49-30-7. Powers of corporation--Construction along waters and highways.Every corporation formed under the provisions of this chapter, and every corporation formed under the laws of any other state or territory or of the United States, owning or operating lines of telegraph or telephone within this state, shall have power to construct its lines of telegraph or telephone across, along, or upon any stream of water, watercourse, street, highway, toll or wagon road, plank road, turnpike, wharf, levee, river front, steamboat, or other public landing, or canal, which its line shall intersect or touch. Source: SDC 1939, §52.1311 (4).
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