ยง 243. Extension of time. The time within which any act is required to
be done under the foregoing sections of this article may be extended by
the supreme court for good cause shown, for one year, and but one
extension will be granted. Any company that has heretofore constructed
or is now operating an elevated railroad shall be deemed to have been
duly incorporated notwithstanding any failure on the part of
commissioners to insert in its articles of association provisions
complying with statutory requirements relative to such articles.
Structure New York Laws
Article 6 - Rapid Transit Act of 1875
220 - Application for Railroad; Commissioners.
221 - Oath and Bond of Commissioners.
222 - First Meeting of Commissioners.
223 - Determination of Necessity of Railroad and Route.
224 - Adoption of Plans, and Terms Upon Which Road Shall Be Built.
225 - Appraisal of Damages and Deposit of Money as Security.
226 - Shall Prepare Certificate of Incorporation; Proviso as to Forfeiture.
228 - Commissioners to Deliver Certificate; Affidavit of Directors.
231 - Where Route Coincides With Another Route.
232 - Commissioners to Transfer Plans.
233 - Commissioners to File Report; Confirmation Thereof.
235 - Quorum; Term of Office; Removal; Vacancies in Board of Commissioners.
236 - Abandonment or Change of Route; New Commissioners; Their Powers and Proceedings.
237 - Abandonment of Portion of Route by Elevated Railroad.
238 - Increased Deposit, When and How Required.
239 - Trains to Come to Full Stop.
240 - Gates or Vestibule Doors.
241 - Penalty for Violation of Two Preceding Sections.
242 - Sections to Be Printed and Posted.
244 - Lighting Cars on Elevated Railroads in Cities of Over Twelve Hundred Thousand Inhabitants.