Section 83. Condemnation of real property  


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  • In case such corporation is
      unable to agree for the purchase of any real property required  for  the
      purposes of its incorporation, and its route in the county in which such
      real  property  is  situated has been finally located, it shall have the
      right to acquire title thereto by  condemnation,  but  such  corporation
      shall  not  locate  its  route  or construct any line of pipe through or
      under any building, dooryard, lawn, garden or  orchard,  except  by  the
      consent  of  the owner thereof in writing duly acknowledged, nor through
      any cemetery or burial ground,  nor  within  one  hundred  feet  of  any
      building  except  where such line is authorized by public officers to be
      laid across or upon any public highway. No such corporation shall lay or
      construct its line of pipe through or under a street in any city, unless
      it shall first obtain the  consent  of  a  majority  of  the  owners  of
      property  abutting  on that portion of the street in which its pipe line
      is to be laid. Such pipe line shall be laid  with  reasonable  care  and
      prudence.