CONTENTS.

REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.

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

filing the same.

3

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List of companies organized during the year.

11

List of enactments relating to railroads, passed by the Legislature of 1869, 18

Deductions from reports of principal companies, showing amount received

for and cost of transporting freight, etc......

.... 37

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 Febru-

ary 13, 1851, chapter 53, Laws of 1858......

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

tracks, chapter 62, Laws of 1853........

75

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

chapter 502, Laws of 1853.....

76

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

Laws of 1854....

77

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

... 78

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86

An act in relation to railroads held under lease, chapter 302, Laws of 1855, 85

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

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

chapter 478, Laws of 1855.....

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

499, Laws of 1955.......

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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.....

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

of 1857...

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

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......

89

90

90

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

Laws of 1863......

100

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....

101

102

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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....

105

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

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

106

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.....

107

...

An act in relation to railroads held under lease, chapter 254, Laws of 1867, 108

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

relation to a uniform for the employes thereof, chapter 483, Laws of 1867, 109

An act in relation to railroad corporations, chapter 515, Laws of 1867..... 111

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.. 111

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.....

112

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

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

relation to reports of railroad corporations, chapter 906, Laws of 1867... 113

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

779, Laws of 1868..

116

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

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

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

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116

118

An act 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......

118

120

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

Laws of 1869......

120

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An act authorizing the consolidation of certain railroad companies, chapter

917, Laws of 1869.....

125

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

wise......

129

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

chapter 173, Laws 1870....

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

municipal corporations, chapter 300, Laws 1870.......

131

... 131

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.....

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133

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

506, Laws 1870.......

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

Laws 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 vest 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.......

133

134

185

156

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.....

... 137

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

chapter 789, Laws of 1870.....

TABULATED RESULTS, COMPILED FROM REPORTS OF COMPANIES.

138

Table H-Continued). Payments other than for construction.

198

Table I.

Accidents..

200

Table G-(Continued). Payments other than for construction..

Table H. Accidents.

224

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