(a) Any railroad company owning or operating a line of railway in this state, passing through any city or incorporated town within one-half (1/2) mile of the state boundary line of this state, shall erect and maintain a suitable depot therein and shall stop all its passenger trains at this station.
(b)
(1) Any railroad company which fails, refuses, or neglects to build a suitable depot within ninety (90) days or shall fail to stop all its passenger trains as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall forfeit and pay a sum of money not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), to be prosecuted in the name of the state by any citizen aggrieved or by the prosecuting attorney of the district. Each day's refusal or neglect shall constitute a separate offense.
(2) The sum when so recovered shall go to the school fund of the county in which the city or town is located.
(3) The prosecuting attorney shall be allowed twenty percent (20%) of the amount so received for his or her services.
(c) This section shall not apply where there is a depot within three hundred feet (300') of the opposite side of the line at which all passenger trains stop.
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