consent must be given after the passage of this act, and may be given by the board of county commissioners for the county or any township thereof, and by the mayor and councilmen for any city.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper.

Approved February 3, 1886.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 4, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER CXXXII.

MISSION TOWNSHIP, NEOSHO COUNTY-AID IN CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROADS.

AN ACT authorizing Mission township, Neosho county, State of Kansas, to aid in the construction of railroads.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That the township of Mission, in the county of Neosho, state of Kansas, be and the same is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of said township in a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars per mile, to aid in the construction of any railroad that may be hereafter constructed through said township.

SEC. 2. That the issuance of said bonds shall be governed by the act entitled "An act to enable counties, townships and cities to aid in the construction of railroads, and to repeal section eight, chapter thirty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four," approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and of acts supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof, except that the provisions of said act limiting the amount of bonds that may be issued shall not apply to this act.

SEC. 3. That said township of Mission is hereby authorized under the provisions of this act to issue the bonds of said

township in a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars to the Kansas Railway Company, pursuant to an election held in said township on the ninth day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, when said Kansas Railway Company shall in all respects have complied with the conditions and stipulations contained in the notice calling said election.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.

Approved February 18, 1886.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office.

E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER CXXXIII.

RELATING TO SWITCH CONNECTIONS.

AN ACT relating to switch conneetions at the crossing of railroads, and providing for their construction and maintenance.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That whenever in the judgment of the board of railroad commissioners it is necessary to the convenience or accommodation of the public that two or more railroads that cross each other should connect at or near the point of crossing for the transfer of cars from one road to another, the board may require the construction of necessary switch connections. between such railroads at the points where deemed necessary, in the following manner: Said board of railroad commissioners shall serve upon the railroad companies whose roads it is deemed necessary to connect, a certified copy of their finding and decision, in which shall be stated the character of connection to be built, whose duty it shall then be to construct such switch connections within such time as the said board shall prescribe; and the expense of the same shall be borne equally by the companies whose roads so connect. If one of said companies shall build the whole of such switch, it may recover one-half the cost of the same from the company whose duty it was to construct one-half of such switch.

SEC. 2. Any railroad company failing or refusing to comply with the requirements of the said board in relation to such switch, shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state.

SEC. 3. The companies whose roads thus connect may operate and maintain such switch jointly.

SEC. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after the date of its publication in the official state paper.

Approved February 17, 1886.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the orginal enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 18, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

Railroad company may lease or sell its road.

CHAPTER CXXXIV.

RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF RAILROAD COM

PANIES.

AN ACT to amend section 2 of chapter 92, Session Laws of 1870, being an act in relation to railroads.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That section two of an act to provide for the consolidation and extension of railroads in the state of Kansas, approved March first, eighteen hundred and seventy, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 2. Any railroad company in this state, existing under general or special laws, may sell or lease its road to any other railroad company organized under the laws of this state, or to any railroad company duly organized and existing under the laws of any If it connect with other state or territory, whose line of railroad shall so connect with the leased or purchased road, by bridge, ferry, or otherwise, as to practically form a continuous line of railroad over which cars may pass, and any railroad company in this state existing under general or special laws, may buy or lease the road, with all the rights, privileges and franchises thereto pertaining, or buy the stock and bonds, or guarantee the bonds

leased or pur

chased road by bridge or ferry.

stock or bonds

Agreement here

tofore made may

be ratified.

of any railroad company incorporated and organized within or May guarantee without this state whenever the roads of such companies shall form in the operation thereof a continuous line or lines, any railroad company of this state may extend its lines of road into and through the Indian territory, subject to the laws of the United States: Provided, That before any such lease or sale is Proviso. valid, it must be approved and ratified by persons holding or representing two-thirds of the capital stock of each of such companies respectively, at a stockholders' meeting called for that purpose: Provided, further, That any agreement of any company existing under the general or special laws of this state to lease the railroad and appurtenances, or to buy the stock or: bonds, or guarantee the bonds of any railroad company incorporated and organized within or without this state, heretofore executed by the proper officers of such companies, may be ratified and made binding upon the companies parties thereto by the assent of persons holding two-thirds of the capital stock in each of such companies, expressed at a meeting of such stockholders to be called for that purpose; and upon such ratification such agreement to lease or to buy the stock, or bonds, or to guarantee the bonds, shall be taken and held to be binding from the date of its execution. Provided further, That nothing May be taxed. in the foregoing provisions shall be held or construed as curtailing the right of state or counties, through which said consolidated road or roads may be located, to levy and collect taxes upon the same, and the rolling stock thereof, pro rata, in conformance with the provisions of the laws of this state upon that subject: Provided further, That before any railroad corporation of any other state or territory shall be permitted to avail itself of the benefits of this act, or any part thereof, such corporation shall file with the secretary of the state of Kansas a certified copy of its articles of incorporation, if incorporated under a general law of such state or territory, or a certified copy of the statute laws of such state or territory incorporating such company, where the charter of such railroad corporation was granted by statute of such state; and upon the filing of such articles of incorporation or such charter, such railroad company shall become a railroad corporation of this state, subject to all of the laws of the state now in force or hereafter enacted, the same as if formally incorporated in this state, anything in its articles of incorporation or charter to the contrary

Before being en

titled to the bene

ts of this act,

company must file certified copy of charter.

Railroad companies hereto

fore having

leased or ur

chased any rail

to file copy of

charter within

sixty days.

notwithstanding: And provided further, That every railroad corporation of any other state which has heretofore leased or road of this state purchased any railroad in this state shall, within sixty days from the passage of this act, file a duly-certified copy of its articles of incorporation or charter with the secretary of state of this state, and shall thereupon become a corporation of this state, anything in its articles of incorporation or charter to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. The original section two of said act of which this act is amendatory is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper.

Approved February 18, 1886.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the official state paper February 19, 1886. E. B. ALLEN, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER CXXXV.

RELATING TO OFFICERS OF FOREIGN ROADS.

AN ACT supplemental to an act entitled "An act to amend section 2, chapter 92, Session Laws of 1870, being 'An act in relation to railroads,"" of the Extra Session Laws of 1886.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. No railroad company organized under the laws of any other state or territory, and which may become a corporation of this state and operate its road within this state, under the act to which this is supplemental, shall be required to have any of its directors resident of this state, nor shall it be required to maintain its principal offices and headquarters within the state.

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper.

Approved February 19, 1886.