the same to be generally worn by all such persons, from and after six months from the passage of this act, shall forfeit to the people of this state and be liable to pay to the treasurer of this state, on the first day of January next following the expiration of said six months, and on every first day of January thereafter, the sum of ten thousand dollars. It shall be the duty of the attorney-general of this state, in the name of the people thereof, to sue for and recover said penalties for the benefit of the state. And in case of the refusal or omission of any person aforesaid to wear such uniform or apparel, as contemplated by this act, or to obey any reasonable rule or regulation of any such company relative to the same, or the wearing thereof, it shall be the right and duty of every such company to deduct and retain the amount of five per cent of the agreed or accustomed compensation of such delinquent person, during the period of any such neglect or refusal. And every person who shall advise or use any persuasion to induce any person being an officer, agent or employee of any such company, to leave the service of such company by reason of any such apparel or uniform being required to be worn, or to refuse to wear the same, or any part thereof, every person who, without authority, shall wear such uniform or apparel, and every person being an officer or agent in any company aforesaid, who shall use any inducement with any person aforesaid to come into the employment of any other such company, by reason of any apparel or uniform so required or designated to be worn, shall severally, by reason thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to be punished for such offense. § 2. Each and every violation of this act by any railroad company or corporation, shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, to be sued for and collected in the name of the people of the state of New York by the attorney-general, and the moneys, when collected, to be paid into the general fund of the state. § 3. This act shall not operate or be construed to exempt railroad companies or corporations from liability for damages to persons who may be injured or sustain loss or damage by or through any neglect to comply with the provisions of this act. § 4. Time shall be allowed to all railroad companies or corporations to comply with the provisions of this act, as follows, to wit: One quarter of all the said cars of each of said companies or corporations shall be made to conform to the requirements of this act within three months from and after the passage of this act, one other quarter thereof within six months, one other quarter thereof within nine months, and the remaining one quarter thereof within one year from and after the passage of this act. § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 515. AN ACT in relation to railroad corporations. Passed April 22, 1867. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Any railroad company which has been, or which may hereafter be duly formed under the act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of railroad corporations and to regulate same," passed April second, eighteen hundred and fifty, and which is duly continued in existence, when at least ten thousand dollars for every mile of its railroad proposed to be constructed in this state shall be, in good faith, subscribed to its capital stock, and ten per cent thereof paid in, may apply to the court for the appointment of commissioners, and all subsequent proceedings may be had to obtain the title to lands necessary for the construction of its railroad, to the same extent and in the same manner as if the whole amount of the capital stock specified in its articles of association was in like manner subscribed. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 694. AN ACT in relation to the valuation of the property of railroad companies in school-districts, for the purpose of taxation. Passed April 23, 1867; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the town assessors, within fifteen days after the completion of their annual assessment list, to apportion the valuation of the property of each and everv railroad company as appears on such assessment list, among the several school-districts in their town, in which any portion of said property is situated, giving to each of said districts their proper portion, according to the propor tion that the value of said property in each of such districts bears tc the value of the whole thereof in said town. § 2. Such apportionment shall be in writing, and shall be signed by said assessors, or a majority of them, and shall set forth the number of each district and the amount of the valuation of the property of each railroad company apportioned to each of said districts; and such apportionment shall be filed with the town clerk, by said assessors or one of them, within five days after being made; and the amount so apportioned to each district shall be the valuation of the property of each of said companies, on which all taxes against said companies in and for said districts shall be levied and assessed, until the next annual assessment and apportionment. § 3. In case the assessors shall neglect to make such apportionment, it shall be the duty of the supervisor of the town, on the application of the trustees or board of education of any district, or of any railroad company, to make such apportionment, in the same manner and with the like effect as if made by said assessors. § 4. The town clerk shall, whenever requested, furnish to the trustees or board of education of each district, a certified statement of the amounts apportioned to such district, and the name of the company to which the same relates. § 5. In case any alteration shall be made in any school district, affecting the property of any railroad company, the officer making such alteration shall, at the same time, determine what change in the valuation of the said property in such district would be just, on account of the alteration of district, and the valuation shall be accorddingly changed. § 6. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 775. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of railroad corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April second, eighteen hundred and fifty. Passed April 25, 1867. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. If any corporation formed under an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of railroad corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April second, eighteen hundred. and fifty, shall not, within five years after its articles of association are filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state, begin the construction of its road, and expend thereon ten per cent on the amount of its capital, or shall not finish its road and put it in operation in ten years from the time of filing its articles of association, as aforesaid, its corporate existence and powers shall cease. Chap. 906. AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of railroad corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April second, eighteen hundred and fifty, in relation to reports of railroad corporations. Passed May 14, 1867. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The requirements of section thirty-one of the act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of railroad corporations, and te regulate the same," passed April second, eighteen hundred and fifty shall not apply to street or horse railroads, except as hereinafter pro vided. § 2. Every railroad corporation in this state whose road is operated by horse power exclusively, or by steam dummy cars exclusively, oi partly by horse power and partly* steam dummy cars, and every such railroad corporation which shall hereafter be organized, shall make an annual report to the state engineer and surveyor, of the operations of the year ending on the thirtieth day of September; which report shall be verified by the oaths of the treasurer or president and acting superintendent of operations, and be filed in the office of the state engineer and surveyor by the first of December in each year, and shall state: 1. The amount of capital stock. 2. The amount of stock subscribed. 3. The amount paid in as by last report. 4. The total amount now of capital stock paid in. 5. The funded debt as by last report. 6. The total amount now of funded debt. 7. The floating debt as by last report. * So in original. 8. The amount now of floating debt. 9. The total amount now of funded and floating debt. 10. The average rate per annum of interest on funded debt. Cost of road and equipment. 11. For road bed and superstructure, including iron, by last report. 12. The total amount now expended for the same. 13. For land, buildings and fixtures, including land damages, by last report. 14. The total amount now expended for the same. 15. For dummy cars, horses, mules and harness, by last report. 16. The total amount now expended for the same. 17. For cars and sleighs, by last report. 18. The total amount now expended for the same. 19. Total cost of road and equipment. Characteristics of road. 20. Length of road, in miles. 21. Length of road laid. 22. Length of double track, including sidings. 23. Weight of rail, by yard. 24. The number of dummy cars, of cars, and of horses and mules. 25. The total number of passengers carried in cars. 26. The total number of tons of freight carried in cars. 27. The rates of fare for passengers. 28. The average time consumed by passenger cars in passing over the road. Expenses of maintaining the road and real estate. 29. Repairs of road-bed and railway (including iron), and repairs of buildings and fixtures. 30. Taxes on real estate (to include all taxes except for United States revenue.) 31. Total cost of maintaining road and real estate. Expenses of operating road, and for repairs. 32. General superintendence. 33. Officers, clerks, agents and office expenses. 34. Conductors, drivers and engineers on dummy cars. 87. Repairs of cars and sleighs. |