Sec. 32. If any such corporation shall not, within three (3) years after its incorporation, begin the construction of its road, and expend thereon five (5) per cent of the amount of its capital, and finish the road and put it in full operation in ten (10) years thereafter, its act of incorporation shall become void.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.83, s.34.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 8. Utilities and Transportation
Article 4. Organization and Operation of Railroads
Chapter 1. Incorporation of Railroad Companies
8-4-1-2. Shareholders; Preemptive Rights
8-4-1-3. Articles of Association; Filing With Secretary of State
8-4-1-4. Subscriptions to the Stock
8-4-1-5. Shareholders; Annual Meeting; Directors, Election, and Term
8-4-1-6. Meetings of Shareholders; Notice; Requisites
8-4-1-7. Meetings of Shareholders; Annual Report; Removal of Officers
8-4-1-8. Directors; Elections; President and Other Officers; Appointment or Election
8-4-1-9. Stock Subscriptions; Demands for Payment
8-4-1-10. By-Laws; Officers and Employees; Appointment and Duties
8-4-1-11. Stock Certificates; Issuance and Transfer
8-4-1-12. Certificate of Capitalization
8-4-1-13. Maps and Route Profile; Filing
8-4-1-14. General Powers and Duties; Enumeration
8-4-1-15. Eminent Domain; Right to Acquire Title
8-4-1-16. Eminent Domain; Damages; Appraisals; Appeals
8-4-1-17. Eminent Domain; Conflicting Claimants to Compensation; Judicial Determination
8-4-1-18. Eminent Domain; Court Appointed Attorney for Absentees or Persons Unknown
8-4-1-19. Eminent Domain; Stay of Proceedings; Perfecting Defective Title
8-4-1-20. Financing of Operations; Loans and Issue of Security
8-4-1-22. Railroad Crossings; Grade Separation
8-4-1-23. Public Lands; Acquisition; Location Upon Grounds of State Institutions
8-4-1-24. Employees; Identification Badges
8-4-1-25. State Lien for Penalties, Taxes, and Dues
8-4-1-31. Maps and Profiles; Certificates of Proposed Line; Filing
8-4-1-32. Failure to Complete Road; Voiding of Corporation