Section 367:7 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.
Source. PS 156:6. PL 246:6. RL 296:6.