The board of county commissioners, in their respective counties, may establish township and section lines as rights-of-way of not less than thirty feet in width for the purpose of constructing gas lines or drainage ditches when petitioned by ten freeholders residing within five miles of any proposed right-of-way; provided that each petition shall apply to rights-of-way not exceeding two (2) miles in length. History: 1953 Comp., § 55-4-5.1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 200, § 1. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39A C.J.S. Highways § 136.
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