f relocating its line, subject to responsibility for all damages resulting therefrom. 2. To acquire by purchase, donation or otherwise, all such real and personal property as may be necessary for, or may be given to aid or encourage the construction and maintenance of its railroad and for its buildings and yards. 3. To condemn, in the manner provided by law, a right-of-way with such additional lands as may be necessary for depot grounds or for the purpose of constructing necessary embankments, excavations, ditches, drains and culverts. 4. To cross natural or artificial streams or bodies of water, streets, highways or railroads which its road may intersect, and in such manner as to afford security for life and property and subject to the duty of immediately restoring such course or body of water, street, highway, or railway to its former condition, as nearly as may be. 5. To cross, intersect, join or unite its railroad with any other railroad, either before or after the construction, at any point upon its route, and upon the grounds of such other railroad corporation, with the necessary turnouts, sidings and switches, and other conveniences in furtherance of the objects of its connections, and every corporation whose railroad is or shall be hereafter intersected by any new railroad, shall unite with the owners of such new railroad in forming such intersections and connections, and grant facilities therefor. 6. To construct and operate spurs or branch lines of railroad connecting with the main line or any branch thereof, not to exceed 5 miles in length each, though such spurs or branch lines be not named or described in the articles of incorporation, and to relocate any section or sections of its lines between the principal termini, with the same powers as in the case of original or first locations. [1911 CPA § 685; RL § 5627; NCL § 9174] NRS 37.240 Two railroad companies may have right-of-way over same passes; change and expense of reconstruction of public highway. Any railroad company whose right-of-way, or whose track or roadbed upon such right-of-way passes through any canyon, pass or defile, shall not prevent any other railroad company from the use or occupancy of such canyon, pass or defile for the purposes of its road, in common with the road first located, or the crossing of other railroads at grade; and the location of such right-of-way through any canyon, pass or defile shall not cause the disuse of any public highway now located therein, nor prevent the location through the same of any such highway where such highway may be necessary for the public accommodation; and where any change in the location of such highway is necessary to permit the passage of such railroad through any canyon, pass or defile, the railroad company shall, before entering upon the ground occupied by such highway, cause the same to be reconstructed at its own expense in the most favorable location, and in as perfect a manner as the original highway. Such expenses shall be equitably divided between any number of railroad companies occupying and using the same canyon, pass or defile. [1911 CPA § 686; RL § 5628; NCL § 9175] NRS 37.250 Right of eminent domain granted to nonresident or foreign corporations or partnerships; conditions. The right of eminent domain is hereby granted to nonresident or foreign corporations or partnerships which are now organized or may be organized under the laws of another state or territory, or under any act of Congress, and upon the same terms and conditions as any resident citizen, domestic corporation or partnership. Before any corporation or partnership organized or incorporated otherwise than under the laws of this state is entitled to any of the rights granted by this chapter, it must first comply with all laws of this state prescribing the conditions in which the corporation or partnership may be authorized to do business within the State or within any county of the State in which it seeks to exercise the right of eminent domain. [1911 CPA § 687; RL § 5629; NCL § 9176]—(NRS A 1989, 549) NRS 37.260 Disposal of real property and improvements acquired by exercise of power of eminent domain: Procedure; presumption; conveyance. 1. Any real property, interest therein or improvement thereon which has been acquired in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or purchased under the threat of eminent domain proceedings by an association, commission, corporation, partnership or political subdivision other than a county or incorporated city may be disposed of as surplus by that entity only in accordance with the provisions of this section. 2. The governing body of the entity desiring to dispose of the property must first adopt a resolution declaring that the property is no longer required for the purposes for which it was acquired or for other reasonable public use. 3. The property, interest or improvement must be sold by the entity to the highest bidder bidding for the property, either at public auction or by sealed bids, the notice and terms of which must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the property is situated at least once not less than 15 nor more than 45 days before the sale. When, in the opinion of the governing body of the entity, the property cannot be sold by means of public auction or sealed bids without working an undue hardship upon a property owner either as a result of a severance of that owner’s property or a denial of access to a public street or highway, the governing body may first offer the property to that owner at a price determined by the governing body to be in the best interest of the corporation, partnership, association, commission or political subdivision. 4. It is conclusively presumed in favor of any purchaser for value and without notice of any such real property, interest therein or improvement thereon conveyed pursuant to this section that the entity disposing of it acted within its lawful authority in acquiring and disposing of the property, and that the officers thereof acted within their lawful authority in executing any conveyance vesting title in the purchaser. All such conveyances must be quitclaim in nature and must not carry any warranty of title. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1052; A 1981, 988; 1989, 549) NRS 37.270 Right of first refusal to purchase property acquired by governmental entity: Conditions; purchase price; exceptions. [Effective through June 30, 2007.] 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the State of Nevada, any political subdivision of the State or other governmental entity that has acquired property pursuant to the provisions of this chapter: (a) Fails to use the property for the public purpose for which it was acquired; and (b) Seeks to convey the right, title or interest in all or part of that property to any person, within 15 years after the property is acquired, the person from whom the property was acquired or his successor in interest must be granted the right of first refusal to purchase the right, title or interest in the property sought to be conveyed for fair market value which shall be deemed to be an amount which does not exceed the proportional amount paid by the State, political subdivision or other governmental entity for the acquisition of the property. 2. This section does not apply to property that is: (a) Acquired through the use of federal funds; or (b) Purchased as an early or total acquisition at the request of the owner of the property. (Added to NRS by 2005, 1787; A 2005, 2219) NRS 37.270 Right of first refusal to purchase property acquired by governmental entity: Conditions; purchase price. [Effective July 1, 2007.] Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the State of Nevada, any political subdivision of the State or other governmental entity that has acquired property pursuant to the provisions of this chapt

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