CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN POWERS CONFERRED BY LAW ON RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (§ 56-346)

In addition to the powers conferred by Title 13.1, every corporation of this
Commonwealth organized to conduct a railroad business shall have power to cause
to be made such examinations and surveys for its proposed railroad as are
necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route or routes, or for the
improvement or straightening of its line or change of location, for constructing
or providing additional tracks or facilities or for any other work or thing
mentioned in § 56-347; and for such purposes, by its officers and servants, to
enter upon the lands or waters of any person, but subject to responsibility for
all damages that may be done thereto.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 3857; 1920, p. 305; 1944, p. 534; Michie Suppl. 1946, §
3857a; 1956, c. 435.