17-1903. Entry upon and condemnation of land. Such companies are also authorized to enter upon any lands, whether owned by private persons in fee, or in any less estate, or by any corporation, whether acquired by purchase or by virtue of any provision in the charter of such corporation, for the purpose of making preliminary surveys and examinations, with a view to the erection of any telegraph lines; and, from time to time to appropriate so much of said lands as may be necessary to erect such poles, piers, abutments, wires and other necessary fixtures for a magnetic telegraph, and to make such changes of location of any part of said lines as may from time to time be deemed necessary, and shall have a right of access to construct said line, and when erected from time to time as may be required, to repair the same, and may proceed to obtain the right-of-way, and to condemn lands for the use of the corporation in the manner provided by K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 23, § 75; R.S. 1923, 17-1903; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 39; January 1, 1964.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 19 - Telegraph, Telephone And Transmission Lines
17-1901 Poles, wires and fixtures of telegraph companies.
17-1903 Entry upon and condemnation of land.
17-1904 Exclusive right contracts prohibited.
17-1905 Powers of telegraph companies.
17-1906 Location and regulation of telegraph poles and lines in cities.
17-1907 Injury to telegraph, telephone or power line property; penalty.
17-1908 Interference with lines; penalty.
17-1909 Consolidation of telegraph companies.
17-1910 Telegraph stations at county seats.
17-1912 Telegraph stations in cities over 50,000; free delivery of messages, when.
17-1915 Same; application for permits; fees.
17-1916 Same; notice to utility.
17-1918 Same; unlawful for mover to move or interfere with lines or facilities.