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Art. 6536. [6734] RIGHT OF WAY. Such corporation shall have the right and power to lay out rights of way for their railways not to exceed two hundred feet in width, and to construct their railways and appurtenances thereon, and for the purpose of cuttings and embankments to take as much more land as may be necessary for the proper construction and security of their said railways, and to cut down any standing trees or remove any other structure that may be in danger of falling upon or obstructing such railway, compensation being made therefor in accordance with law. Such corporation may have such examination and survey of their proposed railways made as may be necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route, and for such purposes may enter upon the lands or waters of any person or corporation subject to responsibility for all damages that may be occasioned thereby. Acts 1907, p. 23.

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