Laws Relating to School, Granted and Tide Lands

RULES GOVERNING THE APPLICATIONS FOR RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF RAILROADS OVER

STATE LANDS.

1. That right-of-way through, over and across the public lands of the state, except tide lands, harbor areas and shore lands, is granted to any railroad duly organized under the laws of the state or by act of Congress, to an extent not exceeding fifty feet on each side of the center line of said railroad now constructed or hereafter to be constructed. In order to obtain the benefits of this grant as to any railroad hereafter to be constructed, it must file with the Board of State Land Commissioners a copy of its articles of incorporation, with due proofs of organization thereunder, a map or maps accompanied by the field notes of the survey and location of the line of said railroad as provided in the rules governing the submission of petitions for right-of-way (page 181). In order to obtain the benefits of this grant as to any railroad now constructed, the company owning such road shall file with the Board of State Land Commissioners a list of the lands affected by, used for or included within such right-of-way in addition to the map herein before referred to. Upon the filing of said list and map by said company, as hereinbefore provided, the Board of State Land Commissioners shall classify the lands affected by, to be used for and included within the aforesaid right-of-way, and shall thereupon fix the price per acre for each lot or block, quarter section and subdivision thereof, less the improvements, if any, so affected by, used for and included within said right-of-way, which price shall be the full market value thereof, but not be less than ten dollars per acre.

RULES GOVERNING THE SUBMISSION OF PLATS
ACCOMPANYING PETITIONS FOR RIGHTS-
OF-WAY OF RAILROADS.

1. Maps must be on good quality of mounted paper, 18x24, scale 400 feet to the inch. Unless by special permission, but one section can be shown upon each plat.

2. Give distance to nearest government corners from the point of intersection of the center line of the road with sectional lines, both entering and leaving section.

3. Give the regular alignment notes of the railway survey, and plainly mark the distance between the subdivisional lines; also give distance from the intersection of center line of railway with such lines and subdivisional corner.

4. Give the area of the right-of-way of the proposed road in each legal subdivision, also the area of the remainder of land in each portion of each legal subdivision bisected by the proposed road. (See section 35, chapter LXXXIX, Session Laws of 1897.)

5. Place the certificate of the official engineer upon each plat submitted.

6. Give any other data that will be of service in the thorough understanding of the plat submitted.

PLATS

ACCOMPANYING

THE PETITION FOR

RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF PUBLIC ROADS.

Maps must be on a good quality of mounted paper, 18x24 inches. Scale, six chains to one inch. Unless by special permission, but one section can be shown on each plat.

2. Give distance to nearest government corners, from point of intersection of road with section lines, both entering and leaving sections, unless such road ends on a government meander line, in which case the meander notes connecting such end of road with nearest government meander corner must be given.

3. Taking the government corner nearest where road enters section as the initial point, co-ordinate in chains and links must be given to each angle point in the road.

4. The courses and lengths, in chains, of every tangent, must be plainly marked on the center line of road, and on all subdivisional lines.

5. Give the area of the right-of-way of the proposed road in each legal subdivision, also the area of the remainder of land in each portion of each legal subdivision bisected by the proposed road. (See section 35, chapter LXXXIX, Session Laws of 1897.)

6. Plainly mark distance between subdivisional lines. Also distance from intersection with such lines to subdivisional corner.

7. Place certificate of official city or county engineer or surveyor on each plat submitted.

8. Give all information called for on sample plat, and any other data that would be of service in a thorough understanding of the plat submitted.

S. A. CALLVERT, Commissioner of Public Lands,