INDEX TO STATUTES.

ABUTTERS,

A.

on streets, damage to, how assessed and collected,

New Hampshire, ch. 155, § 3.

Pennsylvania, § 11 .

assessment of cost of laying pipes upon, Ohio, § 2490

AGENTS OF GAS COMPANIES,

authority of, to enter buildings for inspection of pipes and meters,

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227

266

257

shall make complaint of resistance before justices of the peace,

may enter buildings to remove property of company for non-payment
of gas-bills, California, § 632. .

195

ANNUAL MEETING,

ANNUAL REPORT,

companies shall hold, for election of officers, Pennsylvania, § 5. . 264

of business of gas companies, shall be made and published,

may be purchased by city or town, and used by inspectors,

232

242

212

192

204

APPARATUS FOR TESTING GAS- continued.

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to be kept at office of secretary of state and supplied at expense of

when wanting, company must provide test-meters, Ohio, § 3561.

261

from assessment of damages, New Hampshire, ch. 155, § 4
APPLICATION FOR GAS,

227

pipes must be laid to supply customers within three months after,
New Jersey, 22.

235

but not over three hundred lineal feet of pipe required to be laid upon,
New Jersey, § 22.

235

must be made in writing by owner or occupant, Arizona, § 1 .
gas company must supply gas upon proper,

189

to be filed with county recorder, Michigan, ch. 96, § 4. .
and secretary of state,

219

Michigan, ch. 96, § 4

219

New Jersey, § 1

228

may

be amended, when there is increase of capital stock,

copy of certificate of, to be received in all courts as presumptive

shall hold office for three years, Massachusetts, ch. 61, § 1
salary of, what and how collected, Mass., ch. 61, §§ 2, 3, 7
must give bond, Massachusetts, ch. 61, § 3

242

229

210

192

210

210, 212

210

211

211

shall not be interested in the manufacture or sale of gas or meters or

any apparatus, Massachusetts, ch. 61, § 4
shall not give written opinions to manufacturers, &c.,

Mass. ch. 61, § 4.

BONDS,

B.

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gas companies may issue, to carry on business, Indiana, ch. 219 .. . 208
gas companies may issue, not to exceed one half of capital stock,
Pennsylvania, 1877, § 1
1871, § 2

.

272

269

247

236

gas companies may issue, not to exceed one-third of capital stock,
and to run not over twenty years, N. Y. 1854, ch. 312, § 1
gas companies may increase bonded indebtedness by vote of majority
of stockholders, New Jersey, 1879, ch. 109, § 1
proceeds of, to be applied to extension of works and purchase of real
estate required for use of company, N. Y. 1854, ch. 312, § 2. 247
BORROW MONEY,

gas companies may, to carry on business, Indiana, ch. 219
but not to exceed half the amount of their capital stock at the
time,

208

gas companies may make, Tennessee, 1873, ch. 15, § 2

directors may make prudential, New York, 1848, § 7

240

267

272

276

241

to be made by stockholders at annual meeting, Pennsylvania, § 3 263
but not to be altered or repealed without notice, Pennsylvania, § 5 264

CAPITAL STOCK OF GAS COMPANIES-continued.

shall be held as personal property,

Michigan, ch. 96, § 9

Minnesota, § 102
New Jersey,
New York, § 8

when to be paid in,

8.

New Jersey, § 11

New York, §§ 6, 11

Tennessee, 1873, ch. 15, § 11

rights of assignee of shares of, Pennsylvania, § 7.

. 265

no transfer of, while holder is indebted to company, Penn. § 7
twenty per cent of, must be paid in, and one half subscribed, before
articles of association are recorded, New Jersey, § 2

CERTIFICATE,

. . 229

of incorporation shall be filed with recorder of county and secretary

of change of business must be filed with the secretary of common-

wealth, Massachusetts, ch. 106, § 51 .

217

that capital stock is all paid in, to be filed with county clerk,

New Jersey, § 12

232

New York, 1848, § 11.

242

of objection to dividend by director, when may be filed,

New Jersey, 14, .

233

of reorganized company after sale, to be filed with secretary of state,

to be filed when capital stock has been diminished or increased,

CHANGE OF BUSINESS,

may be made by vote of all stockholders, Mass., ch. 106, § 51
CHARTER,

forfeiture of, on neglect to furnish gas at fixed prices, Ohio, §§ 2482,

2483

may be revoked by the legislature, Pennsylvania, § 17 .
company organized under, may reorganize under general act,
Michigan, ch. 96, § 12

269

222

COAL LANDS,

companies may lease, purchase, hold, and convey, Colorado, ¶ 294

COKE,

companies may sell, Colorado, ¶ 294

COMPLAINT,

of impurity of gas, may be made by any citizen, Penn., 1874, § 4

COMPLAINT - continued.

before justice of the peace, of interference with agents of company,

Massachusetts, ch. 61, § 15

Ohio, § 3558

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214

260

penalty for neglect of, to pay for gas and rent of meter,

Massachusetts, ch. 61, § 16

shall pay fee for inspection of meter, when,

215

250

192

203

248

259

may complain of quantity or quality of gas, when,

Pennsylvania, 1874, § 4,

1881, § 1

refusal of, to pay for gas, when justifiable, California, § 581

270

273

192

D.

DAMAGES,

to abutters on streets, how assessed and collected, N. H. ch. 155, § 3 227
for injury to street by laying gas-pipe, although laid with consent of

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municipal corporation, Massachusetts, ch. 106, § 75 .. 217
to real estate by laying gas-pipes, how assessed, Pennsylvania, § 11 266
for defect in highway, caused by act of gas company, can be

collected by municipalities, when, Mass. ch. 106, § 76

double, when company liable in, California, 1878, § 5
treble, when allowed for malicious injury to gas-pipes,

New Hamsphire, ch. 155, § 5. .

treble, when allowed for injuring any property of gas company,

New York, 1848, § 19

DEFECT IN HIGHWAY,

. 218

199

228

244

caused by gas company, liability for, Massachusetts, ch. 106, § 76. 218

DEPOSITS,

interest to be paid on,

Illinois, 1879, ch. 74.

New York, 1859, § 7

206

250