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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1956, chapter 435.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54204,"section_number":"56-347","catch_line":"Power of condemnation; limitation","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-347\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249489,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75784,"identifier":"56-346","token":"56\/13\/2\/56-346","url":"\/56-346\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-346\/","token":"56\/13\/2\/56-346","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain powers conferred by law on railroad corporations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-346","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In addition to the powers conferred by Title 13.1, every corporation<\/span> of this Commonwealth organized to conduct a railroad<\/span> business shall have power to cause to be made such examinations and surveys for its proposed railroad<\/span> as are necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route or routes, or for the improvement or straightening of its line or change of location, for constructing or providing additional tracks or facilities or for any other work or thing mentioned in \u00a7 56-347<\/a>; and for such purposes, by its officers and servants, to enter upon the lands or waters of any person<\/span>, but subject to responsibility for all damages<\/span> that may be done thereto.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN POWERS CONFERRED BY LAW ON RAILROAD CORPORATIONS (\u00a7 56-346)\n\nIn addition to the powers conferred by Title 13.1, every corporation of this\nCommonwealth organized to conduct a railroad business shall have power to cause\nto be made such examinations and surveys for its proposed railroad as are\nnecessary to the selection of the most advantageous route or routes, or for the\nimprovement or straightening of its line or change of location, for constructing\nor providing additional tracks or facilities or for any other work or thing\nmentioned in \u00a7 56-347; and for such purposes, by its officers and servants, to\nenter upon the lands or waters of any person, but subject to responsibility for\nall damages that may be done thereto.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3857; 1920, p. 305; 1944, p. 534; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7\n3857a; 1956, c. 435.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}