§ 4951.01 Authority to construct street railways
§ 4951.02 Grant of right to construct
§ 4951.03 Grantee not to be released from obligation
§ 4951.04 Right to occupy tracks of existing companies
§ 4951.05 Extension to be constructed as new route
§ 4951.06 Written consent of property owners required
§ 4951.07 Written consent not required
§ 4951.08 Appropriating property
§ 4951.11 Appropriation of property by directors
§ 4951.12 Use of public highways
§ 4951.13 Consent of authority controlling public highway
§ 4951.14 Crossings
§ 4951.15 Appropriation of private property
§ 4951.16 Appropriation of property for depots
§ 4951.18 Leases, purchases, and traffic arrangements
§ 4951.19 Consolidation
§ 4951.20 Consolidation of street railway companies
§ 4951.21 Exceptions
§ 4951.22 Consolidation of electric railway companies
§ 4951.23 Interurban railroad may contract for use of tracks in cities
§ 4951.24 Privileges and obligations of street railways apply to interurban railroads
§ 4951.25 Additional grant unnecessary
§ 4951.26 Fare charged within city
§ 4951.27 Lease or purchase of electric or gas light, heat, power, or fuel company
§ 4951.28 Liabilities of the company leased or purchased
§ 4951.29 Railway company may acquire property of other companies
§ 4951.30 Agreements with other companies
§ 4951.31 Fare cannot be increased
§ 4951.32 Construction of inclined-plane railways
§ 4951.33 Construction of street crossings
§ 4951.34 Construction of elevated and underground railroads and railways
§ 4951.35 Elevated and subway structures must not obstruct travel or impair streets
§ 4951.36 Changes and removals
§ 4951.37 Grant of rights and privileges valid
§ 4951.38 Right to lease space in tunnel or subway
§ 4951.39 Conditions of grant
§ 4951.40 Appropriation of property for elevated or underground railroad
§ 4951.41 Damages to other property
§ 4951.42 Purchase of railroad by city
§ 4951.43 Acceptance or rejection of grant
§ 4951.44 Submission of grant to electors
§ 4951.45 Electric railways or interurban railroads operating cars along third rail required to maintain fences
§ 4951.46 Abutting owner may construct and maintain fence
§ 4951.47 Injury to domestic animal prima-facie evidence
§ 4951.48 Watchmen
§ 4951.49 Repairs at crossings – stopping of cars at crossings
§ 4951.50 Full stop when approaching railroad crossing
§ 4951.51 Failure to stop – forfeiture
§ 4951.52 Air brakes required on suburban and interurban cars
§ 4951.53 Center aisle required in street railway or interurban cars
§ 4951.54 Free transportation of police and firemen
§ 4951.55 Operation of cars without water closet and drinking water
§ 4951.56 Screen for protection of motormen and conductors – temperatures
§ 4951.99 Penalty
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Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 4951 - Street Railways and Interurban Railroads

  • Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • imprisonment: means being imprisoned under a sentence imposed for an offense or serving a term of imprisonment, prison term, jail term, term of local incarceration, or other term under a sentence imposed for an offense in an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, a minimum security jail, a community-based correctional facility, or another facility described or referred to in section 2929. See Ohio Code 1.05
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02