Nevada Code § 705.020

County, city or town may grant use of street by railroad to reach depot or pass through; limitations
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1. Any county, city or town in this State
shall have, and is hereby fully empowered, by and through a two-thirds vote of
the board of county commissioners, the city council, or any other officers
having a supervisory or other control of such county, city or town,
respectively, to give, grant or donate to any railroad company now organized or
that may be hereafter organized under the laws of this State the use of any of
the streets or highways which may be absolutely necessary in order to enable
any such company to reach an accessible point for a depot in any such county,
city and county, city or town, or to pass through the same on as direct a route
as possible, and accommodate the traveling and commercial interests thereof.
2. The provisions of this section shall
not apply to any street railroad now constructed, or hereafter to be
constructed, in any of the incorporated cities of this State; nor shall any
railroad company which may avail itself of the provisions of this section ever
use its road for street railroad purposes or for the purpose of carrying
passengers for a consideration from one point to another in the same city; nor
shall any city or town donate any public square or any land set apart to the
use of any one company.

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