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37-2-131
Section 37-2-131 Connection of tracks and interchange of traffic - Generally. Railroads may
be constructed so as to cross or connect with each other, by the main or branch tracks; and
any person or corporation operating a railroad, when required, must transport or draw over
such railroad, main line or branches, the passengers, freight or cars of any intersecting
railroad, or any railroad connecting therewith, directly or indirectly, on reasonable terms,
and for a reasonable compensation; but such person or corporation is not required to receive
or transport the cars of any other railroad, unless such cars are adapted to the gauge of
its track, are sufficiently strong, and are otherwise in proper condition for safe transportation.
(Code 1867, §1435; Code 1876, §1695; Code 1886, §1165; Code 1896, §3466; Code 1907, §5499;
Code 1923, §9980; Code 1940, T. 48, §207.)...
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37-2-134
Section 37-2-134 Connection of tracks and interchange of traffic - Duty to provide equal and
reasonable facilities. All railroad companies subject to the provisions of this division shall
provide at all points of connection, crossing or intersection at grade, where it is practicable
and necessary for the interchange of traffic, ample facilities by track connections for transferring
any cars used in the regular business of their respective lines of road from their lines or
tracks to those of any other railroad company whose lines or tracks may connect with, cross
or intersect their own, and shall provide equal and reasonable facilities for the interchange
of cars and traffic between their respective lines and for the receiving, forwarding and delivering
of passengers, property and cars to and from their several lines or on freight coming over
such lines; but this shall not be construed as requiring any railroad company to furnish for
another railroad company its track equipment or...
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40-21-52
Section 40-21-52 Freight lines and equipment companies. Any person, firm, joint-stock association,
or corporation, wherever organized or incorporated, engaged in the business of operating,
renting, leasing, or furnishing cars not otherwise listed for taxation in this state for the
transportation of freight, whether such freight is owned by such company or any other person,
firm, joint-stock association, or corporation, over any railroad or railway line or lines
in whole or in part within this state, such line or lines not being owned, leased, or operated
by such person, firm, joint-stock association, or corporation, whether such cars are termed
box, flat, coal, ore, tank, stock, gondola, furniture, automobile, refrigerator, or some other
name, shall be deemed to be a freight line or equipment company. Each freight line or equipment
company doing business, owning, operating, renting, leasing, or furnishing cars which are
operated in this state shall, on or before March 1 each year, make...
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32-1-1.1
any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, singly or in combination, new or used, constitutes
the commodity being transported, when one set or more of wheels of any such vehicle are on
the roadway during the course of transportation, whether or not any such vehicle furnishes
the motive power. (14) DRIVER. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of
a vehicle. (15) DRIVER'S LICENSE. Any license to operate a motor vehicle issued under the
laws of this state. (16) ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE. A self-balancing,
two non-tandem wheeled device designed to transport only one person with an electric propulsion
system with an average power of 750 watts (1 h.p.), that has a maximum speed on a paved level
surface, when powered solely by such a propulsion system while ridden by an operator who weighs
not more than 170 pounds, of less than 20 m.p.h. The term shall not include a motorized bicycle,
motorized scooter, or motorized skateboard. (17) ESSENTIAL PARTS....
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37-11A-1
by the Governor, or upon its otherwise becoming a law, and when the State of Mississippi ratifies
the compact. Article III. For purposes of this compact, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) Person means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, or any other
entity. (2) Railroad means a common carrier by railroad as defined in Section 1(3) of Part
I of the Interstate Commerce Act [codified as 49 U.S.C. §1(3)]. (3) Railroad properties and
facilities mean any real or personal property or interest in property which is owned,
leased, or otherwise controlled by a railroad or other person, including, without limitation,
the authority, and which are used or are useful in rail transportation service, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing: a. Track, roadbed, and related structures,
including rail, ties, ballast, other track materials, grading, tunnels, bridges, trestles,
culverts, elevated structures, stations, office buildings used for operating...
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37-2-133
Section 37-2-133 Connection of tracks and interchange of traffic - Switch connections. Every
railroad subject to the provisions of this division shall construct, maintain, and operate
upon reasonable terms, a switch connection with such other railroad or with any private sidetrack
which may be constructed to connect with its railroad, where such connection, in the judgment
of the Public Service Commission, is reasonably practicable and can be put in with safety
and will furnish sufficient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same;
and to furnish cars for the movement of such traffic to the best of its ability without discrimination
in favor of or against any shipper. The Public Service Commission, upon the application of
any other railroad, or of any shipper tendering freight traffic for transportation, made either
to the commission or to said railroad company, may require them to comply with the provisions
of this section. (Code 1907, §5536; Code 1923, §10033,...
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33-1-16
Section 33-1-16 Terminal railroads. The port authority may acquire, own, lease, locate, install,
construct, hold, maintain, control, and operate at seaports a line of terminal railroads with
necessary sidings, turn outs, spurs, branches, switches, yard tracks, bridges, trestles, and
causeways, and in connection therewith or appurtenant thereto shall have the further right
to lease, install, construct, acquire, own, maintain, control, and use any and every kind
or character of motive power and conveyances or appliance necessary or proper to carry passengers,
goods, wares, and merchandise over, along or upon the tracks of the railroads or other conveyances.
The port authority may make agreements as to scale of wages, seniority, and working conditions
with locomotive engineers, locomotive firemen, switchmen and switch engine foremen, and hostlers
engaged in the operation of the terminal railroads provided for in this section, and the service
and equipment pertinent thereto. Should the...
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37-15-2
Section 37-15-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter the following words have the following
meanings: (1) APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES. Information about an operator's
underground facilities which is provided to a person by an operator and must be accurate to
within 18 inches measured horizontally from the outside edge of each side of such operator's
facility, or a strip of land 18 inches either side of the operator's field mark or the marked
width of the facility plus 18 inches on each side of the marked width of the facility. (2)
AUTHORITY. The Underground Damage Prevention Authority created under Section 37-15-10.1. (3)
AUTHORITY BOARD. The Underground Damage Prevention Board created under Section 37-15-10.1.
(4) BLASTING. The use of an explosive device for the excavation of earth, rock, or other material
or the demolition of a structure. (5) CONTRACT LOCATOR. Any person contracted with an operator
specifically to determine and mark the approximate location of the...
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37-2-132
Section 37-2-132 Connection of tracks and interchange of traffic - Railroads running to or
through same town or city. When two or more railroad companies have roads running to or through
the same town or city, or near enough thereto to receive freight traffic from said town or
city, they shall, when required by an order of the Public Service Commission, make and maintain
a physical connection between their respective tracks, where the tracks are of the same gauge,
at such point in or near said town or city as the commission shall require, so that cars may
be transferred from the one road to the other, and there may be an interchange of traffic
between them, where such connection, in the judgment of the Public Service Commission, is
reasonably practicable and can be put in with safety, and will furnish sufficient business
to justify the construction and maintenance of the same where rights-of-way can be obtained
by condemnation or otherwise, on terms deemed reasonable by the Public...
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40-11-1
and all capital invested in bonds or currency which are exempt from taxation shall be liable
to be taxed under this section should such capital at any time during the year be reconverted
into money, bonds, or property which is taxable, unless it is made to appear that the money,
bonds, or property into which such reconversion may be made has been assessed for taxes for
such year; (8) All roadbed, track, engines, cars, derricks, cranes, signals, crossties, and
other property, real and personal, of railroads, of mining and manufacturing plants,
and all tramroads, pole-roads, canals, ditches, and channels used for transporting or moving
mineral ore, lumber, timber, logs, minerals, coal, ore, sand, gravel, or other commodities,
whether raw or manufactured, which are not taxed as improvements on the land or plant or main
property, of the owner of such tramroads, pole-roads, canals, ditches, or channels; (9) Repealed
by Act 99-665, 2nd Sp. Sess., § 9. As to effective date, see the...
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