§ 8-4-7-16 — Acceptance of provisions of chapter; certificate; filing

Any union railway company organized prior to
March 2, 1885, under the provisions of Acts 1852, 1RS, c.84 may
adopt the provisions of this chapter by filing a written statement setting
forth its acceptance of the provisions of this chapter, which written
statement shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary
of each proprietary company, under its corporate seal, and shall be
acknowledged by the parties thereto before some officer authorized to
take acknowledgments of conveyances of real estate, which writing
shall be filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of the county or
counties in which such union railway may be situated, and, from time
of such filing, such union railway company shall be deemed a
corporation of the state of Indiana, and shall have all the powers and be
subject to all the provisions of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1885, c.20, s.16. As amended by P.L.62-1984,
SEC.53.