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NH Rev Stat § 367:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:27 - Petition for Relief.

    367:27 Petition for Relief. –||If any stockholder in a railroad corporation which has voted to build an extension or branch, or which has become a party to a lease or to a contract of union under the provisions of this chapter, shall dissent from the building of such extension or branch, or from such lease or union, the corporation in which he is a stockholder in the case of building an extension or branch or of a lease, or the new corporation in case of union, may apply by petition to the superior court, setting forth the action of the corporation in respect to the matter dissented from, the names and residences of all the stockholders of the petitioning corporation, so far as known, designating those who have assented to the action taken, those who have dissented therefrom, and those who have not expressed their assent or dissent, and praying that the court may determine the value of the stock, interest or property right taken of dissenting stockholders, or of any stockholder who may be entitled to have the value of his stock, interest of property right taken, determined, and for such other relief as the petitioner may desire.|||Source. 1883, 100:19. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:28. PL 246:25. RL 296:25. RSA 367:27. 1967, 132:11, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:28 - Notice.

    367:28 Notice. –||The court shall fix a time and place for a hearing upon the petition and shall order the petitioner to give notice thereof by publishing the petition, or the substance of it (not including the names of stockholders), in such newspapers as the court may order, and by mailing postpaid to each nonassenting stockholder whose names and residence is known a copy of the petition and order (not including the names of stockholders) at least 14 days before the day of hearing.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:29. PL 246:26. RL 296:26. RSA 367:28. 1967, 132:12, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:29 - Hearing.

    367:29 Hearing. –||At the time and place so appointed such justice, or some other justice of the court, shall attend, and, if it appears that the summons has been complied with, shall proceed with the hearing.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:30. PL 246:27. RL 296:27. 2014, 204:18, eff. July 11, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:30 - Additional Parties.

    367:30 Additional Parties. –||Any nonassenting stockholders may appear and be heard upon the questions before the court affecting their rights.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:30. PL 246:28. RL 296:28.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:31 - Guardian Ad Litem.

    367:31 Guardian Ad Litem. –||If any such stockholder is a minor, or an insane person and has no guardian, the justice shall appoint a guardian ad litem for such person, and the petitioner shall pay such guardian for his services and disbursements in the proceedings.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:30. PL 246:29. RL 296:29.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:32 - Orders.

    367:32 Orders. –||After hearing the parties, the justice shall determine the value of the stock, interest or property right taken of all stockholders who are entitled to have compensation therefor and shall make and enforce all orders that may be necessary to secure to dissenting and other stockholders all their rights under the constitution and laws. He shall file his award with the clerk of the superior court for the county of Merrimack.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:31. PL 246:30. RL 296:30. 1951, 203:53, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:33 - Payment.

    367:33 Payment. –||The petitioner shall forthwith pay or tender the sums so awarded to the stockholders entitled thereto. If for any reason it is impracticable to make or tender such payment, or if a stockholder refuses to receive the sum awarded to him when tendered, the petitioner shall deposit the money with the state treasurer, to be held by him in trust for the use of, and to be paid upon demand to, the parties respectively to whom the same has been awarded.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:32. PL 246:31. RL 296:31.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:34 - Effect.

    367:34 Effect. –||Whenever the petitioner has made such payment or tender and deposit, the stock, interest or property right of the stockholder shall become the property of the petitioner, and the court may make and enforce such orders as may be necessary to secure the same to the petitioner.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:33. PL 246:32. RL 296:32. RSA 367:34. 1967, 132:13, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:35 - Perfecting Title.

    367:35 Perfecting Title. –||Whenever the petitioner has made payment or tender and deposit of all sums thus awarded, the lessee corporation, or the new corporation, as the case may be, shall become possessed and seized of the property, franchises and rights named in the contract of lease or union in accordance with the terms thereof, and the superior court may make and enforce any orders that may be necessary to perfect the title.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:34. PL 246:33. RL 296:33. RSA 367:35. 1967, 132:14, eff. July 18, 1967.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:36 - Appeal.

    367:36 Appeal. –||Any stockholder who is aggrieved by the award may appeal therefrom by filing, in the office of the clerk of the superior court for the county of Merrimack, notice of his appeal, within 30 days after the award is filed.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:35. PL 246:34. RL 296:34.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:37 - Entry of Appeal.

    367:37 Entry of Appeal. –||The justice who made the award, upon application of the appellant, shall direct the appeal to be entered at a term of the court to be held in the county in which the appellant resides or in which the principal office of the appellee is located, as he shall think best.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:35. PL 246:35. RL 296:35.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:38 - Notice of Appeal; Assessment.

    367:38 Notice of Appeal;  Assessment. –||The appellant shall give notice to the appellee of his appeal, and of the court at which it will be entered, at least 14 days before the beginning of such term; and the court shall thereupon assess the value of his stock, interest or property right taken, by a jury.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:36. PL 246:36. RL 296:36.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:39 - Judgment; Costs.

    367:39 Judgment;  Costs. –||If upon such trial the amount of the award is increased, the stockholder shall have judgment and execution against the appellee therefor, with interest and costs; if it is decreased, the appellee shall have judgment and execution for such decrease.|||Source. 1889, 5:1. PS 156:37. PL 246:37. RL 296:37.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:40 - Hiring Money.

    367:40 Hiring Money. –||A corporation may borrow money to settle with its dissenting stockholders; provided, that its indebtedness is not thereby increased beyond the limit authorized by law.|||Source. PS 156:40. PL 246:38. RL 296:38.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:41 - Retirement of Stock.

    367:41 Retirement of Stock. –||Whenever a corporation becomes the owner of any of its stock, under the provisions of this chapter, it shall sell or retire the same within 2 years after it becomes such owner. Unless it can sell the same at private sale for as much as it cost the corporation, it shall make the sale by auction, and may make it in the Boston market.|||Source. PS 156:41. PL 246:39. RL 296:39.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:42 - Location.

    367:42 Location. –||No corporation shall locate a railroad upon or over any portion of a route for which a charter of any other corporation was upon September 14, 1883, and still is, existing, and under which a location has not been made, until it has been made or until the time limited in the charter for the location has expired; and no corporation shall locate a railroad upon or over any portion of a location made by any other corporation, except so far as may be necessary for connections and crossings.|||Source. 1883, 100:8, 14. PS 156:38. PL 246:40. RL 296:40.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:43 - Place of Business.

    367:43 Place of Business. –||The principal place of business of every corporation formed under the provisions of this chapter, and the offices of the superintendent and other officers who have the general management of the business of the corporation, shall be within this state.|||Source. 1883, 100:17. PS 156:39. PL 246:41. RL 296:41.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:44 - Map or Profile; Filing Required.

    367:44 Map or Profile;  Filing Required. –||I. Any corporation which constructs a railroad or a branch or extension of a railroad shall file a map or profile of the railroad, branch or extension with the secretary of state.||II. The filing must be made within one year of the time the railroad, branch or extension is opened for public use.||III. The map or profile shall be certified by the corporation's president and engineer and shall contain tables of grade and curvature and a statement of other characteristics of the railroad.||IV. The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the form of the map or profile.|||Source. 1883, 100:16. PS 157:8. PL 247:8. RL 297:8. 1951, 203:54. RSA 367:44. 1981, 435:6. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(4).|
NH Rev Stat § 367:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:45 - Adverse Possession.

    367:45 Adverse Possession. –||No title to any real estate or to any interest therein shall be acquired by or against a railroad by adverse possession, however exclusive or long continued.|||Source. 1862, 2625:1. 1865, 4085:1. GS 146:25. GL 160:25. PS 157:15. PL 247:13. RL 298:13. 1951, 203:54, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:46 - List of Stockholders.

    367:46 List of Stockholders. –||The treasurer of every railroad, any part of whose road is in this state, shall transmit to the state treasurer, on or before June 1 in each year, a list of the stockholders of the corporation residing in each town of the state on April 1 preceding, giving the number of shares owned by each, with a certificate, under oath, that the list is correct. Every treasurer who neglects to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit $100.|||Source. 1860, 2353:1. GS 57:10. GL 62:10. PS 157:25. PL 247:19. RL 298:19. 1951, 203:50, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:46-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:46-a - Railroad Service.

    367:46-a Railroad Service. –||I. No railroad shall tear up and remove or discontinue the use of any portion of its tracks other than spur, industrial or storage tracks, or curtail any part of its service to the public without notice to the department and such notice to the public as the department may direct. Upon complaint or upon its own motion, the department may investigate the reasonableness of the proposed action. Whenever a railroad has been authorized by proper authority to abandon a line, the department, after hearing, may issue an order requiring the removal of rails, ties and structures, at public highway crossings and the removal of piles, bents or piers in rivers and streams that may contribute to holding debris, and require the filling and repaving of the highway. The cost of such removal, fill and repaving shall be apportioned between the railroad, town, city and state as the department shall direct.||II. Any person who violates the provisions of this section or any order of the department issued pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1985, 402:18.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:47 - Corporate Rights.

    367:47 Corporate Rights. –||Nothing in this chapter shall impair the right which any railroad corporation has to unite with another corporation, or to become a party to a contract for the lease of a railroad.|||Source. 1889, 5:16. PS 156:43. PL 246:42. RL 296:42.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:48 - Foreign Corporation.

    367:48 Foreign Corporation. –||Foreign railroad corporations operating roads within this state shall have the same rights for the purposes of operating, leasing or uniting with other roads as if created by the laws of this state.|||Source. 1883, 100:18. PS 156:44. PL 246:43. RL 296:43.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:49 - Rights of State.

    367:49 Rights of State. –||The rights of the state as to any corporation, its franchises or property shall not be impaired by any contract of lease or union made by it.|||Source. PS 156:45. PL 246:44. RL 296:44.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:50 - Rates, Fares and Charges.

    367:50 Rates, Fares and Charges. –||I. Every railroad shall print schedules of rates, fares and charges of the carrier for the transportation of passengers and baggage or for any other service and file these schedules with the commissioner. Such schedules shall be open to public inspection.||II. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the form and content of the filing and printing and the time within which the filing and printing are required.||III. Unless the commissioner so orders, no carrier shall change a rate, fare or charge which has been filed with the commissioner, except after 30 days' notice to the commissioner and notice to the public as the commissioner directs.|||Source. 1985, 402:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:51 - Accounts, Records, and Reports.

    367:51 Accounts, Records, and Reports. –||I. The commissioner may require:||(a) Annual reports from all railroads. The commissioner shall require that the reports be made under oath;||(b) Specific answers to any questions deemed necessary by the commissioner; and||(c) Copies of any agreements between a railroad and any other person if the agreement affects the railroad's business as regulated by RSA 367.||II. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) The form of accounts and all other records to be kept by railroads; and||(b) The length of time a railroad shall keep accounts and records.||III. The commissioner or his representative shall have access, at reasonable times, to all accounts, records and other documents of a railroad which relate to RSA 367.||IV. RSA 367:51 shall apply to receivers of railroad and operating trustees. RSA 367:51 shall apply, as deemed necessary by the commissioner, to persons with direct or indirect control over a railroad.||V. Annual reports of railroads shall conform as nearly as may be to those required of common carriers by the Interstate Commerce Commission under the provisions of the act of Congress, entitled "An Act To Regulate Commerce," and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.|||Source. 1985, 402:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:52 - Extensions.

    367:52 Extensions. –||Without first having obtained the permission of the commissioner, no railroad shall begin the construction of an extension of its railroad or of any branch thereof; and the commissioner shall grant such permission whenever, after due hearing, he shall determine that such construction or extension would be for the public good, and not otherwise.|||Source. 1985, 402:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:53 - Recording Order.

    367:53 Recording Order. –||If the petition shall be granted, the railroad corporation shall file in the office of the secretary of state a copy of the petition and of the order of the commissioner.|||Source. 1985, 402:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:54 - Railroad Leases, Etc.

    367:54 Railroad Leases, Etc. –||No franchise, nor any right to or under any franchise, to own or operate a railroad shall be assigned, transferred or leased, nor shall any contract or agreement with reference to, or affecting, any such franchise or right be valid or of any force or effect whatever, unless the assignment, transfer, lease, contract or agreement shall have been approved by the commissioner following notice and public hearing. When the commissioner has given his approval of such an assignment or transfer, or of a contract or agreement relating thereto, and upon the execution of appropriate instruments of assignment or transfer, the assignee or transferee thereunder shall, with the approval of the commissioner, be vested with all the rights and franchises of the assignor or transferor and subject to all its duties and obligations except such duties and obligations as the commissioner may after hearing and by order find are no longer reasonably required in the public interest. Any holder of the capital stock of such assignor or transferor corporation who shall feel aggrieved by any such transaction shall be entitled to the benefits of all statutes regulating, protecting and determining the rights of a dissenting stockholder of a railroad in the case of a lease or union with another railroad; and the rights of any stockholder of such corporation dissenting from such assignment, transfer, contract or agreement approved as aforesaid shall be regulated, protected and determined by such statutes.|||Source. 1985, 402:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:55 - Railroad Safety and Inspection Program.

    367:55 Railroad Safety and Inspection Program. –||I. For railroad properties within the state that are subject to federal regulation, the commissioner shall have the authority to participate in carrying out inspection activities in connection with any rule, regulation, order, or standard prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation of the United States under the authority of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, as amended, provided that the commissioner shall comply with all of the requirements imposed by federal law as a condition to such participation.||II. For railroad properties within the state that are not subject to federal regulation, the commissioner shall carry out such inspections as are necessary to maintain railroad safety within the state. If the commissioner finds any equipment or facilities to be unsafe, a proceeding shall be commenced as provided by law to develop an order for corrective action.||III. The commissioner shall employ such expert, professional, or other assistance as is necessary to carry out the activities of this section, provided that a former railroad employee shall not perform inspections within the same railroad division in which he or she formerly worked for a period of one year from the date the person terminated his or her railroad employment.|||Source. 1985, 402:19. 2000, 97:2, eff. June 26, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 367:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:56 - Accidents.

    367:56 Accidents. –||The commissioner shall require notification and reports of all accidents happening on all railroads in the state and shall investigate the causes of such accidents.|||Source. 1985, 402:19. 1989, 9:1. 1997, 290:1, eff. Aug. 19, 1997.|