§ 17-12-107 — Certificate of telegraph company

Whenever any three (3) or more persons associate under the
provisions of this article, to form a company for the purpose of
constructing a line or lines of magnetic telegraph in this
state, their certificate shall specify as follows: the termini
of such line or lines, and the counties through which they shall
pass; and such corporation is hereby authorized to construct
said telegraph line or lines from point to point along and upon
any of the public roads, by the erection of the necessary
fixtures, including posts, piers and abutments, necessary for
the wires; provided, that the same shall not incommode the
public in the use of said roads or highways.