33 U.S.C. § 493 — Use of railroad bridges by other railroad companies
submitted 120 years ago by ch. 1130 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 106 words · no verdicts yet
Railroad companies must receive equal rights to use a covered railroad bridge and its approaches if they pay reasonable compensation. The Secretary of Transportation decides disagreements about the terms or amount of payment after hearing the parties’ claims and evidence.
Every railroad company that wants to use a railroad bridge built under sections 491 through 494 and 495 through 498 of this title is entitled to equal rights and privileges to run railway trains or cars over the bridge and its approaches, after paying reasonable compensation. If the parties disagree about the terms of use or the amount to be paid, the Secretary of Transportation must decide every disputed matter after hearing the parties’ allegations and evidence.
All railroad companies desiring the use of any railroad bridge built in accordance with the provisions of sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, shall be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case of any disagreement between the parties in regard to the terms of such use or the sums to be paid all matters at issue shall be determined by the Secretary of Transportation upon hearing the allegations and proofs submitted to him.
Source credit: (Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130, § 3, 34 Stat. 85; Pub. L. 97–449, § 2(d)(1), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2440.)
- 1906Enacted · Act of Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130 · 34 Stat. 85
- 1983Amended · Pub. L. 97-449 · 96 Stat. 2440
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1130 on 1906-03-23.
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