required of them by said board. And such board of railroad commissioners shall have the power to employ engineers, accountants, and other experts, whose services they may deem to be of temporary importance in the ɔɔnducting of any investigation herein provided; and they shall have procured for them by the State the necessary books, maps and statistics incidentally necessary for the discharge of the duties of their office; and they shall also have reimbursed to them quarterly the expenses and disbursements they may have incurred in traveling, and for the necessary travel expenses and disbursements of their clerks, marshal, and of experts; which expenses, however, shall not exceed five hundred dollars a month; and a statement of such expenditures, in detail, shall accompany the annual report. § 13. The annual total expense of the board of railroad commissioners, including salaries for commissioners' clerks, and marshal, and additional clerical force, printing of additional copies of report, as provided by section thirteen, and all other expenses incident to said board, excepting only rent of office, shall not for the first year exceed the sum of forty-five thousand dollars, and for all subsequent years not exceed in any one year the sum of forty thousand dollars; and such expenses shall be borne by the several corporations owning or operating railroads, according to their means, to be apportioned by the comptroller and State assessors, who, on or before the first day of July in each year, shall assess upon each of said corporations its just proportion of said expenses, one-half in proportion to its income for the next year preceding that in which the assessment is made, and one-half in proportion to the length of road, and such assessment shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the collection of taxes upon corporations. § 14. Said railroad commissioners, or either of them, shall have the right to enter and remain in the offices and depots and upon the railroads of any railroad company within this State, in the performance of official duties; but neither the said railroad commissioners, nor their clerks, agents or experts, shall accept or receive any pass, present, gift, or gratuity of any kind, from any railroad corporation, and the acceptance by them, or either of them, of any such presents, gifts or other gratuity, shall be a misdemeanor, and punishable as such. § 15. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the foregoing provisions are hereby repealed. § 16. This act shall take effect immediately. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of railroad corporations, and to regulate the same," passed April 2, 1850. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section thirty-one of the act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of railroad corporations and to regulate the same," passed April 2, 1850, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 31. Every railroad corporation formed under this act shall make an annual report to the State Engineer and Surveyor of the operations for the year ending with the thirtieth day of September, and of its condition on that day; which report shall be verified by the oaths. of the president or treasurer and the general manager or acting superintendent of operations, and shall be filed in the office of the State Engineer and Surveyor by the twentieth day of December in each year, and shall state: TABLE A. STOCK AND DEBT. 1. Capital stock as authorized by charter. 2. Capital stock as since fixed. 3. Capital stock subscribed. 4. Capital stock paid in. 5. Funded debt. 6. Unfunded debt. 7. Total funded and unfunded debt. 8. Average rate per annum of interest on funded debt. The several amounts shall be stated in two columns, one of which shall be headed and contain " Amount at last report," and the other "Amount by this report." 9. Number of shares of ordinary stock. 10. Number of shares of preferred stock. 11. Total shares of stock, of par value of $ 12. Number of stockholders. per share. A tabular statement of the funded debt as "by this report" shall be given, showing (1) Each kind of bonds or obligations. (2) If, and how secured. (3) Date of issue. (4) When due. (5) Rate of interest. (6) Amount of authorized issue. (7) Amount actually issued. (8) The total amounts. The amount of unfunded debt as "by this report" shall be stated under the following classification: (1) Notes and acceptances. (2) Pay rolls and operating expenses unpaid. (5) Dividends unpaid. (6) Open accounts. (7) Other items (if any). TABLE B. COST OF ROAD AND EQUIPMENT. 13. Grading and masonry. 14. Bridges. 15. Superstructure including rails. 16. Passenger, and freight stations, buildings and fixtures. 17. Engine and car houses, machine shop, machinery and fixtures. 18. Land, land damages and fences. 19. Locomotive engines and fixtures. 20. Passenger and baggage cars. 21. Freight and other cars. 22. Engineering and agencies. 23. Any other items entering into the cost or value. 24. Total. The several amounts shall be extended into three columns; the first to be headed and to contain "Amount at last report;" the second," Amount since charged;" and the third,"Amount by this report." A statement shall be given showing briefly (by numbers, by quantities, or by descriptions) the additions, or betterments, made to the road and equipment, representing the several amounts that may appear in the column headed "Amount since charged." TABLE C. CHARACTERISTICS OF ROAD. 25. Main line of road (stating termini). 26. Main line laid. 27. Branches owned. 28. Lines leased or operated. 29. Total main line, branches owned, and lines leased or operated. 30. Second track on main line. 31. Second track on branches owned, or lines leased or operated. 32. Total second track. 33. Third track on inain line. 34. Fourth track on main line. 35. Third and fourth track on branches owned, or on lines leased or operated. 36. Sidings and turnouts on main line. 37. Sidings and turnouts on branches owned, and on lines leased or operated. 38. Total sidings. 39. Aggregate of all tracks on main line, branches owned, and lines. leased or operated, including all sidings and turnouts. The amounts shall be extended into three columns; the first headed and to contain "Length in this State; " the second, "Length out of this State," and the third, "Total length." A tabular statement shall be given, showing the termini of each branch, and of each line leased or operated, its length, and the length of double track, including sidings and turnouts on each. 40. Gauge of track. 41. Miles of steel rails (reduced to single track) in main line. 42. Same in branches owned, and lines leased or operated. 43. Weight per yard of steel rails in main line. 44. Weight per yard of iron rails in main line. 45. Weight per yard of steel rails in branches, etc. 46. Weight per yard of iron rails in branches, etc. 47. Length in feet of iron bridges on all lines. 48. Length in feet of wooden bridges on all lines. 49. Length in feet of pile or trestle work in wood on all lines. 50. Miles of telegraph wire owned and operated. TABLE D. EQUIPMENT. 51. Number of locomotive engines for passenger service. 52. Number of locomotive engines for freight service. 53. Number of locomotive engines for switching service. 54. Total number of locomotive engines owned. 55. Average weight (with tender, and fuel and water) of each kind of locomotive engines. 56. Number of engine houses. 57. Aggregate number of stalls in same. 58. Number of first-class passenger cars. 59. Number of second-class and emigrant passenger cars. 60. Number of baggage, mail and express cars. 61. Number of freight and other cars owned, viz.: (1) Box freight. (2) Platform or flat. (3) Cattle. (4) Oil. (5) Coal. (6) Service. (7) Other kinds. 62. Number of above freight cars with eight wheels. 63. Number of above freight cars with four wheels. 64. Number of locomotive engines controlled by the corporation for use, but leased instead of owned. 65. Number of freight cars controlled by the corporation for use, but leased instead of owned. TABLE E. MISCELLANEOUS. 66. Number of machine and car shops. 67. Number of elevators or grain houses. 68. Aggregate capacity of same in bushels. 69. Number of freight or cattle yards, of two acres or more in area. 70. Aggregate area of same, in acres. 71. Miles of tracks laid in same. 72. Average number of persons directly employed by the company during the year. 73. Aggregate amount of salaries and wages paid to same for the year. TABLE F. DOINGS OF THE YEAR IN TRANSPORTATION AND TOTAL MILES RUN. 74. Number of miles run by passenger trains. 75. Number of miles run by freight trains 76. Number of passengers (all classes) carried in cars. 77. Number of tons, of 2,000 pounds, of freight carried in cars. |