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LA Rev Stat § 45:321 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§321. Stations; naming

RS 321 - Stations; naming The Louisiana Public Service Commission shall govern, regulate and control the naming of railroad stations in Louisiana, by adopting, establishing or changing the name of any railroad flag station or agency station now in existence, or which may hereafter be established by any person, operating a railroad in the state, or which may be established by an order of the commission.
LA Rev Stat § 45:322 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§322. Copies of railroad's books and records as evidence

RS 322 - Copies of railroad's books and records as evidence Copies of all books and records kept by the several railroad companies in Louisiana, including extracts from the stock books and minutes of the proceedings of the directors, certified by the secretaries of said companies, under the seal of the company, shall be received in all the courts of Louisiana as evidence in place of the originals.
LA Rev Stat § 45:324 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§324. Railroads, tramroads, dirt or plank roads not to obstruct highways or impede drainage or navigation

RS 324 - Railroads, tramroads, dirt or plank roads not to obstruct highways or impede drainage or navigation Where railroads, tramroads, dirt or plank roads cross any highway, the corporation shall so construct the works as not to hinder, impede or obstruct its safe and convenient use. Wherever railroads, tramroads, dirt or plank roads shall be constructed or dug across any plantation or land in cultivation, or that may be cultivated the corporation shall so construct the work as not to hinder, impede or obstruct the drainage of the land. Should any railroad, tramroad, dirt or plank road cross any tide waters, lakes, inlets, rivers or streams, or other bodies of water, the company may erect for the sole and exclusive use of such railroad, tramroad, dirt or plank road, the bridges required for crossing, but such bridges shall be so constructed as not to obstruct or unnecessarily impede the navigation of said waters.
LA Rev Stat § 45:351 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§351. Right of way over state land

RS 351 - Right of way over state land Any person, desiring to build or extend a railroad in Louisiana, shall have the right of way, not exceeding two hundred feet in width, over any land belonging to the state, through which such road, or any branch, tap or extension thereof may pass, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and running any railroad or any tap, branch or extension.
LA Rev Stat § 45:352 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§352. Foreign corporations' power to operate in state

RS 352 - Foreign corporations' power to operate in state Any foreign railway corporation may extend, construct, and operate their lines of railroad into and through Louisiana.
LA Rev Stat § 45:353 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§353. Foreign corporations; expropriation

RS 353 - Foreign corporations; expropriation Foreign railway companies extending, constructing and operating their lines of railroad into and through Louisiana may expropriate land and other property for their railroad, right of way, switches, sidings, branches, spurs, depots, and depot grounds, yards, and any land and property for railroad purposes, in the manner provided by the expropriation laws of the state.
LA Rev Stat § 45:354 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§354. Foreign corporations operating in state to be subject to its jurisdiction

RS 354 - Foreign corporations operating in state to be subject to its jurisdiction Railroad companies or corporations availing themselves of the provisions of R.S. 45:352 and 45:353 shall maintain a domicile, and main and general offices in Louisiana, and are subject to the control and regulations of the laws of Louisiana and the Louisiana Public Service Commission.
LA Rev Stat § 45:355 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§355. Repair of cars in state; penalty

RS 355 - Repair of cars in state; penalty All railway or railroad corporations operating in Louisiana, and having their repair shops within the state, as a condition precedent to exercising the right of expropriation, shall repair, renovate or rebuild in Louisiana any and all defective or broken cars, coaches, locomotives or other equipment, owned or leased by the corporation when such rolling stock is within the state. Railroads shall maintain proper facilities in Louisiana to do such work.  Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any railway company to violate the safety appliance acts of Congress, and no railway company shall be required to haul such disabled equipment a greater distance for repairs to a point in Louisiana than would be necessary to reach repair shops in another state.  The provisions of this Section also apply to lessees, receivers, superintendents or agents.  Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than three months, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 45:356 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§356. Crossing other railroads with industrial switch or spur track; expropriation

RS 356 - Crossing other railroads with industrial switch or spur track; expropriation Whenever any person owning or operating a railroad in Louisiana, desires to extend, construct, maintain and operate an industrial switch track or spur track across the side tracks, switch tracks, spur tracks or main line of any other railroad operated in Louisiana, it may intersect and cross, with such industrial switch track or spur track, the main line, side tracks, switch tracks or spur tracks of the railroad which it desires to cross, and may expropriate such land and other property, including the land and property of the railroad it desires to cross, as may be necessary for the purpose, in the manner provided by the general expropriation laws of this state.
LA Rev Stat § 45:357 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§357. Public service commission's power to order construction of industrial switch or spur tracks

RS 357 - Public service commission's power to order construction of industrial switch or spur tracks Whenever the owner of any manufacturing establishment, industrial plant, warehouse, or when the governing authority of any municipality desires to have constructed an industrial switch as provided for in R.S. 45:356, such owner or the governing authority of the municipality, upon the failure or refusal of the railroad company having the right to build such switch to build same when requested, has the right to apply to the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the commission has authority to hear and determine the matter and require the railroad company to construct such industrial switch or spur tracks.
LA Rev Stat § 45:358 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§358. Cities of over 100,000 population not affected

RS 358 - Cities of over 100,000 population not affected The provisions of R.S. 45:356 and 45:357 do not apply to cities of more than one hundred thousand population.
LA Rev Stat § 45:381 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§381. Mortgages; power of company generally; property covered

RS 381 - Mortgages; power of company generally; property covered Any railroad company established under the laws of Louisiana in order to secure the payment of any obligation contracted by it for the construction of the road, may mortgage their road, in whole or in part; and this mortgage, if given on the entire road, shall bear upon the entire road although it is not completed at the time the mortgage was executed; and this mortgage may also be executed to bind the appurtenances of the road, its warehouses, depots, water stations, locomotives, and the like.
LA Rev Stat § 45:382 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§382. Mortgages to secure own bonds

RS 382 - Mortgages to secure own bonds Any railroad corporation doing business, or owning property in Louisiana, may mortgage its property and franchises, whether then owned or to be acquired, in whole or in part, to secure bonds issued by it, to refund or pay its indebtedness, or to improve or develop its properties, or for any purpose authorized by its incorporation. The company issuing the bonds shall determine the amounts, the length of time to run, whether to be payable within or without this state, and the rate of interest, not to exceed the legal rate at the place of payment.
LA Rev Stat § 45:383 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§383. Mortgages to secure another railroad's bonds

RS 383 - Mortgages to secure another railroad's bonds Any railroad company doing business or owning property in Louisiana, may mortgage its property and franchises, whether then owned or to be acquired, in whole or in part, to secure bonds issued by any other railroad corporation of this or any other state. These bonds shall be issued to refund or secure the means to pay, or the proceeds of which shall be, or have been used to pay, the indebtedness of the mortgage corporations, or to improve or develop its property, or for any purpose authorized by its incorporation. The corporation issuing the bonds shall determine the amounts, the length of time, whether payable within or without Louisiana, and the rate of interest, not to exceed the legal rate at the place of payment.
LA Rev Stat § 45:384 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§384. Record of mortgages generally

RS 384 - Record of mortgages generally A mortgage made by any of the companies shall bind the road, its warehouses, depots, water stations, locomotives, and other appurtenances in the several parishes by the recordation of an abstract of the mortgage showing the book number, volume number, dates, amounts of mortgage, parties to the mortgage and all other necessary information relative to the mortgage, in each parish. This mortgage shall be recorded in the parish where the company has its domicile or principal office and said mortgage need not be reinscribed to continue it in force.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 98, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 45:385 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§385. Conversion of principal due on bonds into stock

RS 385 - Conversion of principal due on bonds into stock The president and directors of any company may confer on the holder of any bonds issued for money for the use of the company the right to convert the principal due into the stock of the company at any time, not exceeding ten years from the date of the bonds, under such regulations as the president and directors may adopt, but nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize an increase in the capital stock of any railroad company.
LA Rev Stat § 45:386 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§386. Foreclosure of mortgages; powers and rights of purchasers

RS 386 - Foreclosure of mortgages; powers and rights of purchasers Whenever any railroad company, incorporated under the laws of this state or any other state, mortgages its franchise, roadbed, superstructure, and other property, and the mortgage is foreclosed in a court of this state or in a federal court, the purchaser at the foreclosure sale has the same right to operate the railroads as the mortgagee company. The purchaser also has the same rights, franchises, privileges, and immunities pertaining to the property or franchises as the mortgagee company had by virtue of its articles of incorporation or any law of this state.  However, the purchaser shall not have such rights to operate nor any of the rights, franchises, privileges, and immunities pertaining to the property or franchises, unless the purchaser agrees to take and hold such property and franchises subject to the payment of all subsisting liabilities and claims for labor, supplies, and materials furnished in the construction, maintenance, and repair of the railroad and appurtenances covered by the mortgage, if such claims and liabilities accrued within two years prior to the beginning of the receivership resulting in the sale of the property and franchises, or within two years prior to the sale, if the property and franchises are not sold under receivership proceedings. But, if suit is pending on these claims and liabilities when the receiver was appointed or the sale made, the claims and liabilities upon which suits were pending are protected as though accruing within two years.  Such agreement by the purchaser shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing, signed and acknowledged by the purchaser and associates, if any, and the company organized by them, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
LA Rev Stat § 45:387 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§387. Foreclosure of mortgages; new corporation, power to organize

RS 387 - Foreclosure of mortgages; new corporation, power to organize The purchasers of the railroad, its property, or franchises, as set forth in R.S. 45:386, may fix the amount of capital stock representing the property bought, and divide the same into shares of one hundred dollars each, each share being entitled to one vote. The holders of the stock may meet, adopt a name for the company, and elect a board of directors of a number as they may see fit, but not less than six, one of whom resides in Louisiana. The board of directors may elect a president and other officers they deem expedient for the proper management of the property, fix their duties, terms of office and compensation, and adopt by-laws. However, such purchasers shall not have the rights conferred by this Section unless they and the company which they organize shall comply with the provisions of R.S. 45:386.
LA Rev Stat § 45:388 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§388. Foreclosure of mortgages; certificate of organization of new corporation; powers of new corporation

RS 388 - Foreclosure of mortgages; certificate of organization of new corporation; powers of new corporation Upon compliance with R.S. 45:386 and 45:387, and upon the board of directors filing with the Secretary of State a statement, signed by those directors, showing the name of the corporation, amount of capital stock, shares into which the same is divided, number and residence of board of directors, where the road is situated, and the name under which it was previously incorporated and known, the Secretary of State shall certify the fact of filing, and the company, upon filing such statement of the board, shall be a body corporate, under the name chosen with all the rights, powers, privileges, immunities, and franchises granted to the mortgagee company in as full a manner as if the new company were incorporated in the very words of R.S. 45:386 through 45:390, the new company may borrow money for the purpose of its incorporation, issue its bonds and execute a mortgage on all or any of its rights, franchises, privileges, immunities or property to secure the bonds. But such mortgage shall be subject to the liability of the property of the railroad for the claims for labor, supplies and material, as provided in R.S. 45:386.
LA Rev Stat § 45:389 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§389. Foreclosure of mortgages; principal office of new corporation

RS 389 - Foreclosure of mortgages; principal office of new corporation The principal office of the company, formed under R.S. 45:387 and 45:388, and branch offices, may be established at a place in or out of Louisiana as the board of directors may determine, for the convenient transaction of business, and meetings held there and resolutions adopted are lawful and binding. However, an office shall be maintained in Louisiana, where citation may be served, and the company shall always be represented at that office by an officer, agent or employee, upon whom service can be made.
LA Rev Stat § 45:390 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§390. Foreclosure of mortgages; prior liens; restrictions on purchasers

RS 390 - Foreclosure of mortgages; prior liens; restrictions on purchasers Nothing contained in R.S. 45:386 through 45:389 shall be construed so as to interfere in any manner with valid prior mortgages, if any, upon the property, rights, franchises, or privileges of the road sold. In no case shall the purchaser at any mortgage or foreclosure sale have any of the rights conferred by R.S. 45:386 through 45:389, regardless of the date of the mortgage under which the sale is made, unless the purchasers comply with R.S. 45:386.
LA Rev Stat § 45:451 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§451. Duty to relieve obstruction to natural drainage

RS 451 - Duty to relieve obstruction to natural drainage All railway companies operating a line or system of railroads in Louisiana shall drain all railroad roadbeds which obstruct or in any manner retard or interfere with the natural drainage of any land, farm or plantation traversed by the line or system of railroads, by constructing and maintaining ditches, culverts, or drains under their roadbed or under the crossings over their roadbed on their right of way, either parallel to or at angles with their roadbeds or crossings, of sufficient width, depth and capacity to carry off water rapidly. These railway companies shall do all things necessary to relieve such obstructed natural drainage.
LA Rev Stat § 45:452 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§452. Failure to relieve obstruction; landowner's right to do necessary work; committee to determine what work necessary

RS 452 - Failure to relieve obstruction; landowner's right to do necessary work; committee to determine what work necessary If any railway company operating a line or system of railroads in this state shall fail to act promptly to construct, open or maintain ditches, drains, or culverts, or crossings, as mentioned in R.S. 45:451, the owner of the land, farm, plantation, or improvements constructed or to be constructed on his land, which may be injured by the failure or neglect of a railway company to relieve promptly the obstructed natural drainage under its roadbed, or on its right of way, may do the necessary work to protect from injury or destruction his land, improvements, or growing crops on the land, farm or plantation, and collect the cost of this work from the railway company along whose line, system, or right of way the work is done in the manner provided in this Part. In any case where the railway company refuses or neglects to do such work as may be necessary to relieve obstructed natural drainage on its roadbed or right of way, the owner of the land, such improvements, farm, or plantation which may be injured by such failure or neglect, shall first notify in writing the agent of the railway company of the work necessary to be done and the approximate cost. If the railway company fails, neglects, or refuses within thirty days after this notice, to do the work, the owner of the land, farm, or plantation, or his authorized agent, together with an authorized representative of the railway company and a third disinterested party, selected by these parties, shall form a committee who shall meet promptly and determine what work is necessary to relieve the obstructed natural drainage and maintain proper drainage. The owner of the land, farm or plantation, or his authorized agent, may then proceed to do the necessary work as approved by this committee of arbitration, keeping an accurate account of the costs. This Section shall not apply to any new culvert or drain to be constructed under or along the railroad roadbed.
LA Rev Stat § 45:453 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§453. Account of work done; payment

RS 453 - Account of work done; payment Where it is necessary for the owner of the land, farm or plantation to do the work necessary to relieve obstructed natural drainage and maintain proper natural drainage in accordance with the formalities set forth in R.S. 45:452, such owner or his duly authorized agent shall present to the railway company's duly authorized agent an itemized account of the expenses of the work, accompanied by an affidavit of its correctness, and the railway company, or its receiver, shall within thirty days from presentation of such account pay the same.
LA Rev Stat § 45:454 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§454. Action for cost of work; attorney's fee; damages

RS 454 - Action for cost of work; attorney's fee; damages If the railway company or its receiver fails to pay the account within thirty days after presentation, as provided in R.S. 45:453, the owner of the land, farm, or plantation at whose expense the work has been done, has a right of action to recover the amount he has expended for the actual cost of doing the work, and in addition to the amount recovered in a judgment, shall receive an attorney's fee not exceeding fifteen per cent, and damages suffered by the refusal or neglect of the railway company to do the work.
LA Rev Stat § 45:455 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§455. Railroad company's failure to furnish representative as member of committee

RS 455 - Railroad company's failure to furnish representative as member of committee If the railway company refuses to furnish a representative within ten days after written notice to meet with the representative of the owner of the land, farm, or plantation and select the third disinterested party as provided for in R.S. 45:452, to examine and decide upon the contemplated work, the owner of the land, farm, or plantation may proceed to do the work and render an itemized sworn statement of the actual cost to the railway company, and the railway company shall pay the account within thirty days.
LA Rev Stat § 45:456 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§456. Violation of law; exceptions

RS 456 - Violation of law; exceptions Any railway company violating R.S. 45:455 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars.  This Section shall not be effective in case of strikes, governmental regulation or causes beyond the reasonable control of the railroad company.