Railroad Corporations

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  2. Missouri Revised Statutes
  3. Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers
  4. Railroad Corporations

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Section
388.010

Railroad corporation defined.

Section
388.020

Chapter to govern.

Section
388.030

Who may form corporation — articles of association — where filed.

Section
388.040

Articles of association, when filed — incorporation fee.

Section
388.050

Copy of articles of association, evidence, when.

Section
388.060

Corporate powers to cease, when.

Section
388.070

Election of directors — terms of office.

Section
388.100

Directors to appoint officers.

Section
388.110

Ineligibility for office.

Section
388.120

Penalty for violation of section 388.110.

Section
388.130

Furnishing of supplies prohibited, when.

Section
388.140

Transportation certificates may be issued — effect of.

Section
388.150

Subscription for certificates, how taken — certificates to issue, when.

Section
388.160

Certificates issued jointly or severally.

Section
388.170

Certificates shall draw interest and be assignable.

Section
388.180

Correct record of certificates issued to be kept — shall show what.

Section
388.190

Interest account with stockholders to be kept.

Section
388.200

Persons holding stock in fiduciary capacity not liable as stockholders.

Section
388.210

General and additional powers.

Section
388.220

Amendment of articles of incorporation — method.

Section
388.230

Capital stock may be reduced, when and how.

Section
388.240

Reorganization manager may adopt amendments to charters — certificates of amendments to be filed.

Section
388.250

Trustees or receivers — rights and powers.

Section
388.260

Railroad company may own and operate equipment for aerial transportation.

Section
388.270

May own and operate motor vehicles.

Section
388.280

Companies may contract with each other.

Section
388.290

Companies may consolidate, when.

Section
388.300

Aiding other railroads to form connection — terms.

Section
388.310

Liability of companies for debts after sale — consolidation — lease — assignment — suits for recovery authorized.

Section
388.320

Power to construct roads, connect with, intersect or cross other lines — duty to receive each other's freight.

Section
388.330

Shall file profile maps, when.

Section
388.340

Extension of lines — other roads, how acquired — assent of majority of stockholders required.

Section
388.350

Extensions and branches authorized — procedure — fees.

Section
388.360

Maps of extensions and branch routes to be filed, where — notice to landowners.

Section
388.370

Right-of-way — how secured.

Section
388.380

Right-of-way through state, county or city lands.

Section
388.390

Title to lands of persons not sui juris, how acquired.

Section
388.400

Title to school lands, how acquired.

Section
388.410

Lands for depot purposes, how condemned.

Section
388.420

May take material for construction, when and how.

Section
388.430

Roadbed may be changed — gauge.

Section
388.440

Right of trustees to change roadbed or roadline and to acquire right-of-way.

Section
388.450

Bridges over navigable streams in state — how constructed by railroads.

Section
388.460

Union stations — construction corporations — who may construct.

Section
388.470

Powers of such corporation or railroad company.

Section
388.480

Formation of corporation to build line from county seat to railroad or river.

Section
388.490

Powers and duties of such corporation.

Section
388.500

Interurban railroads — powers of company.

Section
388.510

Foreign and nonresident railroad companies, license required — penalty.

Section
388.600

Railroad police authorized.

Section
388.605

Application, contents, how made, fee.

Section
388.610

Director of department of public safety to appoint — commissions, oath, bond of appointees.

Section
388.615

Identification filed with director of department of public safety.

Section
388.620

Identification to be carried.

Section
388.625

Railroad police, powers of.

Section
388.630

Arrested persons, how treated.

Section
388.635

Railroad police, how compensated.

Section
388.640

License as peace officer required.

Section
388.645

Termination of appointment, procedure.

Section
388.655

Powers, where exercised.

Section
388.660

Investigations, how limited.