Each railroad authorized to construct a road in this state, that has surveyed its road, shall cause a plat of the road, clearly indicating the boundary line of the right–of–way and area in acres and fractions, to be certified by its chief engineer or president, and acknowledged, and filed with the commissioner of school and public lands, and a duplicate with the register of deeds of each county in which the land is situated.

Source: SDC 1939, § 52.0816; SDCL, § 49-20-6; SL 1980, ch 322, § 56.