Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for the Transmission of Electricity

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Section
1

Telephone and Telegraph Companies; Subscription and Payment for Stock; Filing of Statement

Section
2

Debt Limitation

Section
3

Liability of President and Treasurer for Wilful Neglect or Omission

Section
4

Issue of Stock, Bonds, Coupon Notes and Other Evidences of Indebtedness

Section
5

Enforcement of Orders of Department Relating to Stocks and Bonds

Section
6

Improper Issue; Penalty

Section
7

Increase of Capital Stock; Shareholders' Rights to New Shares

Section
8

Shares Authorized to Be Sold at Auction; Place of Sale

Section
9

Issue of Stock or Scrip Before Payment for Shares at Par

Section
10

Effect of Issue of Stock or Scrip Before Payment for Shares; Liability of Directors

Section
11

Annual Return

Section
12

Failure to Make Annual Return; Penalty

Section
12a

Condensed Return of Business and Financial Condition

Section
13

Telephone Companies; Connections With Exchanges; Equal Facilities for All Companies; Definition of ''person'' or ''company''

Section
14

Connections With Exchanges; Equal Facilities for Applicants for Telephone Service; Cost of Extensions

Section
14a

Enhanced 911 Service

Section
15

Equal Facilities for Those Connecting With Exchange; Enforcement

Section
15a

Entitlement to Hand Sets as Station Equipment

Section
15b

Sales and Transfers to Similar Corporations

Section
15c

Emergency Calls; Refusal to Yield Party Line; Misrepresentation of Emergency

Section
15d

Energized Cables in Excavations Endangering Telephone Company Employees; Notice to Electric Company; Precautionary Cooperation

Section
15e

Definitions; Required Equipment and Services for Disabled Subscribers; Advisory Committee on Disabled Persons' Accessibility to Telephone Service

Section
16

Receipt and Transmission of Despatches

Section
17

Rates to Other Telegraph Companies or by Mail

Section
18

Violations; Penalties

Section
19

Liability for Negligent Transmission; Claim; Exceptions

Section
20

Indication of Time Filed and Received on Addressee's Copy

Section
21

Location of Construction of Electric Transmission Lines

Section
21a

Coming Into Close Proximity to High Voltage Lines

Section
21b

Protection of Overhead High Voltage Lines

Section
21c

Warnings; Operation of Equipment Near High Voltage Lines

Section
21d

Warning Signs; Size; Posting

Section
21e

Notification of Operation Near High Voltage Lines

Section
21f

Exemptions; Definitions

Section
21g

Violations; Penalties; Liability

Section
22

Consent of Municipal Officers to Construct or Alter Lines

Section
22a

Definitions

Section
22b

Program for Prohibition or Removal of Overhead Wires

Section
22c

Prohibition and Removal of Overhead Wires; Fines and Penalties

Section
22d

Removal of Overhead Wires; Sequence; Replacement; Fines and Penalties

Section
22e

Cooperative Agreements to Remove Overhead Wires

Section
22f

Notice of Hearing or Ordinance to Remove Overhead Wires

Section
22g

Emergency Erection of Overhead Wires

Section
22h

Underground Construction; Responsibility of Utility

Section
22i

Underground Construction; Customer Service Facilities

Section
22j

Removal of Municipal Equipment From Poles

Section
22k

Extension of Time for Removal

Section
22l

Rate Differential; Adoption of Removal Ordinance

Section
22m

Billing Surcharge; Adoption of Removal Ordinance

Section
22n

Effective Date of Adopting Ordinance

Section
23

Citizens Establishing and Maintaining Lines

Section
24

Construction of Lines for Private Use; Privileges of Town; Protection of Lines

Section
25

Underground Telegraph, Telephone or Television Lines; Regulations

Section
25a

Attachments; Regulation by Department of Public Utilities

Section
26

Violation of Regulations

Section
27

Approval by Department of Ordinances or Regulations of Municipality

Section
28

Approval by Department of Location; Public Hearing; Place of Hearing; Determination; Fees

Section
29

Persons Entitled to Damages

Section
30

Regulations Concerning Wires

Section
31

Fixtures Supporting Wires or Cables; Marking to Show Ownership

Section
32

Municipal Inspector of Wires; Appointment; Qualifications; Powers and Duties; Liability for Removal of Wires

Section
32a

Inspector of Wires Working as Electrician; Inspection by Assistant Inspector

Section
33

Enforcement of Secs. 30 to 32

Section
34

Poles and Other Structures Used to Support Lines; Protection of Employees and Public

Section
35

Use of Poles and Other Fixtures for Communication Without Consent of Owner

Section
36

Marking Name of Corporation Maintaining or Operating on Poles or Other Fixtures

Section
37

Prescriptive Easements

Section
38

Intentional Injury or Destruction of Property; Penalty

Section
39

Temporary Removal of Wires; Refusal of Company to Act

Section
40

Removal of Wires Without Notice; Penalty

Section
41

Removal of Wires Without Notice; Exception

Section
42

Liability of Telegraph Company for Injury Caused by Poles, Wires or Other Apparatus

Section
42a

Telecommunication Service; Fraud; Penalty

Section
42b

Fraudulently Avoiding Charges for Telecommunication Service; Use of Equipment, etc.; Penalties

Section
43

Owners and Associations Subject to Chapter

Section
44

Service Observing; Interception