Section 31-22-6 - Right to easement complete upon payment of damages or refusal thereof--Payment ofcosts of proceedings--Fees and mileage of county commissioners. - South Dakota Statutes

31-22-6. Right to easement complete upon payment of damages or refusal thereof--Payment of costs of proceedings--Fees and mileage of county commissioners. Upon payment of the sum assessed to the owner of the land over which such right-of-way is laid or upon his refusal to accept the same upon the deposit of such sum with the clerk of courts of the county in which such lands are located, the right of the owner of such isolated tract to the free use of said right-of-way shall be complete; provided the owner of such isolated tract shall have paid all of the costs of the proceedings in laying out and assessing the damages of said right-of-way, and the commissioners shall each be entitled to a fee of three dollars per day and five cents for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the lands where such right-of-way is located.

Source: SL 1935, ch 179, § 4; SDC 1939, § 28.0804.