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MA Gen L ch 161d § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 161d - The Massachusetts Intercity Bus Capital Assistance Program|Section 3 - Expenditure of Funds

Section 3. The executive office is hereby authorized to expend such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available for the acquisition of intercity coaches, and for necessary planning and other costs incidental to said acquisition, and to lease said coaches to eligible intercity bus carriers as provided in this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 161d § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 161d - The Massachusetts Intercity Bus Capital Assistance Program|Section 5 - Lease Agreements; Limitations

Section 5. Pursuant to the provisions of section four, the executive office may enter into lease agreements with eligible intercity carriers for the use of intercity coach vehicles. The terms of each such agreement shall be set forth by the secretary and be subject to the following limitations:  (1) Said lease shall not exceed a duration of seven years;  (2) The rate of said lease shall be set at a level below the prevailing market rate for the purchase of such vehicles;  (3) Said rate shall be set by the secretary, and shall as nearly as possible, produce sufficient revenues to the commonwealth in combination with the estimated revenues from the sale of such vehicles under the provisions of clause (4), to recover the principal cost to the commonwealth of said program; provided, however, that the rate for any lease entered into pursuant to this chapter and in effect as of December twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eighty-five shall not be increased except as specifically permitted by the lease and any reduction authorized by the secretary pursuant to this section shall not be retroactive;  (4) Upon termination of said lease, the vehicle shall be sold to the highest bidder in accordance with General Laws relative to competitive bidding, with no preference being given to the carrier or carriers to whom the vehicle was leased during the preceding time periods;  (5) In the event of a declaration of emergency, by the governor, the secretary reserves the right to temporarily reassign use of such vehicle by the lessee; and  (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (1), the secretary may extend the term of a lease entered into pursuant to this section; provided, however, that the term of such lease including any extension thereof shall not exceed twelve years; provided, further, that the rate for any lease extension may be adjusted and shall, as nearly as possible, produce sufficient revenues to the commonwealth in combination with the revised estimated revenues from the sale of such vehicles after twelve years under the provisions of clause (4) to recover the principal cost to the commonwealth of said program.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the ''department'' means the department of public utilities. An ''interested party'', in any proceeding under this chapter before the department, the board of aldermen of any city or the selectmen of any town, shall include any person whose land is to be taken or whose estate abuts upon any highway through which the electric railroad is to pass, and any railroad corporation or street railway company having a location in any city or town included within the proposed route of the electric railroad company.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 2 - Application to Boynton Bicycle Railway

Section 2. This chapter, so far as applicable, except sections twelve and thirteen, and laws relative to the taxation of companies organized under this chapter, shall apply to the form of railway known as the Boynton bicycle railway.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 3 - Incorporators

Section 3. Fifteen or more persons may associate themselves by a written agreement of association with the intention of forming an electric railroad company.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 4 - Powers

Section 4. Such company may, subject to this chapter, construct, operate and maintain a railroad or railway, including poles, wires, or other appliances and equipment connected therewith, of the class operated by electricity or by any power other than steam, which the department approves, and constructed wholly upon private land purchased or taken by said company under this chapter; or constructed partly upon such private land and partly upon public ways and places, but at least one half of which is constructed upon such private land. Such company shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions, relative to railroad corporations, set forth in chapters one hundred and fifty-nine and one hundred and sixty, except as is otherwise specially provided in this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 5 - Content of Agreement of Association; Execution of Agreement

Section 5. The agreement of association shall state—  (a) That the subscribers thereto associate themselves with the intention of forming an electric railroad company;  (b) The corporate name assumed, which shall be one not in use by any other electric railroad company in the commonwealth, or, in the judgment of the department, so similar thereto as to be likely to be mistaken for it, or for any railroad corporation or street railway company in this commonwealth, and which shall contain the words, ''electric railroad company'', at the end thereof;  (c) The termini of the railroad;  (d) The length of the railroad, as nearly as may be;  (e) The name of each county, city and town in which the railroad is to be located;  (f) The gauge of the railroad, which shall be four feet eight and one half inches;  (g) The total amount of the capital stock of the company, which shall be not less than ten thousand dollars for each mile;  (h) The par value of the shares, which shall be one hundred dollars;  (i) The names and residences of at least five persons, who shall be subscribers to the agreement of association, to act as directors until others are chosen and qualified in their stead.  Each associate shall subscribe to the agreement of association his name, residence, post office address, and the number of shares of stock which he agrees to take, but no subscriber shall be bound to pay more than ten per cent of the amount of his subscription unless a company is incorporated.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 6 - Publication of Agreement

Section 6. The directors, before applying to the department as hereinafter provided, shall publish a copy of the agreement of association as provided in section six of chapter one hundred and sixty-one, and the sworn certificate of the clerk shall be conclusive evidence thereof.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 7 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

Section 7. After compliance with section three and the two preceding sections, and within thirty days after the first publication of notice of the agreement of association therein required, the directors therein named shall apply to the department for a certificate that public convenience and necessity require the construction of a railroad as proposed in such agreement. With such application said directors shall file a map of the railroad showing the cities and towns through which it will pass, the principal highways, railways, railroads, navigable streams and tide waters to be crossed, and the extent to which the route of the railroad will be fixed upon private land or will be located longitudinally upon public ways and places, together with a general profile of the railroad showing the grades, and an estimate showing in reasonable detail the cost of construction. The directors shall also furnish such additional maps and information as the department may require. Prior to the decision of the department the directors may change or modify the route in any city or town in whole or in part either at the suggestion of the department or otherwise. If the department refuses to issue such certificate, no further proceedings shall be had, but the application may be renewed after one year from the date of such refusal.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 8 - Fixing of Route; Application to Municipality

Section 8. If the department grants the certificate specified in the preceding section, the directors may, within sixty days after the granting thereof, apply to the board of aldermen of each city and to the selectmen of each town where the railroad is to be located to fix the route of the railroad in such city or town, and with such application the directors shall file a copy of the maps and general profile, and, upon request, the other information presented to the department. The board of aldermen and the selectmen shall give fourteen days' notice of the time and place for a hearing on such application by publication thereof in one or more newspapers, if any, published in said city or town; otherwise in such newspaper or newspapers published in the county where the city or town is situated as shall be designated by the department; and written notice of the time and place at which such hearing will be held shall be mailed at least seven days before said hearing by the clerk of the city or town, where the application for locations has been filed, to the owners as determined by the last preceding assessment for taxation of real estate along the public ways or parts of ways upon which it is proposed to construct said line and to the owners of private land upon which the route of the railroad is to be fixed; and said clerk shall make and deliver to the directors at the hearing a certificate setting forth the fact that such notice was published and mailed as herein provided, and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence thereof.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 10 - Location Upon Public Way or Place

Section 10. If the board of aldermen or the selectmen deem public convenience and necessity require the railroad to be constructed in part longitudinally upon a public way or place, they may, in granting or agreeing to a location thereon, prescribe how the tracks shall be laid, the kind of wires, poles, rails and other appliances which shall be used, and may impose such terms, conditions and obligations incidental to and not inconsistent with the objects of a street railway company as the public interests may require, and the department approves.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 11 - Content of Certificate of Incorporation

Section 11. The certificate of incorporation issued by the state secretary to the company shall contain the words, ''electric railroad companies'', instead of the words, ''railroad corporations''.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 12 - Commencement of Construction

Section 12. If an electric railroad company, incorporated under this chapter, does not begin the construction of its railroad and expend thereon at least ten per cent of the amount of its original capital stock within two years after the date of its certificate of incorporation, and does not complete and open its railroad for use within four years after said date, its corporate powers and existence shall cease, unless the department, after public notice and a hearing, extends said time by a certificate, stating that it deems due diligence has been exercised by the corporation, and that public necessity and convenience require such extension.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 13 - Extensions; Date of Completion and Opening for Use

Section 13. If an electric railroad company, incorporated under this chapter, does not complete and open for use an extension within four years after the date of the authorization of the extension by the department, the power of the company to construct and operate the same shall cease, unless the department after public notice and a hearing, extends said time by a certificate stating that it deems due diligence has been exercised by the corporation, and that public necessity and convenience require the said extension of time.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 14 - Common Carriers of Baggage and Freight

Section 14. An electric railroad company shall act as a common carrier of baggage, express matter and freight in such cases, upon such parts of its railroad, and to such extent, in any city or town as, after public notice and a hearing upon the petition of the president or a majority of the directors of the company or any interested party, the board of aldermen or the selectmen, or those exercising the powers of such board or selectmen, in such city or town, shall by order approve; provided, that a company shall actually engage in the business of a common carrier under this chapter only in such cases, upon such of the parts of its railroad, and to such extent, approved as aforesaid, as the department shall certify, after public notice and a hearing upon said petition, that public necessity and convenience require; and provided, that any company acting under authority hereof shall be subject to such regulations and restrictions as may from time to time be made by the local authorities aforesaid, with the approval of the department, and shall also be subject to all laws relating to common carriers so far as consistent herewith and with said regulations and restrictions.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 15 - Statutes Applicable to Electric Railroads

Section 15. An electric railroad company shall be subject to sections twenty-five, forty, forty-two, forty-six, forty-nine, fifty, seventy, seventy-one, seventy-seven to ninety-eight, inclusive, one hundred to one hundred and three, inclusive, one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and thirty-one, inclusive, and one hundred and forty-one of chapter one hundred and sixty-one and section one hundred and two of chapter two hundred and sixty-six.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 16 - Statutes Not Applicable to Electric Railroad

Section 16. An electric railroad company shall not be subject to the following provisions of law relative to railroad corporations contained in chapter one hundred and sixty: so much of section twenty-two as refers to tracks laid longitudinally within the limits of a public way; so much of section forty-one as applies to grain elevators; sections sixty-five to sixty-seven, inclusive, and sections one hundred and thirty-eight, one hundred and fifty-one, one hundred and fifty-two, one hundred and sixty-eight to one hundred and seventy-one, inclusive, and two hundred and twenty-seven; but the department shall prescribe rules and regulations relative to the equipment of cars, the ringing of bells, the sounding of whistles and the giving of signals, for the prevention of accidents.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 17 - Elevated Structures, Recovery of Damages for Additional Servitude

Section 17. The location, construction, maintenance or operation of said lines of railroad in so far as the same are located longitudinally upon an elevated structure upon a public way or place shall be deemed an additional servitude, and shall entitle parties having an estate in such public ways or places, or in premises which abut thereon, and who are damaged by reason of such location, construction, maintenance and operation, to recover such damages from the electric railroad company under chapter seventy-nine.
MA Gen L ch 162 § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 162 - Electric Railroads|Section 18 - Standing or Walking on Track; Penalty

Section 18. Whoever without right knowingly stands or walks on an electric railroad track not within the limits of a highway shall forfeit not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 163 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 163 - Trackless Trolley Companies|Section 1 - Department Defined

Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the ''department'' means the department of public utilities.
MA Gen L ch 163 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 163 - Trackless Trolley Companies|Section 2 - Powers

Section 2. Any corporation organized as provided in this chapter, and any domestic street railway company may, as hereinafter provided, transport for hire passengers, freight, express parcels and mail over public ways or over private lands with the consent of the owners thereof by the system known as trolleymotor or trackless trolley, and may build, equip, operate and maintain vehicles for such transportation, and establish and maintain power houses, poles, wires, conduits or other structures within the limits of and over or under such public ways or private lands for the generation and transmission of electricity for the operation of such vehicles, and the authorities having jurisdiction over such public ways may grant permits for the operation of the said vehicles over such ways, and for the erection of poles, wires and other necessary structures within, over or under such public ways in the manner and to the extent provided by law for the granting of locations to street railway companies.
MA Gen L ch 163 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 163 - Trackless Trolley Companies|Section 3 - Incorporators

Section 3. Five or more persons may associate themselves by written agreement of association with the intention of forming a trolleymotor or trackless trolley company.
MA Gen L ch 163 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 163 - Trackless Trolley Companies|Section 4 - Content of Agreement of Association; Execution of Agreement

Section 4. The agreement of association shall state—  (a) That the subscribers thereto associate themselves with the intention of forming a trolleymotor or trackless trolley company;  (b) The corporate name assumed, which shall be one not in use by any other trolleymotor or trackless trolley company, or by any street railway company, or, in the judgment of the department, so similar thereto as to be likely to be mistaken for it, and shall contain words indicating the object of the company;  (c) The termini of the proposed route;  (d) The length of the proposed route as nearly as may be;  (e) The name of each county, city and town where the proposed route is to be situated;  (f) The total amount of the capital stock of the company, which shall not be less than two thousand dollars for each mile, nor in any event less than twenty thousand dollars;  (g) The par value of the shares, which shall be one hundred dollars;  (h) The names and residences of at least five persons, who shall be subscribers to the agreement of association, to act as directors until others are chosen and qualify in their stead.  Each associate shall subscribe to the agreement of association his name, residence, post office address, and the number of shares of stock which he agrees to take, but no subscriber shall be bound to pay more than ten per cent of the amount of his subscription unless the company is incorporated.
MA Gen L ch 163 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 163 - Trackless Trolley Companies|Section 5 - Laws Applicable to Organization

Section 5. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, corporations organized hereunder shall be organized in accordance with the general laws governing the organization of street railway companies so far as applicable and consistent with this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 163 § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 163 - Trackless Trolley Companies|Section 6 - Permit From Authorities Having Jurisdiction Over Public Ways

Section 6. Every corporation undertaking to perform in public ways the kind of public service authorized by this chapter shall first procure a permit from the authorities having jurisdiction over such public ways in the manner prescribed in and in accordance with section seven of chapter one hundred and sixty-one, and the granting of such permit shall be subject to the approval of the department as provided in said section for the location of street railways. The fee for such a permit shall be set by the authorities having jurisdiction over such public ways. No such approval shall be given for any line any part of which, in the opinion of the department, is so nearly contiguous or adjacent to the line of a street railway company that its construction would result in a competitive service injurious to the public and to such street railway company: provided, that the latter is ready and willing and offers to construct and does construct, within such reasonable time as the department may fix, a line of street railway or a line of trolleymotor or trackless trolley in the public way described in the petition, which the department deems will serve the public as well as would the proposed line described in the petition; and no such approval shall be granted in any event if the department deems that the granting of the same would be unduly injurious to any street railway or trackless trolley line covering the same or substantially the same territory.