STATE LAND LAWS 

 SECS. 219-220 RAILROADS. 



court. (Laws '01, p. 354, sec. 4; sec. 6836 Rem.-Bal. ; 171 

 sec. 187 Pierce.) 



Appraisement of improvements generally: sees. 76-78, ante. 



SEC. 219. RAILROADS RECORD AND NOTICE OF APPRAISE- 

 MENT. 



When said appraisement is made it shall be recorded in the 

 proceedings of said Board of State Land Commissioners and the 

 evidence or report upon which the same is based shall be pre- 

 served of record in the office of the Board of State Land Com- 

 missioners and the Commissioner of Public Lands shall prepare 

 a certificate of said appraisement in duplicate, one of which he 

 shall file in his office and the other transmit to the auditor of the 

 county in which the lands affected by said rights of way are 

 located; and shall send a notice to the railroad company avail- 

 ing itself of the provisions of this act* that such appraisement 

 has been made. The board of county commissioners of any 

 county where the said right of way is situate shall be forthwith 

 served with notice of appraisement. A copy of said appraise- 

 ment shall be forthwith filed with the board of county commis- 

 sioners of any county in which the land is situated. (Laws '01, 

 p. 355, sec. 5; sec. 6837 Rem.-Bal.; 171 sec. 189 Pierce.) 



* Sees. 215-222. 



SEC. 220. RAILROADS APPEAL FROM APPRAISEMENT. 



Within thirty days after the appraisement of said lands, as 

 aforesaid, the board of county commissioners of any county in 

 which the right of way is situate, or any person, company or 

 corporation may appeal from the same to the superior court 

 of the county in which the right of way affected by the appeal 

 is situate ; but if the applicant is the party appealing, he or it 

 must deposit the amount of the appraisement in the registry of 

 the court to which the appeal is taken. All appeals shall be 

 heard and determined by the court de novo. The taking of an 

 appeal shall not prevent the use of the land affected thereby for 

 right of way purposes during the prosecution of the appeal. 

 All costs on appeal shall be paid by the applicant [appellant]. 



