INTERFERENCE-continued.

Ohio, § 3560.

Rhode Island, ch. 242, § 41

with employés of companies, penalty for, Conn., 1877, ch. 77, § 4.

JUSTICE OF PEACE,

J.

shall issue warrant upon complaint of agent of gas company, when,

subsequent acts of, shall not affect companies heretofore organized,
New Jersey, § 26

may alter, amend, or repeal acts relating to gas companies,
New York, 16

LIEN,

company shall have, upon stock or property of members for debts,
Minnesota, § 102 .

gas company cannot give, upon its property, New Jersey, § 10

M.

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274

205

214

260

236

243

224

231

MACHINERY,

when held to be real estate for purposes of taxation, R. I., ch. 171, §1 275
when personal, Rhode Island, ch. 171, § 2

MANUFACTURING CORPORATION,

275

may hold ten per cent of stock of gas company, Mass., ch. 106, § 78 218

MEASURE, STANDARD OF,

shall be a cubic foot containing 62.321 lbs. avoirdupois of distilled

gas shall not be, when supplied through unsealed meter, Cal., § 581 192

when price of gas has been fixed by board, not at any other price,

296

may be removed for non-payment of gas-bills, when,

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214

Arizona, § 3.

190

195

214

215

California, § 368

California, § 581

Ohio, § 3560.

Rhode Island, § 42

Arizona, § 4.

California, § 498

New York, 1854, ch. 109, § 2

inspectors of, how appointed,

Massachusetts, ch. 61, §§ 1-5

Connecticut, § 24

penalty for use by gas companies of unsealed or unstamped,

Massachusetts, ch. 61, § 11

Connecticut, 1877, 138, II. 1877, § 2

261

274

190

195

247

192

210, 211

203

192

213

204

Ohio, § 3554.

259

must be sealed,

municipal council may regulate price of rent of, Ohio, § 2478

Ohio, § 3556.

penalty for using gas not passed through,

Massachusetts, ch. 61, § 18

Illinois, ch. 38, § 117

New York, 1854, ch. 109, § 1

companies shall not use, that will confuse customers, N. J., § 19

method of inspection of, Massachusetts, ch. 61, § 10

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259

234

192

212

248

248

259

251

261

METER PROVER,

to be provided by gas companies and to be sealed and stamped by
secretary of state, Ohio, § 3561 . .

MISDEMEANOR,

preventing officer of gas company from entering building, when a,

261

189

190

274

New York, 1854, ch. 109, § 2

247

Utah, § 287.

Arizona, § 4

using gas not properly measured by a meter,

using a meter not sealed by inspector, California, § 581

283

190

192

wilful injury to property of gas company or obstructing meters,
Pennsylvania, § 15. .

268

wilful injury to meter or fraudulent obstruction of meter,

Rhode Island, § 41.

274

Tennessee, 1873, ch. 15, § 10

278

connecting pipe with meter, so that gas will not pass through it,
Utah, § 287.

283

Tennessee, § 4655

281

wilful injury to meter, or gas-pipe, or gas-works, Utah, § 360

283

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, POWERS OF,

to collect costs of suit and damages, when gas company causes

defect in highway, Massachusetts, ch. 106, § 76.

218

to regulate and control gas companies in actions affecting health,
safety, or convenience of the public,

Massachusetts, ch. 106, § 77

218

California, § 15,421

196

to fix quality and price of gas in cities of 100,000 inhabitants,
California, 1877, § 1

197

to restore privilege of using streets to any defaulting company,

Ohio, § 2481. .

255

to appoint trustees to manage gas-works erected by the city,
Ohio, 2487..

257

to authorize the construction of gas-works and contract for supply

of gas,

Texas, art. 630 .

282

Arkansas, § 14.

§ 15,418

California, § 4412 .

California, § 15,420

to contract for supply of gas for streets, lanes, &c.,

to grant the exclusive use of streets for gas-pipes, Arkansas, § 14
to grant the privilege of laying pipes for term of 25 years,
.California, § 4410

to contract for the supply of gas for term of five years,

to contract at fixed rate for five or at variable rates for ten years,

to fix maximum price of gas, California, 1878, § 3

191

193

196

194

196

198

258
209

to contract for supply of gas for term not to exceed twenty years to
be ratified by vote of qualified voters, Missouri, ch. 21, § 952 225
to exempt from taxation for three years the personal property of gas
companies, New York, 1818, § 18.

to regulate the price of gas and rent of meters, Ohio, § 2478.
to lay pipes and erect gas-works and supply gas, if gas company
neglect so to do for six months, Ohio, § 2480

to erect gas-works or purchase gas-works already erected,

Ohio, § 2486

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254

255

257

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, POWERS OF — continued.
to purchase gas-works after 20 years,

Pennsylvania, § 16

1874, § 8

to provide for lighting streets and erecting lamp-posts, and to control
the laying of gas-pipes, Texas, art. 377

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282

NATURAL GAS,

statute does not apply to company supplying, New York, 1859, § 12 251
NEW COMPANIES,

powers of, when taking possession of property of former company
under process of law, New Jersey, 1881, ch. 26, § 1

238
239

must file certificates of incorporation, New Jersey, 1881, § 2
cannot be formed in city, when a company is already established,
unless authorized by votes of qualified voters, Ohio, § 3551. 258

NOTICE,

of forfeiture of stock for non-payment of subscription, how given,
New Jersey, 7

230

of intention to increase or diminish capital stock, must be given by
directors to stockholders, New York, 1848, § 21

245

of sale of new stock, how given, Massachusetts, ch. 106, § 40
to be given to other companies, when streets are opened where they
have pipes, New Jersey, § 20

NUISANCE,

216

234

penalty for vitiating public waters, &c., New York, 1845, ch. 201, § 1 246
for leaving streets dug up, Massachusetts, ch. 106, § 75

217

gas companies shall not create, and are not absolved from legal pro-
ceedings to abate, Tennessee, 1873, ch. 15, § 6.

277