§ 49-09-03 — How right of way obtained from board of university and school lands

Any railway company desiring to secure the benefits of section 49-09-01, within ninety days
after the definite location of its road across any section of such lands, shall file in the office of
the board of university and school lands a plat of such section of land, showing the location of
such road through the same and all stations located thereon. Thereafter all such lands over
which such roads shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such grant and every certificate or
patent for such lands thereafter sold shall contain an express reservation to the use of such
corporation of all lands which it shall have appropriated in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter. If such road shall not be completed across any such section within five years after the
location of the same thereon, the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to such section.