... Report of the Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York Appointed to Investigate Telephone and Telegraph Companies: App. B. Compilation of statutes relating to incorporation, regulation, supervision and taxation of telegraph and telephone companies in the several states and territories of the United StatesJ.B. Lyon Company printers, 1910 - Telegraph |
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... transmission of electricity along the line , or to in any way destroy appliances appurtaining to such line ; or to interfere wilfully or maliciously in the use of any telegraph or telephone line or obstruct or postpone any message ...
... transmission of electricity along the line , or to in any way destroy appliances appurtaining to such line ; or to interfere wilfully or maliciously in the use of any telegraph or telephone line or obstruct or postpone any message ...
Page 24
... transmission or delivery or who shall wilfully refuse or neglect to transmit or deliver the same , shall on conviction , be fined not less than $ 500 or more than $ 1,000 , or be imprisoned for not less than six months or more than ...
... transmission or delivery or who shall wilfully refuse or neglect to transmit or deliver the same , shall on conviction , be fined not less than $ 500 or more than $ 1,000 , or be imprisoned for not less than six months or more than ...
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... transmission and delivery , and every message , if practicable , must be transmitted immediately . Every person whose message is refused or postponed is entitled to recover his actual damage and $ 50 in addition . The right of eminent ...
... transmission and delivery , and every message , if practicable , must be transmitted immediately . Every person whose message is refused or postponed is entitled to recover his actual damage and $ 50 in addition . The right of eminent ...
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... transmission of messages , and the United States may , for postal , military or other purposes , purchase all the telegraph lines , prop- erty and effects of any or all companies acting under the pro- visions of this act , at an ...
... transmission of messages , and the United States may , for postal , military or other purposes , purchase all the telegraph lines , prop- erty and effects of any or all companies acting under the pro- visions of this act , at an ...
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... transmission of telephonic messages , which tax is in lieu of all taxes upon the poles , wires and instru- ments and other personal property of the corporation , but real estate shall be liable to taxation in the town where situated . V ...
... transmission of telephonic messages , which tax is in lieu of all taxes upon the poles , wires and instru- ments and other personal property of the corporation , but real estate shall be liable to taxation in the town where situated . V ...
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Page 220 - Whenever it shall appear to the court before which any proceeding under section four of this act may be pending, that the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be summoned, whether they reside in the district in which the court is held or not ; and subpoenas to that end may be served in any district by the marshal thereof.
Page 199 - When private property shall be taken for any public use, the compensation to be made therefor, when such compensation is not made by the State, shall be ascertained by a jury or by not less than three commissioners appointed by a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law.
Page 33 - ... in the course of transportation from one State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure and condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law.
Page 81 - Ohio, that a trust is a combination of capital, skill or acts by two or more persons, firms, partnerships, corporations or associations of persons, or of any two or more of them for either, any or all of the following purposes: "1.
Page 228 - Initiative petitions shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon.
Page 174 - State, and the same shall be recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in the county in which the principal office of such association is located. Upon the recording of said copy the association shall be deemed fully organized and may proceed to business.
Page 221 - The legislative authority of the state shall be vested in a legislative assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives, but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws and amendments to the constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the legislative assembly...
Page 77 - No right of way shall be appropriated to the use of any corporation until full compensation therefor be first made in money, or first secured by a deposit of money to the owner, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation, which compensation shall be ascertained by a jury of twelve men, in a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law.
Page 78 - ... shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the corporation...
Page 350 - Neither the State nor any county, city, township, town, school district or any other political subdivision shall loan or give its credit or make donations to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, except for necessary support of the poor, nor subscribe to or become the owner of the capital stock of any association or corporation, nor shall the State engage in any work of internal improvement unless authorized by a two-thirds vote of the people.