocation of tracks at request of body having control of streets; effect on period of operation; approval

48:15-28. Relocation of tracks at request of body having control of streets; effect on period of operation; approval  Whenever any street railway or traction company shall change the location of its tracks or any part thereof in any street or public park to another part of such street or park, or from a private right of way proposed to be taken for street or public park purposes to a new location within the lines of any street or within the boundaries of such park, or from any street, public park or private right of way to a new location in another street, at the request of the body charged with the maintenance and repair of such streets or public park on or through which such tracks are located and to which such tracks shall be moved, the company so changing the location of its tracks and its successors and assigns may maintain and operate its tracks with the necessary appurtenances in the new location for as long a period as it had the right to maintain and operate the tracks in their former location at the time of the relocation. No such change shall be made without first obtaining approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 177.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-29 - Municipal consent to construction of street railways

48:15-29. Municipal consent to construction of street railways  No street railway shall be constructed in any street or other public place in any municipality except upon the consent of the governing body of the municipality. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 178.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-30 - Consent of public authority other than municipal governing body

48:15-30. Consent of public authority other than municipal governing body  If any board, body or public authority other than the governing body of the municipality shall have control of any street in which a proposed street railway is to be constructed, the consent of such other board, body or public authority shall also be required before the street railway is constructed or operated. The consent shall be given in the same manner as is provided in respect to the consent of a municipal governing body. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 179.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-31 - Consent of property owners

48:15-31. Consent of property owners  No such municipal consent shall be granted until there shall be filed with the clerk or other equivalent officer of the governing body of the municipality the consent of the owners of at least one-half in amount in lineal feet of property fronting on the streets and other public places or parts thereof in which permission to construct, operate and maintain a street railway is asked. The consent of any property owner may be signed by an attorney in fact thereunto duly authorized or by an executor or trustee holding legal title or having power of sale. All such consents shall be executed and acknowledged as are deeds entitled to be recorded.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-32 - Map or description of route; location of tracks and poles

48:15-32. Map or description of route; location of tracks and poles  Every application made to the governing body of a municipality for the construction, operation and maintenance of a street railway shall be accompanied with a map or description of the route of the railway, showing the proposed location of the rails or tracks and the location of poles or conduits. The governing body may either at the time of granting its consent or at a subsequent time, fix and determine by resolution the location of the rails or tracks in the streets and public places, and the places in which poles shall be located and conduits constructed. The location of the tracks so fixed shall be deemed to be the true location of the tracks if an acceptance thereof by a majority of the directors of the company is filed in the office of the secretary of state within thirty days after receiving notice thereof and a copy thereof delivered to the clerk or other equivalent officer of the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-33 - Right to maintain poles, wires and conduits

48:15-33. Right to maintain poles, wires and conduits  Every such municipal consent shall be deemed to include the right to construct, erect, use and maintain such poles, wires, conduits and other structures and appliances as shall be appropriate or necessary to operate the street railway with the power designated in the petition therefor.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-34 - Extension of tracks in cities of first and second class for connections or detours; approval

48:15-34. Extension of tracks in cities of first and second class for connections or detours; approval  Whenever in the judgment of the board or body having control of the streets of any city of the first or second class, public interest or convenience requires an extension therein of street railway tracks to connect or make a detour of existing tracks, such board or body may: a. After notice and hearing in the manner prescribed by law in the case of application for consent to construct street railways in the streets thereof, by ordinance authorize the construction, maintenance and operation of the extension for either of the purposes aforesaid. b. In the event of the failure of the street railway or traction company or companies operating the street railway line or lines proposed to be connected by the extension authorized in paragraph "a" of this section, after opportunity for a hearing before said board or body has been given to the street railway or traction company or companies, by ordinance require the construction, maintenance and operation of the extension for either of the purposes aforesaid. No one extension constructed pursuant to this section shall exceed one-half mile in length nor shall any authority or requirement to operate the extension be for a longer term than fifty years. For such extension it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent of any of the owners of the land fronting on the line thereof. No privilege granted, or requirement made, by or under the authority of this section, shall be valid or effective until approved, after hearing, by order in writing by the board of public utility commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-35 - Municipal consent; petition; fixing location of poles or conduits

48:15-35. Municipal consent; petition; fixing location of poles or conduits  Any company owning or operating a street railway in the state may obtain permission and authority to change the motive power used on its railway by petition to the governing body of the municipality in which the railway is located and upon notice and hearing as is specified for permission to construct and operate a street railway. The petition shall designate the motive power which the company desires to use, and the consent of the governing body to the use of such motive power shall include the right to construct, maintain or use within the lines of the streets in which the railway is constructed, such poles, wires, conduits and other structures and appliances as shall be necessary and appropriate to operate the railway with the power designated in the petition. The governing body may, at the time of giving its consent to the change of motive power or subsequently, designate by resolution the places where poles shall be located or conduits constructed, if the same shall be necessary or proper for operating the railway by means of the motive power mentioned in the petition.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-36 - Consent of public authority other than municipal

48:15-36. Consent of public authority other than municipal  If any board, body or public authority other than the governing body of such municipality shall have control of any of the streets in which the tracks of the company are to be constructed or located, the consent of such other board, body or public authority shall also be required before the company shall have the right to change the motive power used thereon. Such consent shall be granted only upon notice to be given in the same manner as is provided in respect to the consent of a municipal governing body.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-37 - Municipal consent to operation of autobusses; fares; franchise taxes

48:15-37. Municipal consent to operation of autobusses; fares; franchise taxes  Any company organized under any law of this state operating a street railway may acquire, own and operate autobusses. Every such company before operating an autobus shall obtain, as required by law, the consent of the authorities of the municipality in or through which it intends to operate such autobus and the approval of such consent by the board of public utility commissioners, and shall comply with all lawful regulations governing the operation of autobusses which apply to other owners and operators thereof. Every such company shall keep books, records and accounts of the operation of such autobusses so that the receipts and expenses of such operation may be distinguished from the receipts and expenses of street railway operation. No fare for transportation on any autobus shall be increased because of any deficit from street railway operation, nor shall any street railway fare be increased because of any deficit from autobus operation. Every such company shall pay the same franchise taxes upon gross receipts from the operation of autobusses as other owners and operators of autobusses and shall pay the same franchise and other taxes upon gross receipts from the operation of its street railway as other companies operating street railways. The gross receipts from the operation of autobusses shall not be included in fixing the franchise or other taxes payable by such company because of its operation of its street railway, and the gross receipts from the operation of its street railway shall not be included in fixing the franchise or other taxes payable by such company because of its operation of autobusses.