1889, ch.2, §§1, 2. 1889, ch. 2, §3. 1889, ch.2, §§4, 5. § 3850. Court may order sale. When the trustees for any mortgage bondholders of any such company shall take possession of its property under a decree of foreclosure, and all the rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises shall have become vested thereby in the trustees, as provided by § 3849, the court in which such foreclosure is pending may authorize and empower such trustees, or their lawful agent, to sell and convey, all and singular, the said property, rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises which were or might have been enjoyed by the original stockholders or corporation, in such manner as said court may order; and by virtue of the mortgage of all the property of such corporation and of such foreclosure and sale, the said property, rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises, all and singular, shall pass to and become vested in the purchaser or purchasers of said property, who shall have full power to reorganize such corporation. § 3851. Rights and liabilities of reorganized corporation. The capital stock and the par value of the shares of such reorganized corporation shall be the same as authorized in the original act of incorporation, and such reorganized corporation shall succeed to and enjoy all the rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises which were or might have been enjoyed by the original stockholders or corporation, and shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of said act and any amendments. thereto. § 3852. Certificate of reorganization to be filed. Within thirty days after the date of such reorganization, the persons so reorganizing such corporation, their grantees or assigns, or a majority of them, shall file in the office of the secretary of state a certificate under their hands and seals, duly acknowledged, setting forth the name of the corporation whose rights, privileges, and franchises have been acquired, and referring to the acts of the general assembly under which the original organization was and the reorganization has been made; the name of the court by authority of which said sale was made, and the date of the judgment or decree; the amount of the capital stock, and the number of shares into which the same has been divided; the owners of such shares at the date of filing said certificate, and the names and residences of the directors of such reorganized corporation. In case such certificate shall not be filed in manner and form as aforesaid, said proceedings for reorganization shall be void. § 3853. Use of tracks by another company. When two 1893, ch.169, §16. or more street railway companies are operating in the same city or town, upon application of any one of such companies, the superior court or any judge thereof may, in its or his discretion, whenever public convenience and necessity require, authorize such company to run its cars over the tracks of any other of such companies for a distance not exceeding one-half mile; and in case the only approach to any city or town upon a particular side is by means of a bridge or causeway, or both, for a greater distance than one-half mile, such court or judge may authorize any suburban railway company whose railway approaches such city or town upon such side, to use the tracks of any other company crossing such bridge or causeway, or both, from the place where such railways meet to some central point in such city or town, upon such terms as to manner of use, and upon the payment of such compensation, as such court or judge may deem just; and such court or judge may change or revoke such authorization upon the application of either company. No such company shall be allowed to use the tracks of another company, unless the length of track actually owned and operated by the first company exceeds the length of track to be so used. § 3854. Directors to be residents of state. A majority 1893, ch.169, §18. of the directors of every company operating a street railway in this state shall be residents of this state. 1864. § 3855. Steam not to be used. No street railway com- Rev. 1889, $3594. pany shall use steam for motive power. 1861. § 3856. Removal of snow regulated. No such company, Rev. 1888, §3599. having a track in any highway within the corporate limits of any city, shall remove snow from said track, if it is of sufficient depth to allow vehicles to pass over the road on runners, without the written consent of the mayor of the city. § 3857. Removal of snow from tracks in New Haven and Fairfield counties. Any such company having a track in New Haven or Fairfield county may remove snow from it; but the authorities having control of the highways on which any 1874. Rev. 1888, §3600. 1874. Rev. 1888, §3601. 1861. Rev. 1888, §3602. 1861. Rev. 1888, §3604. 1893, ch. 169, §§12, 13. 1889, ch. 168. 1893, ch. 208. 41895, ch. 2. 1895, ch. 223, §1. 1901, ch. 166, §1. such track is shall determine the manner in which such removal shall be made. When the snow shall be removed from any part of the track by carting, the city or borough, if any, otherwise the town, in which such part lies, shall pay half of the expense thereof to such company. § 3858. Disposition of snow regulated. No street railway company shall allow any snow so removed from its tracks to be placed upon any sidewalk or paved gutter, or where it obstructs or endangers public travel. § 3859. Articles of decomposing nature not to be used to melt snow. No such company shall sprinkle any article of a decomposing nature on its tracks, or wash them with brine or pickle, for the purpose of melting the snow thereon, without written permission from the first selectman of the town, the mayor of the city, or the warden of the borough in which such track is located. § 3860. Penalty for wrongful use of tracks. Every person who shall, without the consent of such company, use upon any street railway any vehicle with running gear fitted for the track of such road, and different from vehicles ordinarily used on highways, for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire upon the track of such road, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than three months, or both. § 3861. Application of chapter restricted. Highway includes bridge. The provisions of this chapter relating to the powers of municipal authorities over street railways shall apply only to such portions of such railways as are constructed upon, over, or through any highway. The term highway, as used in this chapter, includes and covers the terms street and bridge. § 3862. Grade crossings prohibited. No electric, cable, or horse railway shall be constructed across the tracks of any steam railroad at grade. § 3863. Removal of grade crossing. Any street railway company which has power to lay its tracks in any highway which crosses a steam railroad at grade, but has no power to lay its tracks across the track of such steam railroad at grade in such § 3862. Held not to repeal charter right to cross steam road at grade. 65 C. 410. highway, or any street railway company whose tracks cross the track of a steam railroad in the highway at grade, may bring its petition for the removal of such crossing in the manner specified in § 3713 for municipal authorities, and the railroad commissioners shall proceed upon such petition in the same manner and with the same powers as provided in § 3713 in the case of petitions brought by such municipal authorities. 1901, ch. 166, $2. § 3864. Commissioners may apportion expenses. In 1895, ch. 229.(€2. proceedings taken under any of the provisions of §§ 3713, 3714, and 3716, or of §§ 3863, 3865, and this section, if any changes or removals shall be ordered, the railroad commissioners, or the superior court on appeal, may order such amount as they deem proper of the whole expense of such changes or removals to be paid by any street railway company coming under the description of 3863; provided, that in case any such street railway company shall not be the petitioner, and furthermore, shall not have laid its tracks in the highway on both sides of the track of the steam railroad crossed by such highway, said commissioners, or the superior court on appeal, shall order said expense to be paid in the first instance by other parties to the proceedings before them, and shall order such street railway company to pay, in the manner and the proportion to be designated, to the parties paying said expense in the first instance, such amount of said expense, to be assessed in said order, as they shall deem proper, whenever such company shall lay its tracks at such crossings across, over, or under the tracks of such steam railroad. Such street railway company shall not commence to build its railway across, over, or under the tracks of the steam railroad at such crossing, until it shall have paid such amount in accordance with said order. No greater proportion of said expense shall be ordered to be paid by any town, city, or borough, under the authority of §§ 3863, 3865, and this section, than the proportion named in §§ 3713 and 3714. 1901, ch. 166, $3. § 3865. Appeal. The provisions of § 3747 in relation to 1895, ch. 223,163. appeals shall apply to any decision of the railroad commissioners under the authority of §§ 3863 and 3864. Any street railway company coming within the description of any clause of § 3863 shall be made a party to any proceeding before the railroad commissioners, or before the superior court on appeal, for the change 1895, ch.332, §§1, 2. 1895, ch.332, §§3, 4. 1895, ch. 120. 1895, ch.221, $2. 1897, ch. 241, $1. or alteration of any highway crossing a steam railroad at grade, or for the removal of such grade crossing, upon motion of any party to such proceeding. § 3866. Commissioners to prescribe manner of crossing. When the tracks of any street railway and of any steam. railroad legally cross at grade, the railroad commissioners, upon the written application of the corporation or person operating such street railway or such steam railroad, may, in case said parties cannot agree, order such crossing to be made by means of frogs of such kind as the commissioners shall require. Such orders shall be made after reasonable notice to both parties to appear and be heard, and shall prescribe the time within which, and by whom, and in what manner, such order shall be executed. The commissioners may, from time to time, upon notice as aforesaid, make further orders as to the repair, renewal, and maintenance of such crossing. When the railroad commissioners deem that public safety requires, they may, without application to them, make and cause to be executed such orders regarding grade crossings of street railways and steam railroads as are provided for in this section. § 3867. Payment of expense. Mandamus. The expense caused by the execution of such order or orders shall be paid by the corporation or person operating the railroad or railway last constructed at such crossing, and such corporation or person shall also maintain the same. Any such order may be enforced by mandamus, and the cost of such mandamus proceedings shall be taxed against the party refusing to obey such order. § 3868. Maintenance of plank on bridge. Where any street railway is constructed upon a highway bridge over the tracks of any steam railroad, the company owning such street railway shall keep in repair so much of the planking of such bridge as is included within its tracks, and the planking upon the space between its tracks. § 3869. Commissioners may order platforms to be inclosed. When the railroad commissioners deem it necessary, in the interests of the public, or of the employees concerned, that the platforms of any or all of the cars operated by any street |