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...Two or more railroad companies whose railroads are connected and not competing may enter into any arrangement for their common benefit consistent with and calculated to promote the objects for which they were created. Railroads running or to be constructed to the tracks and property of a union depot company or terminal company, the use of which is enjoyed by either of such companies, or to the tracks of another railr...

...ganization proceedings, pursuant to the act of congress of July 1, 1898, entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," as amended, the trustee of such company, with the approval of the court having jurisdiction in the premises, may assent for and on behalf of all the stockholders of such company to any such purchase and no meeting of its stockholders pursuant to this sect...

...A stockholder of any railroad company, part or all of whose railroad is proposed to be leased or purchased or which it is proposed to aid by subscription, who refuses his assent to such sale, lease, or aid by subscription, and signifies it by notice in writing to the purchaser or lessee, or company subscribing such aid, within sixty days thereafter, on demand, shall be entitled to receive from such purchaser or lesse...

...er of the companies parties to the contract, the proper judge shall appoint the arbitrators, who shall proceed to ascertain the value of the stock as if the question has been submitted by consent of both parties. If the party owning the stock refuses to receive the amount awarded him, the company may deposit it with the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the arbitration is held, which deposit s...

...ses of nonresidents, notice shall be by publication for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county.

...No railroad company shall lease its road or any part thereof to another company, whether of this or any other state, unless the lessor receives full and adequate security for the payment of the rental and for the preservation of its property in as good condition as on entering into possession of such property. If the lessee fails to pay such rental promptly when due, such lease shall be void at the option of the less...

...ll be jointly liable upon all rights of action accruing to any person for negligence or default growing out of the operation and maintenance of such railroad, or in any wise connected with it, and may be jointly sued in the courts of this state of proper jurisdiction and prosecuted to final judgment as in other cases of joint liability. Service may be had upon such companies, or either of them, by the service of proc...

...A railroad company which has been in existence three years, and has not begun to build the railroad described in its articles of incorporation, or whose railroad, if commenced, has been abandoned for three years, may be dissolved by a vote of two thirds of its stockholders at a meeting called for that purpose by its president, notice of which shall be published in each county through or into which the line of the pro...

...hall record such grant in the official records and index it. Such record, or a copy thereof certified by the county recorder, shall be received in evidence in all courts and places in the same manner and to the same effect as the original. The correctness of such record or copy may be impeached by any interested party by competent proof. The county recorder is entitled to the usual fee for recording such grant...

...Each railroad company owning and occupying a right of way or easement in lands, either by agreement with the owners or by virtue of an appropriation proceeding, shall present to the county auditor of the county in which the land is situated a statement of the quantity embraced within the right of way or easement. Such quantity shall be deducted by the auditor from the land on the tax duplicate so that the owners shal...

...ght of way, without paper title or contract of record therefor, shall present a correct survey and plat of such land, exhibiting the quantity in such right of way taken from the lands of an owner abutting on it, as it then stands on the tax duplicate of such county, to the county auditor of the county in which the land is situated. The auditor shall charge such land, so used or occupied by any such company, to it on ...

...ten dollars, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state, one half of which sum shall go to the party commencing proceedings, and the remainder shall be paid to the treasurer of the township or municipal corporation in which such proceedings are had.

...iting room for the use of the traveling public at each station where a passenger train of the railroad is regularly scheduled to stop. Such room shall be so maintained and kept as to be conducive to the comfort and health of the patrons of the railroad. Where any such waiting room is located within a municipal corporation within reasonable connecting distance of a water supply and sewerage system, there shall be prov...

...orfeiture shall be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state for the benefit of the county in which the violation occurs. Such action shall be brought by the prosecuting attorney of the county, at the instance of the commission, as provided in other cases for the recovery of forfeitures against railroad companies.

... and paid into the state treasury. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section. This section does not apply in case of a passenger car attached to a freight train.

...his own instance or the instance of the public utilities commission, as provided by law in other cases for the recovery of penalties and forfeitures against railroad companies, after due notice given by the commission to the president or managing officer of such delinquent company, and the company's further neglect for thirty days to comply with this section.

...renders them durable and efficient. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section. No person, company, or corporation operating a railroad in whole or in part in this state shall violate this section. Each day that such person, company, or corporation runs its trains in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.

...Companies and persons operating a railroad shall so regulate the distance between station floors or platforms and the top of the lowest step on passenger cars so that it will not exceed twelve inches. When the distance is more than one foot, it shall be changed or safe steps provided for passengers within that limit. A company failing to comply with this section shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than five h...

...t to thirty minutes after sunrise. The public utilities commission shall enforce, and prosecute any violations of this section.

...A common carrier may refuse to receive from connecting railroads or from any shipper a car not equipped in accordance with sections 4963.09 to 4963.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...s, similar vehicles, or trains while in actual use in interstate commerce.

...Any employee of a common carrier engaged in moving traffic on a railroad between points within this state, who is killed or injured by a locomotive, tender, car, similar vehicle, or train, in use contrary to sections 4963.14 and 4963.15 of the Revised Code, shall not be deemed to have assumed the risk thereby occasioned, although continuing in the employment of such carrier after the unlawful use of such locomotive, ...

...he same applies to and obtains from the public utilities commission authority to use the same temporarily.

... with his foot, to open such door. The public utilities commission shall enforce, and prosecute any violations of, this section.

...ipped with two or more footboards. The public utilities commission shall prescribe the dimensions, location, and the manner of application of said footboards. As used in this section, "regularly assigned" means more than three consecutive days. No railroad doing business in this state shall send or cause to be sent out on its railroad a locomotive which is not equipped in accordance with this section. The commiss...