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18-15-802. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Power of eminent domain.
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18-15-802. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Power of eminent domain.
(a)(1) Any company formed for the purpose of buying or building and owning one (1) or more steamboats, barges, and flatboats to be used in transporting freight and passengers on any river, lake, bayou, or other navigable stream, shall have the right-of-way, not exceeding two hundred feet (200') in width, over any strip of land connecting two (2) navigable streams, lakes, or bodies of water.
(2) The strip of land shall not be more than five (5) miles in width for the purpose of erecting thereon dirt, plank, or horse railroads, and such other improvements as may be necessary for the convenience and business of the company.
(b) No other company shall have right-of-way within a less distance than three (3) miles of the way claimed by the company first availing itself of the provisions of this section, § 18-15-801, and §§ 18-15-803 — 18-15-806.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-15-802
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18-15-802. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Power of eminent domain.
(a)(1) Any company formed for the purpose of buying or building and owning one (1) or more steamboats, barges, and flatboats to be used in transporting freight and passengers on any river, lake, bayou, or other navigable stream, shall have the right-of-way, not exceeding two hundred feet (200') in width, over any strip of land connecting two (2) navigable streams, lakes, or bodies of water.
(2) The strip of land shall not be more than five (5) miles in width for the purpose of erecting thereon dirt, plank, or horse railroads, and such other improvements as may be necessary for the convenience and business of the company.
(b) No other company shall have right-of-way within a less distance than three (3) miles of the way claimed by the company first availing itself of the provisions of this section, § 18-15-801, and §§ 18-15-803 — 18-15-806.
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18-15-801. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Private purchases permitted.
Nothing in §§ 18-15-802 — 18-15-806 shall prevent a company from making private contracts and purchases of lands from such owners as may be most agreeable to both parties.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-15-801
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18-15-803. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Petition.
Any company desiring to avail itself of the benefits of the right-of-way provided for in this subchapter shall petition the county court, or the judge thereof in vacation, of the county in which any lands are situated and over which a right-of-way is desired to appoint a jury of twelve (12) persons, qualified under the laws of this state to serve on juries, whose duties it shall be to appraise and ascertain the value of any lands over which a right-of-way is desired by any company petitioning, and provided for in this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-15-803
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18-15-806. Navigation companies connecting streams by railroad — Order to vest land in petitioner.
(a) When any lands shall have been so appraised and valued, when a due report of the appraisement has been made, and when the amount of money has been deposited with the clerk and ordered to be paid as provided in § 18-15-805, it shall be the duty of the judge to make an order upon the records of his or her court that the lands so appraised shall vest in and belong to the company petitioning, as provided in § 18-15-803.
(b) The order shall contain a description of the lands, the amount at which they were valued by the appraisers, the fact that the amount was deposited with the clerk and ordered to be paid over to the original owner or owners, the date of the deposit and order, the names of the original owner or owners, and the corporate name of the company.
(c)(1) When so made and certified by the judge, the order shall be recorded as other deeds of conveyance.
(2) When so made, certified, and recorded, the order shall operate as, and have in law the effect of, conveyance in fee simple from the original owner or owners to the company of the lands named and described in the order.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-15-806
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 18-15-806. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.