§ 1251. The plaintiff must, within thirty days
after final Judgment, pay the sum of money as-
sessed; but may, at the time of or before pay-
ment, elect to build the fences and cattle guards,
and if he so elect, shall execute to the defendant
a bond, with sureties to be approved by the court
in double the assessed cost of the same, to build
such fences and cattle guards within eighteen
months from the time the railroad is built on th<
land taken, and if such bond be gWevi, \ife^^ t^r
pajr the cost of such fences and catW^ g,\i^x^^*



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an action on such bond, the plaintiff may recoTer
reasonable attorney's fees.
§ 1252. Payment may be made to the defend-
ants entitled thereto, or the money may be depos-
ited in court for the defendants, and be distribut-
ed to those entitled thereto. If the money be not
so paid or deposited, the defendants may have
execution as in civil cases, and if the money can-
not be made on execution, the court, upon a show-
ing to that effect, must set aside and annul the en-
tire proceedings, and restore possession of the
property to the defendant, if possession has been
taken by the plaintljff.
Payment, when to be made: Sees. 1251, 1254.
