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Art. 6541a. EXTENSION OF LINES TO SUPPLY LIGHT AND 
POWER.  Any corporation now or hereafter organized under the laws 
of this state authorized to construct, acquire and operate electric 
or other lines of railway within and between any cities or towns in 
Texas and to acquire, hold and operate other public utilities in and 
adjacent to the cities or towns within or through which such company 
operates, may extend its electric light, power and gas lines, or 
either of them, for the purpose of supplying light, power and gas, 
or either of them, to the public residing beyond the territory 
adjacent to the cities or towns within or through which it operates, 
and for the purpose of so extending any such electric light, power 
and gas lines, any such corporation shall have all the rights and 
powers of extension now or hereafter possessed and enjoyed by 
public service corporations engaged in supplying and selling 
electric light, power and gas, or either of them as provided by law;  
and the powers herein granted shall not repeal either expressly or 
impliedly any of the anti-trust laws of the State of Texas.

Acts 1927, 40th Leg., p. 152, ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. March 15, 1927.           

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