Section 15
SEC. 15. The grantee shall enjoy the following powers, privileges, and exemptions: To occupy any part of the public domain, not occupied for other public purposes, which may be necessary for the purposes of the enjoyment of tin's franchise and may be approved by the Consulting Engineer. The land to he taken under this power shall be acquired by the grantee in the following manner: The grantee shall file a petition describing the land which he desires to acquire from the public domain, showing that the same belongs to the public domain, is not in use for any other public purpose, and is property necessary for the enjoyment of the franchise to construct and maintain the railroad herein described, and praying that the same may be conveyed to him for uses and purposes of the enjoyment of said franchise. The petition shall he accompanied by a plat and survey of the land described in the petition. The Consulting Engineer, after an examination of the petition and the plat and the taking of evidence, if necessary, shall approve the same, the finds the land petitioned for to be necessary and proper for the enjoyment of the franchise herein granted. The Consulting Engineer shall then forward the petition, with his approval, to the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands, who shall, upon due investigation, determine whether the land sought is public land and is not in use for any other public purpose, and shall certify the same to the Civil Governor, who, being satisfied of the propriety and legality of granting the petition, shall grant to the owner of the franchise permission to use said land for the purposes of the tramway. The permission to use said land shall be in writing and shall contain a clause providing for a reversion of the land to the Insular Government whenever it shall have ceased to be used for the purposes of the franchise. To real or personal property of said tramway actually used and necessary for tramway purposes, shall be taxed by any province or municipality for five years from the granting of this franchise. In the case of refusal or failure to pay the lawful charges, costs, and expenses of the transportation and conduction of freight over the whole length or any part of the line, the grantee shall have the right to detain said freight until such time as the amount lawfully due shall be paid. The amount lawfully due shall include all proper charges for storage of goods left in the care of the grantee for over forty-eight hours after reaching their destination. To make application before the justice of the peace of the municipality of Daet for the sale at public auction of all articles of freight or luggage transported by the grantee which may have remained in the hands of the grantee for two months or over uncalled for by the owner or consignee. In the before-mentioned cases, or when the owner or consignee can not be found or is unknown or shall refuse to receive the goods transported or pay the lawful costs, charges, and expenses of transportation, application may be made by the grantee, his lessees, successors, or assigns to the justice of the peace of the municipality of Daet for an order to sell at public auction, upon two days notice, those goods which are of a perishable nature, and upon thirty days' notice, goods not likely to suffer deterioration or loss during the period of notice if given ordinary care. Not ices of sale required by this section shall be given by posting at the place where goods are stored or held and at the door of the municipal building a written announcement of the date, hour, and place of sale, a description of the goods to be sold, and the charges, costs, and expenses for which the goods are held. The proceeds of sale shall go first to defray the cost and expenses of said sale, and then to the account of freight and charges of the grantee on said goods, and the balance, if there be any, shall be deposited with said justice of the peace at the disposition of the person who may have right to same. The grantee shall have the right to refuse to transport goods of a perishable nature unless the freight charges are prepaid or guaranteed. To sell, lease, give, grant, convey, or assign this franchise f and all property and rights acquired thereunder to any person, company, or corporation competent to conduct the business of the said tramway, but no title to this franchise or to the property or rights acquired thereunder, shall pass by sale, lease, gift, grant, conveyance, transfer, or assignment to the vendee, donee, transferee, lessee, or assignees, or be enjoyed by him until he shall have filed in the office of the Secretary of Commerce and Police an agreement in writing agreeing to comply with all the terms and conditions imposed on the grantee by the franchise and accepting the said franchise subject to all its existing terms and conditions.