Sec. 1. Owners of tracts of land separated by the right of way of a railway company, or owner of a tract or tracts of land separated by the right of way of a railway company from a public highway or road, lying and situated immediately contiguous to and adjoining said right of way, may, if such right of way has been or shall hereafter be acquired by condemnation and appropriation, or by purchase or donation, construct and maintain wagon and driveways over and across such right of way leading from one of such tracts to another on the opposite side of such right of way, or leading from such tract or tracts of land on one (1) side to the highway on the other side of the right of way, at any point most convenient to such owner. For this purpose, such owner may enter upon such right of way and construct such embankment, or make such excavation, on one (1) or both sides of the track of such railway as may be necessary to establish easy grades from one (1) tract of land to the opposite tract or highway, and may spike planks on the ties of such railway on the line of such way for the space of the width of such way, of such thickness as not to be elevated above the top of the rails of such railway, and may also bridge the gutters at the sides of such railway track in such manner as not to obstruct the flow of water therein: Provided, The railroad company shall make the crossing.
Formerly: Acts 1885(ss), c.44, s.1; Acts 1899, c.212, s.1.
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