Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 160 - Railroads
Section 166 - Passenger Cars; Illuminating Oil or Fluid

Section 166. A passenger car on a railroad shall not be lighted by naphtha, nor by an illuminating oil or fluid made in part of naphtha or which will ignite at a temperature of less than three hundred degrees Fahrenheit. A corporation which violates this section shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XXII - Corporations

Chapter 160 - Railroads

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Boston; Tribunal Acting in Place of County Commissioners

Section 3 - Application

Section 4 - Corporation Chartered Concurrently With Another State

Section 5 - Corporation or Trustees Operating Railroad of Another

Section 6 - Purchase of Railroad by Commonwealth

Section 7 - Taking by Eminent Domain

Section 8 - Map and Engineer's Report to Accompany Petition for Charter

Section 9 - Depositary for Plans and Profiles

Section 10 - Notice of Route

Section 11 - Limits Specified in Charter

Section 12 - Fixing of Route

Section 13 - Formation

Section 14 - Contents of Agreement of Association

Section 15 - Associates' Authority

Section 16 - Publication of Agreement of Association

Section 17 - Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

Section 18 - Map; Engineer's Report

Section 20 - Fixing of Route by Local Officials; Certificate Fee

Section 21 - Fixing of Route by Department Upon Failure to Agree

Section 22 - Spurs, Branches and Connecting and Terminal Tracks

Section 23 - Certificate of Facts of Subscription

Section 24 - Certificate of Compliance; Filing; Certificate of Incorporation

Section 25 - Change in Amount of Capital Stock; Change of Gauge

Section 26 - Limit Upon Time to Acquire Certificate of Incorporation

Section 27 - Limit Upon Time to Construct Railroad

Section 28 - Narrow Gauge Railroads; Paid-Up Capital Stock

Section 29 - First Meeting of Incorporators; Notice; Waiver of Notice

Section 30 - Adoption of By-Laws; Election of Directors

Section 31 - Managing Officers

Section 32 - Selection of Officers; Treasurer's Bond; Clerk's Qualifications and Duties; Terms of Office; Vacancies

Section 33 - Stockholders' Meeting

Section 34 - Special Meetings

Section 35 - Voting by Corporation Upon Its Own Stock

Section 36 - Voting Rights of Stockholders

Section 37 - Meetings of Directors

Section 38 - Certificate

Section 39 - Assessment; Failure to Pay Assessment

Section 40 - Collection of Assessment

Section 41 - Increase of Capital Stock; Purposes

Section 42 - Corporation Consolidated With One in Another State; Unauthorized Capital Stock Increase

Section 43 - Issue of Preferred Stock

Section 44 - Designation of Preferred Stock; Filing of Record of Proceedings; Contents of Certificate

Section 45 - Voting Power of Preferred Stock; Amount of Stock

Section 46 - Offer of Preferred Stock to Common Shareholders

Section 47 - Issue of Shares, Bonds, Notes or Other Evidences of Indebtedness

Section 48 - Approval by Department of Issue

Section 49 - Exchange for Registered Bonds

Section 50 - Validity

Section 51 - Default on Mortgage; Contract to Allow Those in Possession to Operate

Section 52 - Trustees in Possession of Railroad; Annual Meeting

Section 53 - Trustees in Possession of Railroad; Election and Confirmation of Trustees

Section 54 - Trustees in Possession of Railroad; Jurisdiction of Supreme Judicial Court

Section 55 - Purchaser Under Foreclosure

Section 56 - Necessity of Payment of Par for Shares; Limit Upon Capital Stock

Section 57 - Liability for Issuing Void Stock

Section 58 - Use of Each Other's Railroad

Section 59 - Service Provided to Other Railroad; Compensation

Section 60 - Rates for Services for Connecting Company

Section 61 - Foreign Railroads' Privilege as Connecting Road

Section 62 - Lease by One Connecting Railroad to the Other

Section 63 - Term of Lease

Section 64 - Taking Securities of Other Corporations

Section 65 - Telegraph Company Stock

Section 65a - Holding Stock in Railroad Car and Equipment Companies

Section 65b - Real Estate, Warehouse, Industrial Facility, and Industrial Development Companies Stock

Section 66 - Guaranty of Steamship Company Bonds

Section 67 - Associate in Formation of Grain Elevator Corporation

Section 68 - Acquisition, Retention, Sale or Guarantee of Other's Bonds or Notes

Section 69 - Powers of Railroad Corporations; Aid in Construction of Branch or Connecting Railroads

Section 70 - Terminal, Express and Subsidiary Companies; Interest of Railroads in Stock and Securities

Section 70a - Steamship Companies, Ferries, Ferry Boats, Docks, Motor Vehicles and Aircraft

Section 71 - Prohibition After 1907

Section 72 - Application for Consolidation; Notice; Hearing; Determination

Section 73 - Rates and Facilities of Consolidated Railroads

Section 74 - Violations; Penalties

Section 75 - Determination of Method of Crossing Highways

Section 76 - Estimate of Cost; Subscription for Capital Stock; Certificate of Compliance

Section 77 - Consent to Locate Within Three Miles of State House

Section 78 - Authorized Purchases

Section 79 - Filing of Descriptions With Department

Section 80 - Proceedings to Fix Location of Land

Section 81 - Change of Location

Section 82 - Taking of Land

Section 83 - Taking of Land for Purposes Other Than a Railroad

Section 84 - Lands or Rights of Other Railroads

Section 85 - Purposes for Change

Section 86 - Change of Direction

Section 87 - Limitation Upon Tax Exemption

Section 88 - Prescriptive Rights of Adjoining Landholders

Section 89 - Description of Locations of Railroads; Rules and Regulations

Section 90 - Fencing of Railroad Property

Section 91 - Eminent Domain; Order Securing Landowners

Section 92 - Enforcement of Order Securing Landowners

Section 93 - Fences and Gates Along Length of Railroad

Section 93a - Fences Along Railroad Tracks in Cities and Towns

Section 94 - Recovery by Railroad From Person Required to Fence

Section 95 - Grade Separation of Railroad Tracks by Agreement

Section 96 - Consent for One Railroad to Cross Another or to Cross Navigable Water

Section 97 - Highway Crossings; Obstructions; Grade Separations

Section 98 - Over-Passes and Under-Passes; Height

Section 99 - Material Used to Surface Bridges and Approaches

Section 100 - Alteration of Grade of Highway; Decree of County Commissioners; Security

Section 101 - Alteration of Course of Highway; Decree of County Commissioners; Security; Eminent Domain

Section 102 - Level Grade Crossing of Highway

Section 103 - Level Grade Crossing; Rails Protected to Enable Easy Passage

Section 104 - Proceedings to Lay Out Public Way Across Railroad

Section 104a - Building, Equipment or Machinery Moving; Duty of Railroad; Reimbursement of Costs

Section 105 - Alteration of Course of Canal

Section 106 - Remedy of Obstruction or for Failure to Repair

Section 107 - Construction and Repair of Bridges, Approaches and Abutments

Section 108 - Jurisdiction of County Commissioners

Section 109 - Separation of Private Land; Order of Commissioners Relative to Crossing

Section 110 - Denial of Access to Private Land; Order for Crossing by Department

Section 111 - Decisions of Commissioners; Appeal

Section 112 - Proceedings Perfecting Appeal

Section 113 - Appeal; Hearing; Department's Powers

Section 114 - Rights of Way Across Tracks by Prescription

Section 115 - Construction; Additional Capital Stock; Certificate of Necessity and Convenience; Fee

Section 116 - Switch Connections With Private Interests

Section 117 - Order for Switch Connection by Department

Section 118 - Certification by Department

Section 119 - Filing of Map and Profile, Tables of Grade and Curvature and Statement of Characteristics

Section 120 - Draw Tender

Section 121 - Position of Bridge When Not in Use

Section 122 - Passage of Vessels

Section 123 - Signals Indicating Position of Bridge

Section 124 - Gates

Section 125 - Precautions Taken by Engineer

Section 126 - Violations; Penalty

Section 127 - Penalties

Section 127a - Drawbridges; Department; Exemption of Railroad From Compliance With Law

Section 128 - Abandonment of Passenger Station

Section 128a - Discontinuance of Passenger Service; Hearing; Notice; Decision of Department

Section 129 - Relocation of Passenger Stations and Freight Depots

Section 130 - Signs Indicating Way Stations

Section 131 - Compensation for Use of Station, Railroad or Grounds of One Company by Another

Section 131a - Application of Business Corporation to Acquire, Own and Operate Terminal Facilities; Notice; Hearing; Approval

Section 132 - Safety Switches

Section 133 - Protection of Employees; Blocking of Frogs, Switches and Guard Rails

Section 133a - Switch Stands, Lighting

Section 134 - Bridge Guards

Section 134a - Distance Between Sets of Tracks, Structures or Obstructions; Exemptions

Section 135 - Stopping of Trains at Grade Crossings

Section 136 - Grade Crossings; Rules and Regulations

Section 137 - Grade Crossings; Interlocking Signals

Section 138 - Warning to Public

Section 138a - Warning Devices at Crossings

Section 139 - Regulation by Department of Use of Warning Devices

Section 140 - Signs Protecting Public Ways

Section 141 - Signs Protecting a Traveled Place

Section 142 - Signs Erected by Municipalities

Section 143 - Signs Erected by Municipality; Duty to Supply

Section 144 - Release of Railroad or Municipality From Duty to Provide Signs

Section 145 - Violations; Penalties

Section 146 - Damaging Warning Signs; Penalty

Section 147 - Gates or Flashing Lights at Crossing of Railroad and Public Way

Section 147a - Reflectorizing of Signs, etc., at Crossings

Section 148 - Failure to Erect Signs or Install Gates or Lights; Penalty

Section 149 - Signals at Crossing of Railroad Above Highway Level

Section 150 - Obstruction of View by Standing Wood; Petition for Removal; Payment for Damages

Section 151 - Obstruction of Public Way by Railroad; Penalty

Section 152 - Reasonable Use of Crossing; Regulation by Department

Section 153 - Type of Power Used to Operate

Section 154 - Brakes and Brakemen

Section 155 - Control of Brakes by Engineer; Inspection

Section 156 - Safety Couplers on Freight Cars

Section 157 - Use of Car Not Equipped With Automatic Couplers

Section 158 - Grab Irons

Section 159 - Standard Height of Draw Bars for Freight Cars

Section 160 - Violations; Penalty

Section 161 - Trains Composed of Four-Wheel Cars; Application

Section 162 - Extension of Time for Equipment

Section 163 - Tools and Devices Carried on Trains

Section 163a - Track Motor Cars; Windshield With Cleaning Device and Canopy

Section 163b - Passenger Cars; Safety Windows and Doors

Section 165 - Passenger, Mail or Baggage Car; Heating Devices

Section 166 - Passenger Cars; Illuminating Oil or Fluid

Section 167 - Platform Gates

Section 168 - Testing of Locomotive Boilers, Rolling Stock or Other Equipment

Section 169 - Vacuum Brakes; Mufflers

Section 170 - Safety Valves; Mufflers

Section 171 - Failure to Equip With Mufflers; Penalty

Section 172 - Reasonable Passenger Accommodations

Section 172a - Drinking Water and Sanitary Toilet Facilities on Locomotives or Cabooses

Section 173 - Women or Children in Smoking Cars

Section 174 - Drinking Water in Railroad Cars

Section 175 - Failure to Provide Drinking Water; Penalty

Section 176 - Other Necessary Appliances

Section 176a - Track Motor Cars; Lights

Section 177 - Caps and Badges

Section 178 - Eye Examinations

Section 179 - Engineer; Experience

Section 180 - Conductor; Experience

Section 181 - Violations of Experience Requirements for Engineers and Conductors

Section 182 - Experience of Engineer and Conductor; Exceptions

Section 183 - Penalty for Violation of Experience Requirements for Engineers and Conductors

Section 184 - Rest Days

Section 185 - Change in Number of Train Crew; Regulation by Department

Section 186 - Determination by Railroad; Revision

Section 187 - Reduction of Rates

Section 188 - Extra Charges for Ticket Purchased at Place Other Than Ticket Office

Section 189 - Mileage Tickets; Detaching Coupons

Section 190 - Commutation Tickets

Section 191 - Season Tickets; Extension of Term

Section 192 - Season Tickets; Reimbursement for Additional Fares

Section 193 - Sale of Season Tickets to Express Messengers; Release of Liability for Personal Injury

Section 194 - Baggage Checks

Section 195 - Baggage Stored Over Week End

Section 196 - Transportation of Bicycles

Section 197 - Cheap Morning and Evening Trains

Section 198 - Workingmen's Trains

Section 198a - Unauthorized Sale at Less Than Full Fare

Section 198b - Unauthorized Sale at Other Than Scheduled Rate

Section 199 - Free Passes or Reduced Rates for Public Officials

Section 200 - Free Passes to Former Employees Injured in Service of Railroad

Section 201 - Required Upon Request

Section 202 - Determination of Compensation

Section 203 - Reopening of Proceedings Determining Compensation

Section 204 - Receipts

Section 205 - Equal Facilities; Passengers and Property

Section 206 - Application of Sec. 205

Section 207 - Prompt Forwarding

Section 208 - Charges for Transportation of Freight

Section 209 - Violations; Penalties

Section 210 - Freight Differential to Port of Boston

Section 211 - Discrimination in Rates

Section 212 - Complete Service; Equal Tariffs

Section 213 - Tariff

Section 214 - Violations; Penalty

Section 215 - Approval of Shareholders; Authorization by Department

Section 216 - Certificate of Authorization; Filing; Notice

Section 217 - Rights and Liabilities Under New Name

Section 218 - Standing, Walking or Riding Vehicle on Railroad Property

Section 219 - Loitering in Station

Section 220 - Riding Upon Train Other Than as Fare-Paying Passenger or Employee

Section 221 - Fees for Enforcement of Sec. 220

Section 222 - Riding or Driving Animals on Railroad

Section 223 - Liability for Allowing Animal on Railroad

Section 224 - Liability for Allowing Animal on Railroad

Section 225 - Malicious Injury to Railroad; Treble Damages

Section 226 - Obstruction of Passing of Train

Section 227 - Wilfully Stopping Train

Section 228 - Tampering With Tools or Appliances

Section 229 - Defects in Highway; Liability of City or Town; Recovery From Railroad

Section 231 - Gross Negligence of Person in Control of Train; Penalty

Section 232 - Neglect of Railroad to Give Signals at Crossing; Damages; Contributory, Gross or Wilful Negligence

Section 233 - Non-Liability of Railroad for Acts of Expressmen

Section 234 - Liability; Insurance of Railroad and Owner

Section 235 - Spark Arresters

Section 235a - Clearing of Inflammable Material Along Right of Way

Section 236 - Clearing of Adjoining Land; Notice of Intent to Enter

Section 237 - Warning of Fire Given by Train Crew

Section 238 - Extinguishing Fire

Section 239 - Instruction of Employees

Section 240 - Entry Upon Public Park or Reservation

Section 241 - Expense of Extinguishing Fire; Liability of Railroad

Section 241a - Derailments; Removal of Wreckage and Debris

Section 242 - Content; Inspection; Violations

Section 243 - Quarterly Statement

Section 244 - Lessee to Make Lessor's Returns

Section 245 - Construction; Limitations

Section 246 - Supervisory Powers of Department

Section 247 - Formation; Powers

Section 248 - Agreement of Association

Section 249 - Certificate of Compliance

Section 250 - Change in Amount of Capital Stock

Section 251 - Application

Section 252 - Enforcement