South Carolina § 58-17-3430 - Railroads shall keep grade at stations level with track.
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§ 58-17-3430. Railroads shall keep grade at stations level with track.
Every railroad company operating a railroad within this State shall keep the grade of its right of way at all stations level with the ties and four feet wide on the station side for a distance of one hundred and fifty feet on each side of such station or stopping place. But in the case of a terminal station the provisions aforesaid shall be operative only as to so much of the territory as is opposite to those portions of such terminal station used for passenger service and the approaches thereto on one side. Any railroad company violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars, on complaint of any person aggrieved thereby, one half of the penalty shall go to complainant and the other half thereof to the use of the public school in the county in which the complaint is made.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 58-1205; 1952 Code SECTION 58-1205; 1942 Code SECTION 8416; 1932 Code SECTION 8416; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 4964; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3269; 1910 (26) 680.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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