CHAPTER 13. RAIL BRANCH LINES

IC 8-3-13
     Chapter 13. Rail Branch Lines

IC 8-3-13-1
Authority to build and operate
    
Sec. 1. Any railroad company organized under the laws of this state is hereby authorized to build and operate, in addition to the main line authorized by its charter or articles of association, branch railroads from any point or points on its main line, to or through any adjacent mineral lands, containing coal, iron or building stone, not, however, exceeding in distance fifty (50) miles from the nearest point on said main line: Provided, however, That no railroad company shall build any such branch railroad if the owners of one-third its stock object thereto.
(Formerly: Acts 1865(ss), c.22, s.1; Acts 1869(ss), c.47, s.1; Acts 1889, c.63, s.1.)

IC 8-3-13-2
Construction and maintenance; charter powers
    
Sec. 2. The powers of the charter of any railroad company constructing such branch in relation to the entering upon and taking possession of and acquiring title to any ground and materials necessary in the construction and maintenance of such road, shall be, and the same are hereby, extended to the construction and maintenance of any such branch road.
(Formerly: Acts 1865(ss), c.22, s.2.)