§ 11.
Construction and maintenance of telegraph lines--Controlling interest in competing
company prohibited.
Any association or corporation organized for the purpose, or any individual,
shall have the right to construct and maintain lines of telegraph in this state and to connect the
same with other lines; and the Legislature shall by general law of uniform operation provide
reasonable regulations to give full effect to this section. No telegraph company shall consolidate
with or hold a controlling interest in the stock or bonds of any other telegraph company owning a
competing line, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, any other competing line of telegraph.