§ 49-09-01 — Right of way through state lands - Conditions

Every railroad corporation duly organized under the laws of any state or territory, or of the
United States, and authorized to build and operate a railroad within this state, which shall have
filed with the secretary of state a copy of its articles of incorporation, properly certified, shall
have the right to take, hold, and use for the purposes of a railroad a strip of land one hundred
feet [30.48 meters] wide, fifty feet [15.24 meters] on each side of the centerline of such railroad,
through each and every tract of public land owned or held by the state across which its road
shall be located or constructed. When it shall be necessary to protect such railroad from snow,
or to use extra width in its construction, such corporation shall have the right to take, hold, and
use a strip of land not exceeding two hundred feet [60.96 meters] in width, one hundred feet
[30.48 meters] on each side of such centerline, through such public lands. At all its regular
stations established upon such land, such company shall have the right to take a strip of land
one thousand six hundred feet [487.68 meters] long and three hundred feet [91.44 meters] wide
for station purposes.