Powers of sundry companies

17-619. Powers of sundry companies. That any macadam-road, plank-road, telegraph, hydraulic, irrigating, gas company, milling or other manufacturing corporation using power, duly chartered and organized, may furnish, sell, let, or lease, for such time as such corporation may determine, any portion of its water or power or gas to any person or persons or corporation or partnerships who may wish to use the same, and may convey water in channels, raceways, or pipes, and convey gas or compressed air in pipes, and may transmit power by shafting, belting, belting and pulleys, ropes and pulleys, or by electrical current, or by compressed air; and such corporation may borrow such sums of money as may be necessary for completing, furnishing or operating its canals, raceways, pipes, dams, mills, or machinery, and may issue and dispose of its bonds for any amount so borrowed, and may mortgage the corporate property and franchise, or any part of the same, to secure the payment of any debt contracted by the corporation for the purposes aforesaid. History: L. 1876, ch. 58, § 2; L. 1891, ch. 85, § 2; L. 1899, ch. 95, § 2; May 15; R.S. 1923, 17-619. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Irrigation in this state is a public use; right of eminent domain is conferred upon irrigation companies. Irrigation Co. v. Klein, 63 Kan. 484, 492, 65 P. 684. 2. Section cited in determining bank's authority to buy and sell bonds. First State Bank v. Bone, 122 Kan. 493, 501, 252 P. 250. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026