Sec. 2-20. Certain charters granted only on petition.
Sec. 2-20. Certain charters granted only on petition. No act of incorporation or
alteration thereof shall be granted by the General Assembly, except upon a petition
therefor, when the law requires that notice of such petition shall be given by advertisement. Each charter of any railroad company shall confine the road within the limits
indicated by such notice, specify the towns through which it may pass, and otherwise
designate the route on which the respective roads may be authorized to be made.
(1949 Rev., S. 12; P.A. 85-246, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 85-246 deleted reference to street railway company charters.