Extension of fireguards on unoccupied land--Right to burn--Maximum width.

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49-16A-72. Extension of fireguards on unoccupied land--Right to burn--Maximum width.

Any railroad within this state deeming it necessary to extend its fireguards may, for that purpose, enter upon any unoccupied land belonging to the state and burn a strip of land not exceeding two hundred feet in width on either side of its right of way.

Source: SDC 1939, §52.0822; SDCL, §49-20-21; SL 1980, ch 322, §71.


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