RSA 243:7: Provisional Corporation.

The subscribers to the articles of agreement, and their assigns, shall thereupon become and be a corporation (herein termed the provisional corporation) having the following franchises, and no other:

I. Authority to organize and to elect officers and agents;

II. Authority to make necessary surveys for the proposed railroad and to enter upon any land for that purpose;

III. Authority to take all other preliminary steps required in the formation of a railroad corporation.