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REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.

Alphabetical list of companies required to make reports, with the date of

filing the same......

List of companies organized during the year..

List of enactments relating to railroads, passed by the Legislature of 1872,

ABSTRACT OF THE REPORTS OF RAILROAD CORPORATIONS.

Stock and debts.....

Cost of construction and equipment.

Characteristics ....

Business of the year

Cost of maintenance of roadway.

Cost of repairs of machinery

Cost of operating the roads.

Earnings and payments..

Accidents....

Deductions from the foregoing results..

Deductions from reports of principal companies, showing amount received
for, and cost of transporting freight, etc.....

Table showing the date when the several railroads were opened for public

travel....

DOCUMENTS.

GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO RAILROADS OF THIS STATE.

General railroad law, chapter 140, Laws of 1850....

An act in relation to railroad corporations, chapter 19, Laws of 1851

An act to abolish tolls on railroads, chapter 497, Laws of 1851...

An act to amend an act in relation to railroad corporations, passed February

13, 1851, chapter 53, Laws of 1853 .......

An act to regulate the construction of roads and streets across railroad

tracks, chapter 62, Laws of 1853

An act in relation to mortgages against railroad and plank-road companies,

chapter 502, Laws of 1853.

An act in relation to the construction of railroads in cities, chapter 140,

Laws of 1854.....

An act amending general railroad act, chapter 282, Laws of 1854

An act in relation to railroads held under lease, chapter 302, Laws of 1855, 89

An act for the protection of immigrants, chapter 474, Laws of 1855......

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An act authorizing a change of the grade of railroads in certain cases

chapter 478, Laws of 1855

93

An act in relation to the stealing and forging of railroad tickets, chapter

499, Laws of 1855.....

94

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An act to prevent extortion by railroad companies, chapter 185, Laws of

1857

An act amending general railroad act, chapter 444, Laws of 1857

An act to prevent fraud in the sale of tickets to passengers upon railroads,

etc., chapter 470, Laws of 1857......

98

An act in relation to assessment and collection of taxes, chapter 536, Laws

of 1857......

An act repealing an act to establish railroad commissioners, and appointing

a Deputy State Engineer and Surveyor, chapter 633, Laws of 1857 ..... 102

An act repealing portions of the foregoing act, chapter 110, Laws of 1858, 103

An act in relation to sleeping cars on railroads, chapter 125, Laws of 1858,

An act amending general railroad act in relation to weight of rails, chap-

ter 449, Laws of 1862

103

104

An act empowering railroad companies to employ police force, chapter 346,

Laws of 1863....

105

An act to amend chapter 146 of the Laws of 1856, and chapter 454 of the

Laws of 1857, authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Hudson

river at Albany, chapter 243, Laws of 1864....

106

An act amending general railroad act, chapter 582, Laws of 1864....................

An act to amend an act entitled "An act empowering railroad companies

to employ police force," passed April 29, 1863, so as to include steamboat

companies, chapter 259, Laws of 1866...

107

110

An act for the preservation of the health of animals for human food, chap-

ter 560, Laws of 1866......

111

An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to authorize the forma-

tion of railroad corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April 2,

1850, chapter 697, Laws of 1866 ....

112

...

An act in relation to railroads held under lease, chapter 254, Laws of 1867,

An act to prevent injury and loss of life to persons on railroad cars, and in

relation to a uniform for the employees thereof, chapter 483, Laws of

1867.....

113

114

116

An act in relation to railroad corporations, chapter 515, Laws of 1867 ....

An act in relation to the valuation of the property of railroad companies

in school districts, for the purpose of taxation, chapter 694, Laws of 1867, 116

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of rail-

road corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April 2, 1850, chap-

ter 775, Laws of 1867 ...

117

An act to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of rail-

road corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April 2, 1850, in

relation to reports of railroad corporations, chapter 906, Laws of 1867.. 118

An act in relation to mortgages executed by railroad companies, chapter

779, Laws of 1868..

121

An act in relation to immigrants, chapter 793, Laws of 1868..

121

An act to amend an act to prevent fraud in the sale of tickets to passen-

gers upon railroads, etc., chapter 820, Laws of 1868..

123

An act

GENERAL LAWS RELATING TO RAILROADS OF THIS STATE-Continued.

amending the general railroad act, chapter 237, Laws of 1869 ...

An act to amend an act in relation to railroads held under lease, chapter

844, Laws of 1869.....

An act amending the general railroad act, general bonding act, chapter 907,

Laws of 1869.

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123

125

125

An act authorizing the consolidation of certain railroad companies, chapter

917, Laws of 18.9.....

180

An act to regulate proceedings against corporations by injunction and other-

wise, chapter 151, Laws of 1870.....

134

An act amending chapter 907, Laws of 1869 (the general bonding act),

chapter 173, Laws of 1870 ....

136

An act to provide for the payment of bonds of towns, villages and other

municipal corporations, chapter 300, Laws of 1870..

An act to authorize the owners and holders of certain bonds, payable to

bearer to render the same payable only to order, chapter 438, Laws of

1870.

136

... 138

An act to facilitate the payment of taxes by railroad companies, chapter

506, Laws of 1870....

138

An act to define the powers of commissioners appointed under chapter 907,

Laws of 1869, bonding municipalities, chapter 507, Laws of 1870...

An act in relation to mechanics' liens, chapter 529, Laws of 1870.....

An act to amend an act entitled an act to invest in the board of supervisors

certain legislative powers, and to prescribe their fees for certain services,

passed April 3, 1849, chapter 597, Laws of 1870........

139

140

141

An act to provide for the better protection of life and safety of property

transported on the several railroads of this State, chapter 636, Laws of

1870 ...

142

An act amending chapter 907, Laws of 1869 (the general bonding act),

chapter 789, Laws of 1870

142

An act extending the provisions of certain laws permitting municpal cor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads to certain towns in the

county of Erie, chapter 64, Laws of 1871 ...

144

An act to authorize the owners and holders of certain railroad mortgage

bonds made payable to bearer, to render the same payable to order only,

chapter 84, Laws of 1871.

145

An act extending the provisions of certain laws permitting municipal cor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads to the counties of Albany

and Greene, chapter 146, Laws of 1871......

145

An act to amend the general bonding act as far as relates to Cayuga and

Tompkins counties, chapter 260, Laws of 1871. . . . . . . . . .

146

An act to amend chapter 907, Laws of 1869 (General Bonding Act), chap-

ter 283, Laws of 1871.....

147

An act extending the provisions of certain laws permitting municipal cor-

porations to aid in the construction of railroads in the county of Niagara,

except the town of Royalton, chapter 388, Laws of 1871

149

An act requiring commissioners of towns, cities and villages, etc., to pre-

sent bonds and coupons paid by them before the boards of auditors in

towns, cities and villages, and providing for the cancellation and preser-

vation of the same, chapter 537, Laws of 1871 ....

149