Ky. Const. art. I, § 211

Section 211 Foreign railroad corporation may not condemn or acquire real estate. No railroad corporation organized under the laws of any other State, or of the United States, and doing business, or proposing to do business, in this State, shall be entitled to the benefit of the right of eminent domain or have power to acquire the right of way or real estate for depot or other uses, until it shall have become a body corporate pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of this Commonwealth. Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891. History: Not yet amended.