Tennessee Statutes
§ 65-6-127 — Power to build or extend lines and facilities
Tennessee·Title 65
Any railroad company owning or operating any railroad or any part thereof in the state, whether chartered under the laws of this state or under the laws of any other state or states, is empowered to build cut-off lines, branch lines, and other lines for the purpose of the better and more expeditious handling of the public business in the transportation of freight and passengers, and to construct, build, or extend any main line, branch line, or other line into, and to serve, other and different territory, and to build second main or double tracks, turnouts, switches, spur tracks, side-tracks, stations, depots, and terminal facilities.
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Legislative History
Acts 1911, ch. 70, § 1; Shan., § 1489a1; Code 1932, § 2572; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-638.
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Commissioners - Prohibited activities§ 65-1-103
Meetings§ 65-1-104
Quorum - Chair and vice chair - Panels§ 65-1-105
Compensation - Expenses§ 65-1-107
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Office - Furniture and supplies§ 65-1-109
Executive director§ 65-1-110
Minutes and official documents§ 65-1-111
Report to general assembly§ 65-1-112
Copies of records§ 65-1-113
Enforcement - Duties of commission