Rhode Island General Laws 39-6-16. Conversion to electric power operation
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Railroad corporations that are subject to the provisions of this chapter, whose roads are now operated by power other than electricity, may operate or contract for the operation of their roads with electric power, in such manner and with such changes in their roadbed or tracks as they may find best adapted thereto.
History of Section.
P.L. 1896, ch. 400, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 215, § 69; G.L. 1923, ch. 251, § 60; G.L. 1938, ch. 124, § 60; G.L. 1956, § 39-6-16.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-6-16
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Railroad: means and includes every railroad other than a street railway, by whatsoever power, operated for public use in the conveyance in this state of persons or property for compensation, with all bridges, ferries, tunnels, switches, spurs, tracks, stations, wharves, and terminal facilities of every kind, used, operated, controlled, leased, or owned by or in connection with any railroad. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2