Tennessee § 65-8-102 - Borrowing money for payment — Issuance of bonds.
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§ 65-8-102. Borrowing money for payment — Issuance of bonds.
Any railroad company described in § 65-8-101 shall have the power to borrow money and to issue its bonds therefor, or for any other indebtedness or liability which it may incur, or may have incurred, in the exercise of its lawful purposes, and to secure the payment of such bonds, with the interest thereon, by a mortgage of the whole or any part of its railroad and equipment and other property and franchises, containing such provisions as its directors shall approve. Acts 1871, ch. 22, § 3; 1871, ch. 69, § 1; Shan., § 1510; Code 1932, § 2581; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-802. Cross-References. Authorization by stockholders, § 65-6-102 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Railroads, § 53.
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Section 65-8-102 ("Borrowing money for payment — Issuance of bonds.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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