Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio
Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172)

Section 484.151 - Telegraph Companies; Incorporators. - Sec. 1. That any number of persons may associate for...

Section 484.152 - Telegraph Companies; Certificate of Organization, Contents, Filing. - Sec. 2. Such persons, under their hands and seals, shall...

Section 484.153 - Body Corporate; Certified Copy of Certificate as Evidence. - Sec. 3. Upon complying with the provisions of the last...

Section 484.154 - Power to Hold Realty; Officers and Agents; Rules and By-Laws. - Sec. 4. Such association shall have power to purchase, receive...

Section 484.155 - Telegraph Lines; Construction, Restrictions. - Sec. 5. Such association is authorized to enter upon, and...

Section 484.156 - Aggrieved Property Owner; Remedy, Procedure. - Sec. 6. If any person over or through whose lands...

Section 484.157 - Injury to Line; Penalty. - Sec. 7. Any person who shall unlawfully or intentionally injure,...

Section 484.158 - Stockholder's Liability for Corporate Debts; Contribution. - Sec. 8. The stockholders of every association organized in pursuance...

Section 484.159 - Annual Report; Contents; Failure to Make, Liability of Directors. - Sec. 9. Every such corporation shall, annually, within 10 days...

Section 484.160 - Annual Tax; in Lieu of Other State Taxes. - Sec. 10. All corporations formed under this act shall pay...

Section 484.161 - Shares of Stock; Status as Personalty, Transfer, Purchase in Other Corporations. - Sec. 11. The stock of any such corporation shall be...

Section 484.163 - Books; Inspection, Use as Evidence; Penalty, Forfeiture. - Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the directors...

Section 484.164 - Transmission of Dispatches; Penalty. - Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the owner...

Section 484.165 - Transmission of Dispatches; Order of Transmission; Penalty. - Sec. 15. It shall likewise be the duty of every...

Section 484.166 - Divulging Contents; Willful Failure to Transmit; Penalty, Civil Liability. - Sec. 16. Any person connected with any telegraph company in...

Section 484.167 - State's Lien for Taxes; Sale; Surplus. - Sec. 17. The state shall have a lien upon any...

Section 484.168 - Amendment or Repeal of Act. - Sec. 18. The legislature may at any time alter, amend...

Section 484.169 - Immediate Effect. - Sec. 19. This act shall take effect immediately. History: 1851,...

Section 484.170 - Appraisal of Damages; Lands in More Than 1 County. - Sec. 20. When any person owning or occupying lands lying...

Section 484.171 - Appraisal of Damages; Contiguous Lands of Same Person. - Sec. 21. Whenever any person shall apply to any circuit...

Section 484.172 - Amendment to Articles; Filing, Recording, Use of Certified Copy as Evidence. - Sec. 22. It shall and may be lawful for any...