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VERNON'S CIVIL STATUTES
TITLE 112. RAILROADS
CHAPTER 7. OTHER RIGHTS OF RAILROAD CORPORATIONS
Text of article effective until April 01, 2011
Art. 6341. SOME RIGHTS. Railroad corporations shall have the
following other rights:
1. To have succession, and in their corporate name may sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded.
2. To have and use a seal, which it may alter at pleasure.
3. To receive and convey persons and property on its railway by
the power and force of steam, or by any mechanical power.
4. To regulate the time and manner in which passengers and
property shall be transported, and the compensation to be paid
therefor, subject to the provisions of law.
5. Of eminent domain for the purposes prescribed in this title.
6. To purchase, hold and use all such real estate and other
property as may be necessary for the construction and use of its
railway, stations and other accommodations necessary to
accomplish the objects of its incorporation, and to convey the
same when no longer required for the use of such railway.
7. To take, hold and use such voluntary grants of real estate and
other property as shall be made to it in aid of the construction
and use of its railway, and to convey the same when no longer
required for the uses of such railway, in any manner not
incompatible with the terms of the original grant.
Acts 1876, p. 142; G.L. vol. 8, p. 978.
Text of article effective until April 01, 2011
Art. 6351. EMINENT DOMAIN. A railroad corporation or a receiver
of a railroad that changes, relocates, or abandons a line of
railroad in this State may acquire by condemnation or otherwise
all lands for right of way, depot grounds, shops, roundhouses,
water supply sites, sidings, switches, spurs or any other
purposes connected with or necessary to the building, operating
or running of the railroad, as changed, relocated or abandoned;
provided that property acquired under this article is declared
for and charged with public use.
Acts 4th C.S. 1918, p. 45.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1115, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.
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Statutes > Texas > Vernon-s-civil-statutes > Title-112-railroads > Chapter-7-other-rights-of-railroad-corporations
VERNON'S CIVIL STATUTES
TITLE 112. RAILROADS
CHAPTER 7. OTHER RIGHTS OF RAILROAD CORPORATIONS
Text of article effective until April 01, 2011
Art. 6341. SOME RIGHTS. Railroad corporations shall have the
following other rights:
1. To have succession, and in their corporate name may sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded.
2. To have and use a seal, which it may alter at pleasure.
3. To receive and convey persons and property on its railway by
the power and force of steam, or by any mechanical power.
4. To regulate the time and manner in which passengers and
property shall be transported, and the compensation to be paid
therefor, subject to the provisions of law.
5. Of eminent domain for the purposes prescribed in this title.
6. To purchase, hold and use all such real estate and other
property as may be necessary for the construction and use of its
railway, stations and other accommodations necessary to
accomplish the objects of its incorporation, and to convey the
same when no longer required for the use of such railway.
7. To take, hold and use such voluntary grants of real estate and
other property as shall be made to it in aid of the construction
and use of its railway, and to convey the same when no longer
required for the uses of such railway, in any manner not
incompatible with the terms of the original grant.
Acts 1876, p. 142; G.L. vol. 8, p. 978.
Text of article effective until April 01, 2011
Art. 6351. EMINENT DOMAIN. A railroad corporation or a receiver
of a railroad that changes, relocates, or abandons a line of
railroad in this State may acquire by condemnation or otherwise
all lands for right of way, depot grounds, shops, roundhouses,
water supply sites, sidings, switches, spurs or any other
purposes connected with or necessary to the building, operating
or running of the railroad, as changed, relocated or abandoned;
provided that property acquired under this article is declared
for and charged with public use.
Acts 4th C.S. 1918, p. 45.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1115, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.
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Chapter-7-other-rights-of-railroad-corporations VERNON'S CIVIL STATUTES
TITLE 112. RAILROADS
CHAPTER 7. OTHER RIGHTS OF RAILROAD CORPORATIONS
Text of article effective until April 01, 2011
Art. 6341. SOME RIGHTS. Railroad corporations shall have the
following other rights:
1. To have succession, and in their corporate name may sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded.
2. To have and use a seal, which it may alter at pleasure.
3. To receive and convey persons and property on its railway by
the power and force of steam, or by any mechanical power.
4. To regulate the time and manner in which passengers and
property shall be transported, and the compensation to be paid
therefor, subject to the provisions of law.
5. Of eminent domain for the purposes prescribed in this title.
6. To purchase, hold and use all such real estate and other
property as may be necessary for the construction and use of its
railway, stations and other accommodations necessary to
accomplish the objects of its incorporation, and to convey the
same when no longer required for the use of such railway.
7. To take, hold and use such voluntary grants of real estate and
other property as shall be made to it in aid of the construction
and use of its railway, and to convey the same when no longer
required for the uses of such railway, in any manner not
incompatible with the terms of the original grant.
Acts 1876, p. 142; G.L. vol. 8, p. 978.
Text of article effective until April 01, 2011
Art. 6351. EMINENT DOMAIN. A railroad corporation or a receiver
of a railroad that changes, relocates, or abandons a line of
railroad in this State may acquire by condemnation or otherwise
all lands for right of way, depot grounds, shops, roundhouses,
water supply sites, sidings, switches, spurs or any other
purposes connected with or necessary to the building, operating
or running of the railroad, as changed, relocated or abandoned;
provided that property acquired under this article is declared
for and charged with public use.
Acts 4th C.S. 1918, p. 45.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1115, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.
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