ARTICLE 6

RAPID TRANSIT ACT OF 1875
Section 220. Application for railroad; commissioners.

221. Oath and bond of commissioners.

222. First meeting of commissioners.

223. Determination of necessity of railroad and route.

224. Adoption of plans, and terms upon which road shall be

built.

225. Appraisal of damages and deposit of money as security.

226. Shall prepare certificate of incorporation; proviso as to

forfeiture.

227. Organization.

228. Commissioners to deliver certificate; affidavit of

directors.

229. Powers.

231. Where route coincides with another route.

232. Commissioners to transfer plans.

233. Commissioners to file report; confirmation thereof.

234. Pay of commissioners.

235. Quorum; term of office; removal; vacancies in board of

commissioners.

236. Abandonment or change of route; new commissioners; their

powers and proceedings.

237. Abandonment of portion of route by elevated railroad.

238. Increased deposit, when and how required.

239. Trains to come to full stop.

240. Gates or vestibule doors.

241. Penalty for violation of two preceding sections.

242. Sections to be printed and posted.

243. Extension of time.

244. Lighting cars on elevated railroads in cities of over

twelve hundred thousand inhabitants.