Upon the payment of the sum assessed as damages to the persons to whom it shall be awarded or a tender of the sum to them, the person petitioning is entitled to the right-of-way requested in the petition and may immediately proceed to occupy the right-of-way and erect works and structures and conduct excavations in the right-of-way as may be necessary to the use and enjoyment of the right-of-way.

Source: SL 1881, ch 97 , § 8; CL 1887, § 2023; RPolC 1903, § 2557; RC 1919, § 8751; SDC 1939, § 42.0207; SL 2011, ch 165 , § 188.