mend and draft such, bills as will in its judgment
protect the people's interest in and upon the railroads
of this state.
I§ 4, chap. 353, Laws of 1882; § 9, chap. 853, Laws of 1882.]

§ 158. Reports of railroad, corporations. — The
board shall prescribe the form of the report required
by the railroad law to be made by railroad corpora-
tions, and may from time to time make such changes
and additions in such form, giving to the corporation
six months notice before the expiration of any fiscal
year, of any changes or additions which would
require any alteration in the method or form of
keeping their accounts, and on or before September
fifteenth in each year, shall furnish a blank form for
such report. When the report of any corporation is
defective, or believed to be erroneous, the board
shall notify the corporation to amend the same
within thirty days. The originals of the reports,
subscribed and sworn to as prescribed by law, shall
be preserved in the oflBce of the board.
