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37-2-80
Section 37-2-80 Railroad signs. Every railroad company must erect, at all points where its
road crosses any public road, at a sufficient elevation to admit of the free passage of vehicles
of every kind, a sign, with large and distinct letters placed thereon, to give notice of the
proximity of the railroad and warn persons of the necessity of looking out for the cars. (Code
1876, §1722; Code 1886, §1146; Code 1896, §3442; Code 1907, §5475; Code 1923, §9954;
Code 1940, T. 48, §172.)...
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37-2-88
Section 37-2-88 Railroad drawbridges. (a) All steamboats approaching, with the intention of
passing through, any railroad drawbridge, when about three miles, and again when about two
miles, and again when about one mile, and again when about half a mile therefrom, must give,
as signals, three loud and distinct sounds of the whistle; and any steamboat attempting to
go through such draw without giving such signals shall forfeit $500.00, one half to the informer,
and the other half to the county or counties in which the bridge is situated. (b) Any railroad
company owning, or agent having supervision over, or management or control of, any such drawbridge,
shall upon signal being given, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, proceed at once
to open, or cause to be opened, the draw of such bridge for the passage of such steamboat;
and on failing to open such draw immediately upon signal being given, without lawful excuse
therefor, such company and agent shall forfeit to the use of...
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32-1-1.1
Section 32-1-1.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this title, for
the purpose of this title, shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section,
except when the context otherwise requires: (1) ALLEY. A street or highway intended to provide
access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the
purpose of through vehicular traffic. (2) ARTERIAL STREET. Any United States or state numbered
route, controlled-access highway, or other major radial or circumferential street or highway
designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial
system of streets or highways. (3) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Such fire department vehicles,
police vehicles, and ambulances as are publicly owned, and such other publicly or privately
owned vehicles as are designated by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
or the chief of police of an incorporated city. (4) BICYCLE....
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37-8-200
Section 37-8-200 Erection or maintenance of advertising signs resembling railroad signs. (a)
No person, firm, association or corporation shall erect or maintain on any public road or
street in the State of Alabama, or no private property within one fourth of a mile of the
right-of-way of any public road or street, any advertising sign that resembles or that can
reasonably be mistaken for a railroad crossing sign; and the owner or person in possession
of such private property shall not knowingly permit another to erect or maintain such sign
on such private property. (b) The person, firm, association or corporation whose name shall
appear on said sign as the beneficiary of the advertising thereon shall be prima facie presumed
to be the party guilty of erecting and maintaining the same, whether it be on a public road
or street or on private property, within one fourth of a mile of the right-of-way of a public
road or street. (c) No owner or person in possession of private property upon...
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37-2-110
Section 37-2-110 Duty of railroad to provide accommodations generally. Every railroad company
in this state, on the order of the Public Service Commission, shall provide, construct and
maintain adequate depots and depot buildings for the accommodation of passengers, where public
necessity demands it and the revenue received at such point will be sufficient to justify
it. Said railroad company, for the comfort and accommodation of its passengers, must have,
when required by the Public Service Commission, at each of the passenger stations along the
line of railroad operated by such company, sufficient sitting or waiting rooms, to be determined
by the commission, for passengers waiting for trains, having regard to sex, which shall be
suitably heated in cold weather, and supplied with sufficient fresh drinking water, when passengers
waiting for trains are present, and with sufficient and comfortable chairs or seats; and connected
therewith a sufficient number of comfortable privies, or...
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37-2-130
Section 37-2-130 Duty of railroad to maintain depots, etc. All railroads shall on the order
of the Public Service Commission keep and maintain adequate and suitable depots, buildings,
switches and sidetracks for the receiving, handling and delivering of freight transported
or to be transported by such railroads, where public necessity demands it and the revenue
received at such point will be sufficient to justify it, together with a sufficient force
of employees at each of said depots to transact efficiently the business and traffic thereat.
(Code 1907, §§5542, 5543; Code 1923, §§10039, 10040; Code 1940, T. 48, §200.)...
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10A-21-2.10
Section 10A-21-2.10 Operation of transportation methods for persons or property by railroad,
mining, manufacturing, and quarrying companies. Railroad companies and mining, manufacturing,
and quarrying companies may contract, purchase, or otherwise acquire, own, operate, and maintain
steamboats, barges, ships, and other vessels for transportation of freight and passengers
on the navigable waters of this state, any other state or foreign country and on the seas.
Railroad companies may purchase or otherwise acquire, own, maintain, and operate motor vehicles
for the transportation of persons or property, or both, upon the highways of this state; they
may purchase or otherwise acquire, own, maintain, and operate airplanes for the transportation
of persons or property, or both, in the air; they may purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire
and own the property, rights, and franchises of any individual, firm, partnership, or other
association of persons, or corporation, engaged in the...
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23-1-301
Section 23-1-301 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
AUTHORITY. The Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority, a public corporation and instrumentality
of the state authorized to be organized under the provisions of this article. (2) BOARD OF
DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the authority. (3) BONDS. The bonds, including refunding
bonds issued to refund outstanding obligations, that in this article are authorized to be
sold and issued by the authority. (4) CORPORATION. The authority. (5) HIGHWAY GASOLINE TAX.
The excise tax levied under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, with the
exception of those portions of the tax levied on aviation fuel and marine gasoline. (6) LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature of Alabama. (7) NET GASOLINE TAX PROCEEDS. The entire proceeds from the highway
gasoline tax less the cost of collection and less any...
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40-17-220
Section 40-17-220 Lubricating oil excise tax; exemptions. (a) There is hereby levied in addition
to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law an excise tax on lubricating oil of $.04
per gallon, which shall be collected as herein provided. (b) Every manufacturer, distributor,
refiner, retail dealer, storer, or user of lubricating oil shall collect and pay over to the
state Department of Revenue an excise tax of $.04 per gallon upon the selling, use or consumption,
distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage in this state for any use of lubricating
oil as defined or otherwise referred to in this article, except lubricating oil expressly
exempted by the provisions of this article. Provided, that where any excise tax imposed by
this section upon the sale, use or consumption, distribution, storage or withdrawal from storage
in this state of gasoline or lubricating oil shall have been paid to the state by a manufacturer,
distributor, refiner or by any retail dealer, storer, or...
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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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