{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-137","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, § 137","heading":"Certificate of incorporation; organization of railway company","body":"Section 137. The state secretary shall receive the agreement of association, and preserve it in form convenient for reference and open to public inspection, and shall issue a certificate of incorporation in the form authorized by section nine. Thereupon, the company shall organize in the manner provided in this chapter for the organization of a company. Such company may begin business as soon as it is organized, and shall have all the rights and be subject to all the duties of a street railway company, except as otherwise provided in this and the preceding section. If said purchasers fail to organize a company as hereinbefore provided, all rights and powers to operate said railway shall thereupon cease.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter161/Section137","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:50Z","sha256":"36cc6644409197f28d4bd26490d70e5d79e4126aa4362eaf2fd1c1ee84a340a9","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-136","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}