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Texas Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes - Chapter 1 Charter And AmendmentsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes > Texas Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes - Chapter 1 Charter And Amendments (a) Any number of persons, not less than ten, being subscribers to the stock of any contemplated railroad, may be formed into a corporation for ... No corporation, except one chartered under the laws of Texas, shall be authorized or permitted to construct, build, operate, acquire, own or maintain any railways ... No railroad corporation shall be formed until stock to the amount of one thousand dollars for every mile of the road intended to be built ... The persons proposing to form a railroad corporation shall adopt and sign articles of incorporation, which shall contain: 1. The name of the proposed corporation. ... The articles of incorporation, when so prepared, adopted and signed, shall be submitted to the Attorney General, and, if he finds them to be in ... When said articles have been so examined and certified, the same shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, accompanied by an ... The existence of such corporation shall date from the filing of the articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State, and the ... When the articles of incorporation have been so filed and recorded, the persons named as corporators therein shall thereupon become a body corporate, and authorized ... No railroad corporation shall be formed to continue more than fifty years, but such corporation may be renewed from time to time for periods not ... The manner of renewing a railroad corporation which has expired by lapse of time shall be as follows: 1. By a resolution in writing adopted ... Whenever a line of railway or any railway properties within this State are by special law authorized to be sold and conveyed, the persons contemplating ... Any company organized under the preceding article shall take the property so purchased subject to all incumbrances, judgments, claims, suits, claims for damages and for ... Any railroad corporation may amend or change its articles or act of incorporation in the manner following: 1. Such amendment or change shall be in ... Where, by the special act or articles of incorporating any railroad company, any privileges, rights or benefits are conferred upon said corporation, such as it ... Any railroad company may, by its original articles of incorporation or by its amendments to its charter, project and provide for the location, construction, owning ... Any such corporation making such amendment to its charter shall complete and put in good running order at least ten miles of its said branch ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |