“Telegraph line” defined.
D.C. Code § 34-219
in effect34-219. “Telegraph line” defined.
The term “telegraph line” when used in this subtitle includes conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, crossarms, instruments, machinery, appliances, and all devices, real estate, franchises, easements, apparatus, fixtures, property, and routes used, operated, controlled, or owned by any telegraph corporation to facilitate the business of affording communication by telegraph for hire.
(Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 976, ch. 150, § 8, par. 1.)
Source: Council of the District of Columbia (code.dccouncil.gov)URL: https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/34-219Fetched: 10/21/2026
