Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-20
General Laws of Minnesota for PSYCHOLOGICAL
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AN ACT to authorize railroad companies TO ex,
ercise the right of eminent domain in certain
cases in this State.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the State OF
Minnesota:
Section l. That any railroad company now
existing under the laws of Minnesota, or which
has authority under the laws of this State to
build and operate railroad within this State,
and any railroad companies which may hereaf-
ter be organized under the general laws of this
State, shall have power to acquire by purchase
or condemnation, all necessary roadways, spur
and sidetracks, rights of way, depot grounds,
yards, grounds for machine shops, warehouses,
elevators, depots, station houses, and all other
structures that may be necessary or convenient
for the full enjoyment, use and operation of its
road, and may purchase erect and maintain,
and operate all such machine shops, warehouses,
elevators, depots, station houses and other
structures as may be necessary or convenient
for the use, operation, and enjoyment of the
road, and may make with any railroad COM
pany, such arrangements for the use OF any
portion of its tracks and road beds as 1t may
deem necessary; and may, wherever and when.
ever it may be or become necessary for carry
ing out the purposes of such corporation, enter
upon and cross over or under the tracks and
road beds of any other railroad corporation or
company for the purpose of effecting crossing
upon, over or under the same or q connection
over, under or along any other lands OF all
other railroad corporations, streets and high
ways, with its own tracks, upon paying just
compensation to the person or corporation in
iured thereby,
Sec. q. That the power to condemn hereby
granted, shall embrace all roadways, spur and
side tracks, rights of way, railroad crossings,
depot grounds, yards, grounds for machine
Shops warehouses, elevators, station houses,
water tanks, and all other buildings and struc-
lures, rights, privileges and easements necessary
| to the construction, or necessary or convenient
to the operation of any of said railroads; also,
all lands rights, privileges and easements that
are or may become necessary or convenient to
the full enjoyment use, maintenance and ope-
ration of any of said railroads.
SEQ. 8. That the condemnation proceedings
hereby authorized, shall be instituted by said
COMPANY and conducted in the same manner,
as other similar proceedings are or may hereaf-
ter be instituted and conducted by railroad
companies in this State under the general laws,
except that the court in its discretion In and
| by the order of appointing commissioners, may
limit the easements to be acquired, by reserv.
ing to the owner of the property over which
the right of way is sought to be obtained, such
rights and privileges in and to the same as shall
mot be incompatible with the use for which the
same is to be appropriated, to be exercised and
enjoyed in such manner as not to in ure or to
interfere with the road track and structure of
mate use of the same for railway purposes.
| Provided, that nothing in this act contained,
| shall be construed as authorizing or empower
| ling said railroad company or any of them, to
condemn, appropriate or use any lands, proper
ty or rights or franchises of any other railroad
corporation, occupied or in use or necessary for
the operation of its railroad, or the transaction
of it's business by such other corporation, ex-
| cept when the petitioning corporation shall
| elect to cross any such property and tracks OF
| either by it's tracks, and in such case the cor
| poratlon electing to cross any such property
and tracks, either, may cross the same,
either over, under or at grade, and then only by
! the construction of its tracks across the same.
And in case where such election shall be made,
the district court to which the petition shall be
! presented shall at the time of tie appointment
! of the commissioners, upon the request OF
either party and upon such showing as the
court may deem necessary and proper, prescribe
| the location and the manner in which such
! crossing or connection shall be made so as to
| effect the purpose of the petitloning corpora
! ton, and at the same time do the least injury
| to the corporation whose property is taken.
| Sec. 4. That nothing herein contained shall
! be construed to abridge the rights conferred on
any railroad company by existing general laws
| of this State, or of any special laws OF this
| State.
| Sec s. This act shall take effect and be in
| force from and after Its passage.
| Approved March 6, 1879.