District of Columbia Code
Chapter 2 - Definitions Applicable to Subtitle
§ 34–219. “Telegraph line” defined

The term “telegraph line” when used in this subtitle includes conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, crossarms, instruments, machinery, appliances, and all devices, real estate, franchises, easements, apparatus, fixtures, property, and routes used, operated, controlled, or owned by any telegraph corporation to facilitate the business of affording communication by telegraph for hire.
(Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 976, ch. 150, § 8, par. 1.)
1981 Ed., § 43-220.
1973 Ed., § 43-120.