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TN Code § 65-7-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-108. Conduct of Election — Certificate of Result — Validity

 The county election commission shall open and hold an election at every voting place established by law in such county, city, or town, and its certificate of the result of the election to the county legislative body, or to the proper authorities of such city or town, shall name, in writing, every established voting place at which an election was opened and held, and every one at which an election was not held. If it shall appear that the election was not opened and held in every voting place, then the election shall be declared null and void, and of no effect, unless it shall be made to appear, to the satisfaction of the county legislative body or city or town authorities, that the officer of elections was present at such voting place on the day and hour required by law, and did endeavor to procure judges and clerks to hold the election, and that the officer of elections was positively unable to do so, and the election at the precinct could not be held for the want of judges and clerks to hold it.
TN Code § 65-7-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-109. Election — Style of Ballot

 At the election thus held, those voters who are in favor of the subscription shall put upon their tickets the words, “For subscription,” and those opposed, “No subscription”; provided, that in cities and towns where the Australian or Dortch ballot law applies, the ticket or ballot used in such election shall conform as near as may be to the style of the ballot prescribed by law. Such ballot shall be deemed legally sufficient if it has plainly printed thereon substantially the following: “Shall (name of county, city, or town) subscribe $  to the capital stock of the (name of railroad company) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the application of (name of railroad company) submitted to the (name of county, city, or town), on  day of  20 ,” followed by the words “Yes” and “No” so that voters can intelligently vote their choices by making a cross mark (X) after the word “Yes” or “No.”
TN Code § 65-7-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-110. Action on Return of Commission

 It is the duty of the county legislative body, or governing body of such city or town, as the case may be, to convene on the call of its presiding officer, for the purpose of acting on the return of the county election commission, within ten (10) days after such election; and if it appears that the same was, in all respects, fair, and that three-fourths (¾) of the legal votes cast at such election were in favor of subscription, then it shall have full power, and shall proceed, to make and execute all necessary orders, and take such action as may be required to make the subscription effective according to the terms thereof and these provisions.
TN Code § 65-7-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-111. Second Election

 Should any county, town, or city fail to vote the subscription to any railroad at any election held for the purpose, the county, city, or town may, in its discretion, at any time after thirty (30) days, order another election, if desired by the railroad company.
TN Code § 65-7-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-112. Subscriptions — Time of Payment

 Such subscription of any county or incorporated city or town shall not become due and payable unless the railroad company shall have constructed and put in operation within the time fixed in the application, and substantially in the direction and on the line as shown in the plan or map, that portion of its railroad located within the county making the subscription, or that portion of its railroad located within the county in which is situated the incorporated city or town making the subscription, as the case may be; provided, that any county, incorporated city, or town making a subscription under these provisions, may, in addition to the restrictions imposed by this section, stipulate with the railroad company that its subscription shall not become due and payable until the company shall construct its road to such points, or for such distances, as may be agreed upon.
TN Code § 65-7-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-113. Bond Issue for Payment

 When such subscription shall become due and payable, as provided in § 65-7-112, the county or city or town making the subscription shall make and execute its coupon bonds for the amount of such subscription, payable not more than twenty (20) years after date, and bearing interest at such rate as may be agreed upon, payable semiannually, and deliver the same to the railroad company; provided, that such county, city, or town may pay such subscription in cash at maturity, if it shall so elect.
TN Code § 65-7-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-114. Tax Levy to Meet Bond Payments

 When the subscription so made becomes due, as provided, it is made the duty of the county legislative body, or municipal authorities, as the case may be, on the receipt of the certificates of stock, as provided in § 65-7-116, to levy, from time to time, such taxes upon the taxable property, privileges, and persons liable by law to taxation within the county or corporate limits, as the case may be, as will be sufficient and necessary to meet the maturing interest on the bonds of such county, town, or city, and to provide for the payment of the principal; provided, that no tax to pay such subscription exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount subscribed shall be levied in any one (1) year.
TN Code § 65-7-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-115. Collection of Tax

 The taxes prescribed in § 65-7-114 shall be levied and collected as other county, town, or corporation taxes, and paid into the treasury of the county, city or town as other taxes.
TN Code § 65-7-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-116. Issuance of Stock

 The railroad company shall, when the subscription becomes due and payable, as prescribed, make out and deliver to the county, city, or town, as the case may be, certificates of its capital stock amounting to the subscription, and the certificates shall be held, owned, and voted by such county, city, or town as by other stockholders, and the certificates of stock, and dividends and profits thereon, and the public benefits derived from the construction and operation of the railroad, shall be in full consideration of such subscription and the benefits derived therefrom by the railroad company.
TN Code § 65-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8 - Purchase and Sale of Railroads|§ 65-8-101. Power to Acquire and Operate Other Railroads

 Every railroad corporation in this state, and railroad companies existing under the joint legislation of this and another state or states, and railroad companies incorporated by this, or another or other state or states, whose roads connect with, or intersect each other in this or any other state, and all railroad corporations created in this state, or by virtue of statutes of any other state, ratified and confirmed by the authority of this state, has the power to acquire, by purchase or other lawful contract, and have, hold, use, and operate, any railroad, with its franchises, belonging to any other railroad corporation; and likewise to have, hold, use, and operate any such railroad, with its franchises, which it may have purchased or acquired.
TN Code § 65-8-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8 - Purchase and Sale of Railroads|§ 65-8-102. Borrowing Money for Payment — Issuance of Bonds

 Any railroad company described in § 65-8-101 shall have the power to borrow money and to issue its bonds therefor, or for any other indebtedness or liability which it may incur, or may have incurred, in the exercise of its lawful purposes, and to secure the payment of such bonds, with the interest thereon, by a mortgage of the whole or any part of its railroad and equipment and other property and franchises, containing such provisions as its directors shall approve.
TN Code § 65-8-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8 - Purchase and Sale of Railroads|§ 65-8-103. Continuation of Business by Seller to Wind Up Business

 In case the railroad company, whose corporate powers have been transferred by a sale as aforementioned, has brought suits in law or equity, or holds any claims or rights of action, excepted and reserved by the terms of the sale, the corporation may have a continuance sufficiently long for the purpose of collecting the claims and paying to or dividing the same among the stockholders or the persons entitled to such claims.
TN Code § 65-8-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8 - Purchase and Sale of Railroads|§ 65-8-104. Authority to Purchase Under Judicial Sale

 Any railroad corporation which has been created, or whose corporate existence has been recognized, by any act of the general assembly, is empowered to become a purchaser of any railroad sold in this or any adjoining state under any judicial proceeding in such state, or sold by any person who may have purchased or derived title under or from any such judicial sale.
TN Code § 65-8-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8 - Purchase and Sale of Railroads|§ 65-8-105. Rights of Purchase Under Judicial Sale

 All the rights, privileges, and immunities appertaining to the franchises sold under judicial proceedings instituted against delinquent railroads by the state, under the act of incorporation and the amendments thereto, and the general internal improvement law of the state, and acts amendatory thereof, shall be transferred to, and vest in, the purchaser.
TN Code § 65-8-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8 - Purchase and Sale of Railroads|§ 65-8-106. Sale Under Mortgage

  The purchasers of any railroad chartered by this state, and lying in whole or in part in this state, sold under any mortgage executed by it, when put in possession of the railroad by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall have the same right to operate the same in this state as the incorporated company which executed the mortgage.   When a mortgage executed, as provided or allowed by law, upon the franchises and property, of every description of an incorporated railroad lying within the state, either in whole or in part, shall be foreclosed in any court of this state or of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, by sale under the mortgage, the purchasers at the sale shall, by virtue thereof, be entitled to and be invested with the franchises and property, and with all the rights, privileges, and immunities appertaining thereto by the laws of this state, in the act of incorporation of the company, and the amendments thereto, and the general internal improvement law, or other laws of this state, in as full a manner as the company or companies are or were.
TN Code § 65-8-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8 - Purchase and Sale of Railroads|§ 65-8-107. Sale Under Judgment

 Whenever the property and franchises of any railroad are sold, under any judgment, decree, or process from any of the courts of record of this state, for the payment of any debt due from the incorporated company, the purchasers at the sale, or their assignees, may organize into a corporate body, with the right to have, hold, and operate the property and franchises so purchased, with all powers, rights, privileges, and immunities, and subject to all the restrictions, imposed by the original charter, and amendments thereto, of the corporation whose property and franchises have been sold.
TN Code § 65-8-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8 - Purchase and Sale of Railroads|§ 65-8-108. Right of Purchaser to Tax Exemption Waived

 Nothing in § 65-8-106, § 65-8-107 or § 65-10-112 shall be construed to exempt the railroad and its property from liability to state, county, and municipal taxation; and the purchasers shall waive any right of exemption from taxation, if any existed in the original charter, or other law of this state, in favor of such railroad property or stock therein.
TN Code § 65-8-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 8 - Purchase and Sale of Railroads|§ 65-8-109. Organization of New Company by Purchasers

  The purchasers at the sale mentioned in §§ 65-8-107 and 65-8-108 may, after being put in possession of the property, meet, adopt a name for the corporation to operate the railroad, and elect a board of directors, of their numbers, of not less than three (3), at least one (1) of whom shall reside in this state.   At such meeting, every person interested in the purchase shall be entitled to one (1) vote for every one hundred dollars ($100) of such interest, unless the number of votes to which each party shall be entitled, and the mode of representing the interest of the purchasers, shall have been previously agreed upon among the parties interested in the purchase.   The board of directors shall proceed to elect a president and such other officers as may be expedient for the proper management of the property, fix their compensation and duties, and adopt bylaws for the government of the company, not inconsistent with the laws of this state; and shall fix the amount of the capital stock of the company, and the amount of stock or bonds, or both, which shall represent the interest of the purchasers, dividing such stock into shares of one hundred dollars ($100) each.   The board of directors shall make a certificate showing the name of the corporation, the amount of its capital stock, the shares into which the same is divided, the number and residence of the board of directors, where the road lies, and the name or names by which it had theretofore been chartered and known, and shall cause the same to be signed by the president and the members of such board, and to be filed with the secretary of state; and thereupon the purchasers shall be a body corporate, under the name so adopted, with all the rights, powers, privileges, immunities, and franchises possessed under the laws of this state by the company or companies whose road and franchises were sold as aforementioned under the acts of incorporation thereof, or any amendments thereto, and any subsequent act or acts of this state; and with all the rights, powers, privileges, and franchises possessed by the corporation formed and organized for the building of railroads under this Code.   The board of directors shall issue, to the parties interested in the purchase of the railroads, shares of the capital stock thereof of one hundred dollars ($100) each, to such amount as the board of directors shall determine, in proportion to such interested parties' rights and interests in the property, which shares shall be fully paid, and not liable to calls; and also such bonds and obligations as the board of directors may determine.
TN Code § 65-9-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Consolidation of Railroads|§ 65-9-101. Power to Consolidate

 Every railroad corporation existing in this state, and having authority to operate and maintain a railroad in this state, has the power to consolidate with any other railroad corporation whose road connects with or intersects the road of such existing corporation, or any branch of such road.
TN Code § 65-9-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Consolidation of Railroads|§ 65-9-102. Consolidation Agreement

 The agreement of consolidation shall be in writing, and shall set forth the corporate name agreed upon, and the terms and conditions of the consolidation.
TN Code § 65-9-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Consolidation of Railroads|§ 65-9-103. Approval of Stockholders

 The consolidation shall not have effect until the terms and conditions of the agreement shall have been approved by a majority of the stockholders of each of the consolidating companies, at a regular annual meeting.
TN Code § 65-9-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Consolidation of Railroads|§ 65-9-104. Agreement and Evidence of Approval Recorded

 The agreement, together with the evidence of the stockholders' approval, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state.
TN Code § 65-9-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Consolidation of Railroads|§ 65-9-105. Rights of Creditors

 The rights of creditors of the consolidating companies shall not be affected or impaired by such consolidation.
TN Code § 65-9-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Consolidation of Railroads|§ 65-9-106. Rights and Liabilities of Consolidated Corporation

 The corporation, formed by the consolidation of two (2) or more railroad corporations, shall have, possess, and exercise all the rights, powers, privileges, immunities, and franchises, and be subject to all the duties and obligations, not inconsistent with this chapter, conferred and imposed by the laws of this state upon such companies so consolidating, or either of them.
TN Code § 65-9-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Consolidation of Railroads|§ 65-9-107. Powers of Consolidated Corporation

 The corporation shall have power to:   Fix the number of its directors and the time of their election;   Fix the number, names, and duties of its officers;   Pass bylaws for the government of the company, and the management of its affairs;   Create and divide its capital stock into two (2) or more classes, including common and preferred stock, any of which may be stock without par value and to issue the same, all as provided by title 48, chapter 16, pertaining to ordinary domestic corporations, which sections are declared to extend to corporations formed by the consolidation of two (2) or more railroad corporations; and any such corporation, heretofore so formed under the laws of this state, may avail itself of the powers and privileges hereby conferred by amendment or amendments to the charter of incorporation of such corporation, in the manner and by the means as now provided by law, or to the agreement of consolidation, setting forth the maximum number of shares of stock with nominal or par value and the maximum number of shares without nominal or par value that the corporation is authorized to have outstanding at any time, the classes, with the distinguishing characteristics of each, if any, into which the same are divided, and the nominal or par value of shares of stock other than shares which it is stated are to have no nominal or par value;   Issue bonds and dispose of same in such form, and denomination, and bearing such interest, as the board of directors may determine, and to secure the payment thereof by mortgage of every and all the property and franchises of the consolidated company, and of the companies from which it was formed; and   Do all other acts and things which the companies so consolidating, or either of them, might have done previous to such consolidation.
TN Code § 65-9-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 9 - Consolidation of Railroads|§ 65-9-109. Consolidation of Proposed Roads

  It is lawful for any railroad corporation, existing in this state under a general law, that now has under construction, or proposes to construct and operate and maintain, a railroad for the transportation as common carrier of persons and freights, to consolidate with any other railroad corporation that has under construction, or proposes to construct and operate and maintain, another such railroad for the transportation of persons and freights.   The consolidation provided for in subsection (a) shall not have effect until the terms and conditions of the agreement shall have been approved by a majority of the stockholders of each of the consolidating companies at a regular annual meeting, or at a called meeting called for that purpose.   This section shall not apply to corporations whose proposed railroad line or lines shall run parallel to each other, or in any way compete with each other for the transportation of persons and freights from or to the same points, it being the intention to apply this section, and extend the privileges granted, to such corporations as have, or may have, under construction, or propose to construct, such railroad lines as, when consolidated, will form one (1) continuous line, or one will be but an extension of another or others.   This section shall apply to railroads under construction, or proposed to be constructed, which, when completed, are to be connected, and form one (1) continuous line in this or other states; provided, that the part of the road so consolidated lying in this state shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the state in its legislative and judicial departments to the same extent as if no such consolidation had been made.
TN Code § 65-11-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-102. Noncompliance With § 65-11-101 — Penalty

 A failure to observe and fully comply with § 65-11-101 shall subject the offender to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
TN Code § 65-11-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-103. Construction, Maintenance and Repair

 Every corporation or person operating a line of railroad within the state is required to maintain or construct to a plane with the rails of the railroad and to keep in repair every public road crossing of such railroad for a distance of ten feet (10') on each side of such railroad track and between the rails thereof. Where superelevated track or tracks or other physical conditions make strict compliance with this section impractical, the plane shall be constructed so as to provide the best vertical alignment under the circumstances with due regard to surface regularity. Nothing in this section is intended to change judicial interpretations of predecessor sections with respect to a railroad's obligation to keep in repair necessary crossing approaches beyond ten feet (10') on each side of such railroad tracks.
TN Code § 65-11-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-104. Noncompliance With § 65-11-103 — Misdemeanor

 The failure of any such person to comply with the requirements of § 65-11-103 is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 65-11-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings|§ 65-11-105. Form of Railroad Crossing Sign

 The commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee, after conducting such hearing as is deemed appropriate, is empowered and directed to determine a standard railroad crossing sign for the state.