The Western and Atlantic Railroad (the corporation existing by virtue of the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad property from the State of Georgia by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, made March 4, 1968) is authorized and empowered to acquire by condemnation the title to all such real estate and other property as may be necessary or proper for the construction or maintenance of main line tracks, sidetracks, spur tracks, passing tracks, stations or station facilities, shops, section houses, pumping houses, roundhouses, pipelines, signal telegraph or telephone lines, or for the maintenance of the track or tracks of the railroad or other railroad uses, in connection with the maintenance or operation of the Western and Atlantic Railroad properties.
History. Ga. L. 1918, p. 253, § 1; Ga. L. 1918, p. 254, § 1; Code 1933, § 91-301.
Editor’s notes.
The lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad property by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, made March 4, 1968, referred to above, is found at Ga. L. 1968, p. 54, as amended by Ga. L. 1986, p. 231.
Structure Georgia Code
Article 5 - Western and Atlantic Railroad
§ 50-16-100. Exclusive State Property
§ 50-16-101. Relationship of State as Owner of Railroad
§ 50-16-102. All Railroad Laws to Apply
§ 50-16-103. Landowners Authorized to Build Stock Gaps
§ 50-16-104. Power of Condemnation Authorized
§ 50-16-105. Width of Land Taken by Condemnation
§ 50-16-106. Manner for Determining Rights and Compensation in Condemnation Proceeding
§ 50-16-107. Rights Acquired by Condemnation to Vest in State
§ 50-16-108. Lessee Subject to Public Service Commission Regulation