17-1906. Location and regulation of telegraph poles and lines in cities. The council of any city or trustees of any incorporated town or village through which the line of any telegraph corporation is to pass, may, by ordinance or otherwise, specify where the posts, piers or abutments shall be located, the kind of posts that shall be used, the height at which the wires shall be run, and such company shall be governed by the regulation thus prescribed; and after the erection of said telegraph lines, the council of any city or the trustees of any incorporated town or village shall have power to direct any alteration in the location or erection of said posts, piers or abutments, and also in the height at which the wires shall run, having first given such company or its agents opportunity to be heard in regard to such alteration.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 23, ยง 78; October 31; R.S. 1923, 17-1906.
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.