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MA Gen L ch 160 § 198b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 198b - Unauthorized Sale at Other Than Scheduled Rate

Section 198B. Whoever shall engage in the business of purchasing, selling or re-selling railroad tickets, railroad ticket coupons or other evidences of a right to ride on a railroad, or parts of such tickets, coupons or other evidences, or shall purchase, sell, re-sell, barter, offer for sale or barter, or advertise for sale or barter, the whole or any part of any railroad ticket, railroad ticket coupon or other evidence of a right to ride on a railroad, or shall in any manner aid in so doing, or shall obtain for himself or another, or avail himself of, any means of transportation on a railroad, at any rate or rates other than or different from those prescribed in the schedule of rates filed and published by the corporation operating such railroad or in violation of the conditions attached to any reduced rate ticket, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one month or by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or both. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the provisions of section one hundred and ninety-eight A shall continue to govern as to the classes of tickets therein specified.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 199 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 199 - Free Passes or Reduced Rates for Public Officials

Section 199. Any person who, being governor, lieutenant governor, member of the council, member or member-elect of the general court, justice of the supreme judicial court, justice of the superior court, judge of probate, justice of a district court or a county commissioner, who requests, for himself or another, accepts or uses any free pass upon a railroad, or any ticket entitling him to transportation upon a railroad, for which he has paid a less price than is demanded of the public generally, and an officer, agent or employee of a railroad corporation who issues, delivers or offers to any person hereinbefore mentioned or to or for any other person at the request, solicitation or procurement of any such person, except as otherwise provided by the following section or section fifteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, a free pass or any ticket entitling him to transportation at a less rate of fare than is demanded of the public generally, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 200 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 200 - Free Passes to Former Employees Injured in Service of Railroad

Section 200. Railroad corporations may issue passes for free transportation to former employees who have been injured in the service of the corporation issuing the pass. The pass shall state the nature of the injury, shall not be transferable, and shall be forfeited if used, or attempted to be used, in violation of the conditions of the pass, or if it was obtained by misrepresentation.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 201 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 201 - Required Upon Request

Section 201. Every railroad corporation shall, upon request of the postmaster general or of an authorized agent of the post office department, carry the mails at such times and upon such trains as may be desired by him upon the terms provided in the two following sections.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 202 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 202 - Determination of Compensation

Section 202. A corporation which cannot agree with the postmaster general or other proper officer of the United States as to the compensation to be paid for such transportation may notify the postmaster general of its unwillingness to carry the mails upon the terms proposed; and after the expiration of three months from the depositing of such notice in a post office in the commonwealth, addressed to the postmaster general, such corporation shall be absolved from the duty imposed in the preceding section, unless he or some officer or agent of the post office department within that time has filed a petition in the supreme judicial court in any county, praying for the appointment of three commissioners to fix the price to be paid to the corporation for such service; and the court, after notice to the corporation, shall appoint three commissioners to hear the parties and determine such compensation, the award of a majority of whom, being made to and confirmed by said court, shall be final as to all past service and for a period of two years after such confirmation.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 203 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 203 - Reopening of Proceedings Determining Compensation

Section 203. Upon application to said court by either party to such proceedings at any time after the expiration of two years from the confirmation of such award, the matter may be reopened, and the same or other commissioners shall rehear the parties, and the award of said commissioners or of a majority of them, when made to and confirmed by said court, shall be binding on the parties for two years after such confirmation, when like proceedings may again be had on petition of either party.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 204 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 204 - Receipts

Section 204. A railroad corporation shall, upon request, without additional charge, give a receipt describing articles, packages or commodities not extra hazardous delivered to it for transportation. A corporation which refuses to give such receipt shall forfeit fifty dollars to the person entitled thereto.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 205 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 205 - Equal Facilities; Passengers and Property

Section 205. Every railroad corporation shall, subject to the provisions of section two hundred and eleven, give to all persons reasonable and equal terms, facilities and accommodations for the transportation upon its railroad of themselves, their agents and servants, and of their merchandise and other property and for the use of its depot and other buildings and grounds; and, at any point where its railroad connects with another railroad, it shall give reasonable and equal terms and facilities of interchange.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 206 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 206 - Application of Sec. 205

Section 206. The preceding section shall apply to all persons engaged only in a local express business for the forwarding of express matter between points within the commonwealth in the trains or cars of any railroad corporation, and to persons desiring to engage therein who obtain the recommendation of the department therefor, and who agree in writing to indemnify the corporation against all loss of and damage to any property carried by them on its trains. Such recommendation shall be given only after notice to all parties interested and a hearing thereon, and with regard, among other considerations, to the public interest. Such corporation may contract with one or more persons for the express service over its railroad or system, subject to the rights of such persons as may then be engaged in, or shall have obtained the recommendation aforesaid to conduct such local express business thereon between points within the commonwealth under this section; and the terms, facilities and accommodations provided for such last named persons shall not be unreasonable or unequal, having regard to the amount and character of the service and also to such reasonable regulation of said business as may be for the public interest and the efficient operation of the railroad. This section shall not deprive any railroad corporation of any right which it has under its charter or under general laws, to perform all the transportation of property upon its railroad.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 207 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 207 - Prompt Forwarding

Section 207. Every railroad corporation shall promptly forward merchandise consigned to or directed to be sent over another railroad connecting with its railroad, according to the directions contained thereon or accompanying the same, and shall not receive and forward over its railroad merchandise consigned to or directed to be sent by a different route.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 208 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 208 - Charges for Transportation of Freight

Section 208. A railroad corporation shall not charge or receive for the transportation of freight to any station on its railroad a greater amount than is at the time charged or received for the transportation of the like class and quantity of freight from the same original point of departure to a station at a greater distance on its railroad in the same direction. Two or more railroad corporations whose railroads connect shall not charge or receive for the transportation of freight to any station on the railroad of either of them a greater amount than is at the time charged or received for the transportation of the like class and quantity of freight from the same original point of departure to a station at a greater distance on the railroad of either of them in the same direction. In construing this section, the amount charged or received for the transportation of freight shall include all terminal charges; and the railroad of a corporation shall include all the railroad in use by it, whether owned or operated under a contract or lease.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 209 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 209 - Violations; Penalties

Section 209. A railroad corporation violating any provision of the four preceding sections, in addition to liability for all damages sustained by reason of such violation, shall forfeit two hundred dollars, to be recovered in tort to his own use by the party aggrieved, or to the use of the commonwealth by the attorney general or the district attorney of the district where such violation was committed; but no such action shall be maintained unless brought within one year after the date of such violation.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 210 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 210 - Freight Differential to Port of Boston

Section 210. A railroad corporation shall not, at any time, charge, demand or receive a greater sum for transportation by it of freight from any point of origin, for the same distances and under like conditions, on any lines operated by it or in connection with it, to the port of Boston for export to foreign countries, than is at the time received by it for transportation of the like class and quantity of freight to any other port reached by its lines for export to foreign countries; or charge, demand or receive, a greater sum for transportation for the same distance and under like conditions from the port of Boston of freight from foreign countries through said port of Boston to any point on any lines operated by it or in connection with it then is at the time received by it for transportation of the like class and quantity of freight through any other port on its lines to the same point; provided, that if the aforesaid provisions of this section shall conflict with any regulations made by act of congress this section shall be null and void so far as it conflicts therewith; and provided, further, that nothing herein contained shall justify the charging of the same rate for freight for export or import through any other port reached by its lines where the mileage from the point of receipt or delivery is less to the port of Boston than to the port in question, in which case the rate through Boston shall be proportionately less.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 211 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 211 - Discrimination in Rates

Section 211. A railroad corporation shall not in its charges for the transportation of freight or in the conduct of its freight business, make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favor of any person, nor subject any person to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 212 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 212 - Complete Service; Equal Tariffs

Section 212. A railroad corporation shall not receive, forward or deliver milk in large quantities over any portion of its line, or permit others so to do, under contract, lease or hiring of cars or otherwise, without at the same time providing, as regards time, care and preservation of the milk and the return of the empty cans, equal facilities and advantages for receiving, forwarding and delivering milk by the can over the same portion of its line; nor without establishing a tariff for the milk by the can which is the same rate which it charges or receives as aforesaid for milk in large quantities.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 213 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 213 - Tariff

Section 213. Upon the petition of one or more persons who desire to forward milk by the can over any railroad or any portion thereof, the department, after notice to the railroad corporation and a hearing, shall ascertain and compare the tariff established as aforesaid for milk by the can with the rate charged or received as aforesaid for milk in large quantities over such railroad or such portion thereof; and if the former is, in the judgment of the department, higher than the latter, the department shall revise said tariff and shall fix such rate for milk by the can as it finds to be the rate for milk in large quantities, including in both cases the same care and preservation of the milk and the return of the empty cans, as aforesaid; and shall notify the corporation in writing of the rate by the can so fixed over such railroad or such portion thereof; but the rates by the can so fixed shall not be higher than the rates charged by the same railroad corporation for a longer distance on any part of its system.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 214 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 214 - Violations; Penalty

Section 214. A railroad corporation which refuses or neglects to receive, forward or deliver milk by the can over its railroad or any portion thereof at the tariff rate therefor, as provided in the preceding section, shall forfeit to the person tendering the same five dollars for every can of milk which it so refuses to receive or neglects to forward and deliver at the said tariff rate.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 215 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 215 - Approval of Shareholders; Authorization by Department

Section 215. On application of any railroad corporation, authorized by a vote of two thirds of the shares present and voting at a meeting called therefor, the department may, after public notice and a hearing, authorize such corporation to change its name.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 216 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 216 - Certificate of Authorization; Filing; Notice

Section 216. A certified copy of such authorization and a certificate of the vote of the corporation, signed and sworn to by the president, treasurer and a majority of the directors, shall be filed in the office of the state secretary. The department shall require public notice to be given of the change so authorized; and, upon receipt of proof thereof, the state secretary may grant a certificate of the name which the corporation shall bear, which, subject to the provisions of section fourteen, shall thereafter be its legal name.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 217 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 217 - Rights and Liabilities Under New Name

Section 217. A railroad corporation shall have the same rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to the same duties, obligations and liabilities, under its new name as before its name was changed, and may sue and be sued by its new name; but any action brought against it by its former name shall not be defeated on that account, and, on motion of either party, the new name may be substituted therefor.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 218 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 218 - Standing, Walking or Riding Vehicle on Railroad Property

Section 218. Whoever knowingly, without right is present, stands, walks, or rides a bicycle, snow vehicle, recreational or other vehicle on the right-of-way, bridge, or other property of, or used or controlled by any railroad corporation, except at a highway or other authorized grade crossing and except on rights-of-way formally abandoned pursuant to state or federal law and no longer owned by said railroad corporation or rights-of-way owned by said railroad corporation but which have been converted or leased specifically for use as a bicycle or walking path in accordance with state or federal laws, shall be fined $100 or shall be required to perform a total of 50 hours of community service which may include service in the operation lifesaver program, so-called. Any person violating this section may be arrested without a warrant by any police officer, including railroad police, and proceeded against according to law.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 219 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 219 - Loitering in Station

Section 219. Whoever without right loiters or remains within a station house of a railroad corporation, or of the Boston Terminal Corporation, or upon the platform or grounds adjacent to such station, after being requested to leave the same by a police officer or by a railroad police officer, shall forfeit not less than two nor more than twenty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 220 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 220 - Riding Upon Train Other Than as Fare-Paying Passenger or Employee

Section 220. Whoever, without right rides or attempts to ride upon a locomotive engine, tender, freight car, caboose, other conveyance or passenger train upon a railroad or upon the trains of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail other than as a fare paying passenger, or employee, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, railroad police officer, or officer appointed with the powers of a railroad police officer, upon view of such offense, may, without a warrant, arrest the offender and make complaint against him therefor.  This section shall not apply to railroad employees while in the discharge of their duties.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 221 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 221 - Fees for Enforcement of Sec. 220

Section 221. Except in Suffolk county, the fees and expenses of officers in the apprehension, trial or commitment of a person arrested or tried for violation of the preceding section shall be paid by the county where the offence was committed.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 222 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 222 - Riding or Driving Animals on Railroad

Section 222. Whoever, without the consent of a railroad corporation, or its agent, rides, drives, or leads a horse, or other beast, on the railroad opened for use of such corporation, except in the proper use of a public or other way, or of a traveled place at a crossing of such railroad therewith upon the same level, shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars and be liable for any damage resulting therefrom.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 223 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 223 - Liability for Allowing Animal on Railroad

Section 223. The person through whose fault or negligence a horse or other beast goes at large within the limits of a railroad opened for use, shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars, and be liable for any damage resulting therefrom.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 224 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 224 - Liability for Allowing Animal on Railroad

Section 224. Whoever enters upon or crosses a railroad at a private way closed by gates or bars, and neglects to close them securely, shall forfeit not less than two nor more than ten dollars, and be liable for any damage resulting therefrom.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 225 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 225 - Malicious Injury to Railroad; Treble Damages

Section 225. Whoever maliciously injures a railroad, or anything pertaining thereto, or any materials or implements for the construction or use thereof, or aids or abets in such trespass, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year, or both, and shall for each offense forfeit to the use of the corporation treble the amount of damages which it has sustained thereby.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 226 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 226 - Obstruction of Passing of Train

Section 226. Whoever wilfully obstructs, or aids or abets in obstructing, or wilfully does or causes to be done anything with the intent to obstruct, the passing of an engine or car upon a railroad, or wilfully endangers, or aids or abets in endangering, or wilfully does or causes to be done anything with the intent to endanger, the safety of persons conveyed in or upon the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years, or both, and shall for each offence forfeit to the use of the corporation treble the amount of damages which it has sustained thereby.
MA Gen L ch 160 § 227 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 160 - Railroads|Section 227 - Wilfully Stopping Train

Section 227. Whoever wilfully and maliciously stops a train on a railroad or causes it to be stopped for the purpose of entering, leaving or wantonly delaying the same shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month.