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  10. Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies.


Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies.


  • § 77-9-701. Offices of telegraph companies
  • § 77-9-703. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to transmit messages; penalty for failure, neglect or refusal
  • § 77-9-705. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to deliver messages; penalty for failure, neglect or refusal
  • § 77-9-707. Evidence of transmission of telegram in suits against telegraph companies
  • § 77-9-709. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to transmit public messages
  • § 77-9-711. Erection of telegraph and telephone lines
  • § 77-9-713. Local authorities may regulate construction and maintenance of lines
  • § 77-9-715. Liability for damages caused by erection, continuance and use of lines
  • § 77-9-717. Exercise of eminent domain for construction of new lines
  • § 77-9-719. Consolidation and merger of telephone lines, exchanges and property authorized
  • § 77-9-721. Local authorities, public service commission, and attorney-general must consent to consolidation and merger
  • § 77-9-723. Nothing in preceding sections shall mandate consolidation and merger
  • § 77-9-725. Blacklisting of telegraphers because of union affiliation is unlawful
  • § 77-9-727. Conspiracy to blacklist telegrapher is unlawful
  • § 77-9-729. Telegrapher discriminated against may recover actual and exemplary damages
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