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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-16-102. All railroad laws to apply.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-16-102. All railroad laws to apply.

All the public road laws and penal laws touching the railroads of this state, whether to obligate or protect, apply to the state railroad unless specially excepted or some other provision is prescribed in lieu of some one or more thereof.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 890; Code 1868, § 969; Code 1873, § 965; Code 1882, § 965; Civil Code 1895, § 1022; Civil Code 1910, § 1289; Code 1933, § 91-203.

## Cross References

Regulation of railroads generally, T. 46, C. 8 and 9.