It shall be the duty of the duly authorized officer of any railroad company owning, leasing, or operating any railroad within this state, to furnish the Department of Revenue on or before May first each year a statement signed and sworn to by such officer. Such statement shall be made as of the thirty-first day of the preceding December, according to the instructions and on the forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue, which shall embrace and show:

(1) The whole number of miles of main line or lines and branches thereof owned, operated, or leased in the state by the railroad company making the return, and the present true cash value thereof per mile;

(2) The number of miles of main line or lines and branches thereof owned, operated, or leased by such company, the number of miles of sidetrack and the present true cash value thereof per mile, the quantity of land actually used for gravel or sand beds or for snow protection, and the number and character of buildings and present cash value thereof, the width of right-of-way, the width and length of warehouse lots located in each county in the state, and the value thereof;

(3) The number of miles of main line and the number of miles of sidetrack and passing tracks and value thereof, the width and length of right-of-way, the number and size of warehouse lots upon or contiguous to the right-of-way, the size, cost, and character of the passenger depot, freight depot, warehouse or warehouses, shops, turntables, roundhouses, engine stables, coal houses, stockyards, and of all other buildings; the amount of ground used for yards in addition to ground already specified, and the quantity of unplatted land held or actually and necessarily used exclusively for railway purposes, owned by such company and situated within the limits of each municipality, and the value thereof, and of any terminals therein owned by such company;

(4) The number of engines, passenger, mail, express, baggage, freight, and other cars owned by such company and used in operating such railroad in this state, and on roads having various lines and branches within the state the statement shall show the actual amount of rolling stock owned by the company, in use on each of such lines and branches within this state during the year for which the report is made;

(5) The total gross earnings of the company for the year for which the report is made, the amount paid out for operating expenses, taxes, interest on bonds, and permanent improvements;

(6) The total net earnings of the company for the year for which the report is made, and the total number of miles owned and operated;

(7) The total gross earnings of the various lines and branches owned and operated by the company within this state during the year for which the report is made, the amount paid out of the same for operating expenses incurred in operating such lines and branches, the total amount of taxes levied upon such property for such year, the amount paid out for interest on bonds issued upon the lines and branches in the state, the amount of such bonds per mile and the interest which they bear, and the amount paid out for permanent improvements upon the lines and branches within the state during such year;

(8) The percent paid to the stockholders of such company during such year as dividends, upon both common and preferred stock, and the surplus representing undivided profits on hand at the time of making such statement;

(9) Such other information and statistics as the Department of Revenue may require.

Source: SDC 1939, § 57.1302; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.