REPORT

OF THE

Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK

Appointed to Investigate

Telephone and Telegraph Companies

APPENDIX B

TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE MARCH 21, 1910

ALBANY

J. B. LYON COMPANY, PRINTERS

1910

APPENDIX B

Compilation of Statutes

Relating to

Incorporation, Regulation, Supervision and Taxation

of

Telegraph and Telephone Companies

in

The Several States and Territories of the United States.

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

COLD SPRING-ON-HUDSON, N. Y.,

March 8, 1910.

To Hon. E. J. Page, Chief Counsel Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York Appointed to Investigate Telephone and Telegraph Companies:

DEAR SIR. As requested by you I have prepared for the use of the Committee, and herewith submit, a compilation of the statutes of the several states and territories of the United States relating to the incorporation, regulation, supervision and taxation of telegraph and telephone companies within those states and territories. Very truly yours,

J. BENNETT SOUTHARD,

Assistant Counsel.

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