Arkansas Code
Subchapter 3 - Sale, Lease, or Consolidation
§ 23-11-308. Bonds issued by leasing, purchasing, or consolidating corporation — Security for bonds

(a) For the purpose of carrying out and executing any or all of the powers granted in §§ 23-11-301, 23-11-303 — 23-11-306, 23-11-309, and 23-11-315, bonds or other evidences of debt may be issued by any leasing, purchasing, or consolidating corporation, not inconsistent with the Arkansas Constitution.
(b) Mortgages or deeds of trust may be executed by the corporation on any or all of its real, personal, or mixed property and upon its roadbed, rights-of-way, cars, locomotives, and other rolling stock and equipment, its machinery, tools, implements, fuel, material, and income, either within or without this state, and on all other things or property held or to be acquired for the construction, operation, or repair of the railroad or for the repair or replacement of any other equipment or appurtenances as a part and parcel of the railroad and as constituting with the railroad one (1) property and a continuous railroad line in order to secure the payment of the bonds or other evidences of debt. Included in the property subject to the mortgages or deeds of trust shall be the franchise of acting as and being a corporation and all other franchises, rights, and privileges granted by this act or in any way appertaining to the corporations as aforesaid.

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