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Art. 6286. [6435] [4376] CHANGE OF GENERAL OFFICES, ETC., 
PROHIBITED.  After the passage of this act, no railroad company 
shall change the location of its general offices, machine shops, 
round houses, or home terminals, save with the consent and approval 
of the Railroad Commission of Texas, and this shall apply also to 
receivers, and to purchasers of the franchises and properties of 
railroad companies, and to new corporations, formed by such 
purchasers or their assigns.  The Commission shall not consent to, 
or approve of, any removal or change of location in conflict with 
the restrictions of the first article of this chapter.  No consent 
or approval of the Commission shall be required before the return of 
general offices, machine shops, round houses, or Home Terminals to 
previous locations, when ordered or required under judgments in 
suits now pending in trial or appellate courts.

Acts 1915, p. 35.  Amended by Acts 1929, 41st Leg., p. 337, ch. 156, 
Sec. 1, eff. March 2, 1929.

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