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WY Stat § 37-9-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 1 - Organization; Bonds; Consolidation|Section 37-9-101 - Mortgages; Issue of Corporate Bonds; Provisions as to Bonds.

37-9-101. Mortgages; issue of corporate bonds; provisions as to bonds.| Every railroad company organized under the general incorporation laws of this state shall have power and is hereby authorized to mortgage or execute deeds of trust, in whole or in part, of the real and personal property and franchises, including its lands or other property granted to said company by the United States, or any state or territory, to secure money borrowed by them for the construction and equipment of their roads, and may also issue their corporate bonds in sums not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); to make all of said mortgages or deeds of trust payable to bearer or otherwise, negotiable by delivery, bearing interest at rates not to exceed ten percent (10%) per annum, convertible into stock or not, at the option of the holder, and may sell the same at such rates and prices as they may deem proper, and if said bonds shall be sold below their nominal or par value, they shall be valid and binding upon the company, and no plea of usury shall be put in or allowed by said company in any suit or proceeding upon the same. The principal and interest of said bonds or either of them may be made payable within or without this state, at such place as may be determined upon by said company.
WY Stat § 37-9-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 1 - Organization; Bonds; Consolidation|Section 37-9-102 - Consolidation; Mode of Effecting.

37-9-102. Consolidation; mode of effecting.| Whenever a line of railroad or any railroad company in this state, or any portion of said line, has been constructed so as to connect with any two (2) or more of such roads, said companies are hereby authorized to consolidate themselves into a single corporation in the manner following: the trustees of the said two (2) or more corporations may enter into an agreement under the corporate seal of each, for the consolidation of said two (2) or more corporations, prescribing the terms or conditions thereof; the mode of carrying the same into effect; the name of the new corporation; the number of the trustees thereof, which shall not be less than seven (7); the time and place of holding the first election of trustees; the number of shares of stock in the new corporation; the amount of each share; the manner of converting the shares of capital stock in each of said two (2) or more corporations, into shares in such new corporation; the manner of compensating stockholders in each of said two (2) or more corporations who refuse to convert their stock into the stock of such new corporation, with such other details as they shall deem necessary to perfect such consolidation of said corporations; and such new corporation shall possess all the powers, rights and franchises conferred upon such said two (2) or more corporations, and shall be subject to all the restrictions, and perform all the duties imposed by the provisions of the corporation laws of this state; provided, that all stockholders in either of such corporations who shall refuse to convert their stock into the stock of such new corporation, shall be paid an appraised value of said stock at the date of such consolidation.
WY Stat § 37-9-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 1 - Organization; Bonds; Consolidation|Section 37-9-103 - Consolidation; When Consummated.

37-9-103. Consolidation; when consummated.| Upon making the agreement mentioned in the preceding section, in the manner required therein, and filing a duplicate or counterpart thereof in the office of the secretary of state, the said two (2) or more corporations (mentioned or referred to in the last two (2) or more preceding sections, or any other law of the state) shall be merged in the new corporation provided for in such agreement, to be known by the corporate name therein mentioned; and the details of such agreement shall be carried into effect as provided therein.
WY Stat § 37-9-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 1 - Organization; Bonds; Consolidation|Section 37-9-104 - Consolidation; Effects; Rights of Creditors.

37-9-104. Consolidation; effects; rights of creditors.| Upon the election of the first board of trustees of the corporation created by the agreement pursuant to W.S. 37-9-102, and by the provisions of W.S. 37-9-101 through 37-9-105, all and singular the rights and franchises of each and all of the two (2) or more corporations, parties to such agreement, and all and singular the rights and interest in and to every species of property, real, personal and mixed, and things in action shall be deemed to be transferred to and vested in the new corporation, without any other deed or transfer, and the new corporation shall hold and enjoy the same, together with right-of-way and all other rights of property in the same manner and to the same extent as if the two (2) or more corporations, parties to the agreement, should have continued to retain the title and transact the business of the corporations. And the title and the real estate acquired by either of the two (2) or more corporations shall not be deemed to revert or be impaired by means of anything in W.S. 37-9-101 through 37-9-105; provided, that all rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of either of the corporations shall be and hereby are preserved unimpaired; and the respective corporations shall continue to exist as far as may be necessary to enforce the same; provided, further, that all debts, liabilities and duties of either company shall henceforth attach to the new corporation, and be enforced to the same extent and in the same manner as if the debts, liabilities and duties had been originally incurred by it.
WY Stat § 37-9-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 1 - Organization; Bonds; Consolidation|Section 37-9-105 - Company May Subscribe to Capital Stock of Other Railroad Company.

37-9-105. Company may subscribe to capital stock of other railroad company.| Any railroad company incorporated under the general laws of this state may at any time by means of subscription to the capital stock of any other company or otherwise, aid such company in the construction of its road for the purpose of forming a connection with the line of road owned by such other company.
WY Stat § 37-9-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 2 - Rights-of-Way|Section 37-9-203 - Lands Heretofore Taken May Be Acquired.

37-9-203. Lands heretofore taken may be acquired.| Any railroad company which may have prior to January ninth, A.D. 1891, taken any of the lands of this state for right-of-way and depot grounds shall, upon filing a plat and survey thereof, with the director, and payment for depot grounds, be entitled to a conveyance by letters patent, by the governor, conveying in fee the lands for depot grounds, and granting forever to such railroad company, its successors and assigns, the right to take, use, occupy and enjoy for its railroad purposes, the lands so taken for right-of-way, for tracks and roadways; provided, that in addition to the filing of such survey and plat, proof, to the satisfaction of the land commissioners, shall be made of the construction of such railroad across the land, and the erection of a station on the lands claimed for depot grounds.
WY Stat § 37-9-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 2 - Rights-of-Way|Section 37-9-204 - Rights-of-Way for Oil and Gas Companies.

37-9-204. Rights-of-way for oil and gas companies.| W.S. 37-9-202 and 37-9-203 shall also apply to all gas and petroleum oil corporations, companies and individuals, for the right-of-way ten (10) feet wide, through the school and other lands, over which the state has control, for the purpose of carrying gas or oil through pipes, also land for pump stations, tanks, and other buildings, necessary to conduct the oil or gas product of the wells of Wyoming.
WY Stat § 37-9-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 2 - Rights-of-Way|Section 37-9-205 - Plats of Survey to Be Filed.

37-9-205. Plats of survey to be filed.| The secretary of state is hereby authorized to transfer to the office of the director all plats of survey which may have been filed in the office of the secretary of state under the provisions of W.S. 37-9-203 and 37-9-204, and from and after the passage of this section all plats of survey required to be filed under the provisions of the sections aforesaid shall be filed with the director instead of with the secretary of state.
WY Stat § 37-9-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-301 - Fireguards.

37-9-301. Fireguards.| It shall be the duty of every railroad corporation operating its line of road, or any part of it, within this state, upon its right-of-way upon each side of its roadbed, to maintain annually an effective fireguard upon order of and satisfactory to specifications set forth by the department of transportation so as to prevent fire from spreading to lands adjacent to the right-of-way. The fireguards need not be maintained within the limits of any city or town, nor along that portion of the line of a railroad where the desert or mountainous character of the adjoining land would render such burning impractical or unnecessary.
WY Stat § 37-9-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-302 - Fireguards; Penalty.

37-9-302. Fireguards; penalty.| (a) Any railroad corporation failing to comply with the provisions of W.S. 37-9-301 shall be liable to pay a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each and every mile, or fractional mile, of any strips of land it neglects to treat as directed by the department of transportation upon either side of the line of its road in this state, in each and every year as stated, the penalty to be collected in any proper action in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the state of Wyoming, and when collected it shall be paid into the school fund of the county where the cause of action accrued. The action shall be brought within one (1) year after the violation of W.S. 37-9-301 occurs.  (b) The penalty imposed under subsection (a) of this section applies to any railroad corporation failing to comply with W.S. 37-9-311.
WY Stat § 37-9-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-303 - Fireguards; Liability for Damages.

37-9-303. Fireguards; liability for damages.| (a) Every railroad corporation operating its line of road, or any part of it, within this state, shall be liable for all damages by fire resulting from or caused by operating any such line of road together with suppression costs, established by the department of transportation, and any damages and costs in any court of competent jurisdiction.  (b) Any damage and suppression cost may be recovered by the party damaged if an action is brought by the party injured within one (1) year next after said damages shall have been inflicted or caused. An injured party who recovers more than has been last offered in writing by the railroad under this section may be awarded reasonable attorney fees and other costs incurred in seeking recovery under this section if it is determined that the railroad acted unreasonably and without cause.
WY Stat § 37-9-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-304 - Fences and Cattle Guards; Generally.

37-9-304. Fences and cattle guards; generally.| (a) All railway corporations, owning or operating a line of railway within the state, shall construct, maintain and keep in repair on each side of the track thereof, a sufficient fence which meets or exceeds department of transportation fencing standards, so connected with suitable cattle guards at all public road crossings as to prevent stock from getting on the railroad track of the corporation. The fence shall be constructed within nine (9) months after the completion of any railroad track or any part thereof; provided, that railway corporations shall not be required to construct and maintain a fence within the boundaries of any incorporated city or town.  (b) Any corporation failing to comply with this section is subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each day during which a violation continues. Each county in which there is a failure to comply with this section shall constitute a separate violation. This penalty shall be prosecuted and collected pursuant to the provisions of W.S. 37-9-302.  (c) No fine shall be assessed under subsection (b) of this section against a corporation that has on file with the department of transportation an approved plan for fence construction, reconstruction and maintenance so long as the corporation is in full compliance with the terms and conditions of the approved plan.
WY Stat § 37-9-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-305 - Fences and Cattle Guards; Liability for Damages.

37-9-305. Fences and cattle guards; liability for damages.| Any corporation operating a railway and failing to fence the same and to construct and maintain suitable cattle guards as required by W.S. 37-9-304, shall be liable to the owner or owners of any livestock killed or injured by reason of its failure to construct or keep in repair the fence or cattle guard in the manner provided in W.S. 37-9-304, for the full amount of the damage sustained by the owner on account thereof and to make a prima facie case for recovery, it shall only be necessary for the owner to prove the loss or injury to his property; provided, that no corporation operating a railroad shall be liable for any damage occasioned by the willful act of the owner or of his agent or employees or for stock killed or injured on public road crossings unless negligence on the part of the corporation, its agents, servants or employees can be shown.
WY Stat § 37-9-306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-306 - Injury to Stock; Definitions.

37-9-306. Injury to stock; definitions.| For the purpose of this article the terms "livestock" and "stock" shall include all classes of horses, asses, mules, cattle, sheep, swine, buffalo, beefalo, llamas and other domesticated animals.
WY Stat § 37-9-307 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-307 - Injury to Stock; Notice to Owner; Procedure if Owner Unknown.

37-9-307. Injury to stock; notice to owner; procedure if owner unknown.| Any railroad corporation injuring or killing any livestock, by running any engine, car or cars, over or against the livestock, shall immediately notify the owner or owners, a brand inspector or the department of transportation, giving a full description, including the number, classes and brands, of the livestock, naming the locality where the stock was killed or injured. It shall be the responsibility of the corporation to retrieve the animal injured or killed after identification and notification, and dispose of the animal within ten (10) days from the date of notification.
WY Stat § 37-9-308 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-308 - Injury to Stock; Owner to Make Sworn Statement of Value.

37-9-308. Injury to stock; owner to make sworn statement of value.| Any person owning any livestock which is killed or injured, in the manner set forth in W.S. 37-9-307, shall within thirty (30) days after the person is notified of the killing or injuring, as provided in W.S. 37-9-307, furnish the corporation having killed or injured the livestock, through its nearest agent, sworn evidence of the value of the livestock. The corporation shall then report to the department of transportation within thirty (30) days, receipt of the sworn evidence of the value of the livestock killed or injured.
WY Stat § 37-9-309 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-309 - Payment of Claims; Time; Interest; Costs.

37-9-309. Payment of claims; time; interest; costs.| (a) Any railroad corporation liable for the payment of claims for damages from fire and livestock killed or injured shall either pay or reject the claim within sixty (60) days after notice and evidence of the claim is furnished by the claimant. All claims shall include information necessary for the railroad to verify property damage, value of property damages, and propriety of claim with all supporting bills, when available. Claims shall not be deemed filed until the information has been received by the railroad. A claim which is not rejected or paid within sixty (60) days shall be deemed granted and shall constitute a lien upon the property of the railroad. Claims which are unpaid after sixty (60) days shall draw interest at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum until paid, whether voluntarily or by court judgment and order.  (b) With respect to any property damage caused by a railroad, the court shall order the railroad corporation to pay the reasonable attorney fees and court costs incurred by a property owner if the court finds that the railroad corporation did not negotiate in good faith to establish the reasonable value of damages caused to the property owner by the railroad, or if the property owner was required to initiate legal proceedings against the railroad corporation to enforce a judgment for damages.
WY Stat § 37-9-310 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-310 - Authority of Department of Transportation to Adopt Rules and Regulations; Information to Be Provided.

37-9-310. Authority of department of transportation to adopt rules and regulations; information to be provided.| The department of transportation shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act prescribing standards for fireguards, fences and cattle guards erected and maintained by railroad corporations. The department of transportation shall provide private property owners with information on where to file a claim in the case of damage to private property caused by railroads.
WY Stat § 37-9-311 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-311 - Spraying Weeds on Rights-of-Way.

37-9-311. Spraying weeds on rights-of-way.| It shall further be the duty of the railroad to spray noxious weeds on rights-of-way to prevent spread to adjoining lands.
WY Stat § 37-9-312 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 3 - Fireguards; Fences; Injuries to Stock|Section 37-9-312 - Immediate or Urgent Fence Repairs.

37-9-312. Immediate or urgent fence repairs.| (a) After notification to the railroad and the department of transportation by the landowner concerning any damaged fence or a fence in disrepair, the landowner shall have the right to be reimbursed by the railroad for the reasonable and customary costs for such repairs, provided:  (i) The landowner gives the railroad specific information concerning the location of the damage;  (ii) Following the notice by the landowner, the railroad fails to commit that it will make the repairs within three (3) business days of the initial notice by the landowner or fails to complete the repairs within five (5) business days or within a mutually agreed upon time from the date of the initial notice by the landowner; and  (iii) The need for repair is of an immediate or urgent nature as determined by the landowner and the department of transportation.  (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a prohibition against a railroad immediately repairing the fence, the adjacent landowner and the railroad mutually agreeing to other terms for such repairs, or to an adjacent landowner making such repairs at his own expense.  (c) Repairs made by a landowner pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to create any continuing duty or any landowner liability.
WY Stat § 37-9-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage|Section 37-9-401 - Establishment of Depots; When Required; Deviation to Avoid Establishment Prohibited.

37-9-401. Establishment of depots; when required; deviation to avoid establishment prohibited.| No railroad company shall construct or operate a railroad within four (4) miles of any existing town or city without providing a suitable depot or stopping place at the nearest practicable point for the convenience of said town or city, and stopping all trains doing local business at said stopping place. No railroad company shall deviate from the most direct practicable line in constructing a railroad for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this section.
WY Stat § 37-9-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 37 - Public Utilities|Chapter 9 - Railroads|Article 4 - Depots; Sale of Tickets; Demurrage|Section 37-9-402 - Establishment of Depots; Prosecution; Notice to Railroad.

37-9-402. Establishment of depots; prosecution; notice to railroad.| Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the district attorney for any county in this state, or whenever complaint shall be made to such officer by any citizen or citizens thereof, that any railroad corporation or company doing business and running trains in or through such county is neglecting or refusing to provide a suitable depot or stopping place as provided by W.S. 37-9-401, or violating any of the provisions thereof, it shall be the duty of the district attorney to make a personal examination of the conditions complained of and if he finds that such railroad corporation or company has not provided a suitable depot or stopping place for the convenience of any town or city, and is not stopping all trains doing local business thereat, he shall at once prepare and cause the sheriff of his county to serve a written notice on any officer or agent of such railroad corporation or company to be found in said county to the effect that such violation exists in the vicinity of a certain town or city, naming it, and notifying said company that unless remedied within thirty (30) days from the date of the service of said notice, and in strict compliance with W.S. 37-9-401, proceedings against said derelict company will be commenced in the district court of such county to compel such compliance, and also to enforce the penalty provided for in W.S. 37-9-403.