                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTEST BY COMPANY WHOSE WORKS ARE CROSSED (§ 56-19)

Any company whose works are to be crossed under the provisions of §§ 56-17 and
56-18 may, within fifteen days from the date of the submission of the plans and
specifications mentioned in § 56-18, apply to the State Corporation Commission
to inquire into the necessity for such crossing, and the propriety of the
proposed location, and all matters pertaining to its construction and operation;
and thereupon, within thirty days from the date of such submission of plans and
specifications, the Commission in its discretion may, by notice served upon both
companies, suspend work on such crossing for such reasonable time, prescribed in
the notice, as it may deem necessary to make such inquiry. The Commission may,
in its discretion, where railroads or canals are to be crossed by other
railroads or canals, employ expert engineers, at a cost not exceeding $500, to
be paid equally by both companies, who shall, with the Commission, or some
member thereof, or such person as the Commission may designate, (1) examine the
location, plans, specifications and descriptions of appliances, and methods
proposed to be employed, (2) hear any objections and consider any modifications
that the company whose line is to be crossed desires to offer, and (3) within
such time as the Commission may fix, reject, approve, or modify such plans and
specifications. The final order of the Commission shall, unless an appeal be
taken to the Supreme Court within thirty days from the date of the same, be
final and binding on both companies.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 3884.