Indiana § 8-4-7-16 - Acceptance of provisions of chapter; certificate; filing
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§ 8-4-7-16. Acceptance of provisions of chapter; certificate; filing
Sec. 16. Any union railway company organized prior to March 2, 1885, under the provisions of Acts 1852, 1RS, c.84 may adopt the provisions of this chapter by filing a written statement setting forth its acceptance of the provisions of this chapter, which written statement shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary of each proprietary company, under its corporate seal, and shall be acknowledged by the parties thereto before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of conveyances of real estate, which writing shall be filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of the county or counties in which such union railway may be situated, and, from time of such filing, such union railway company shall be deemed a corporation of the state of Indiana, and shall have all the powers and be subject to all the provisions of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1885, c.20, s.16. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.53.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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