99. One month after the deposit of the map or plan and book of reference, and after notice thereof in at least one newspaper, if any there be, published in each of the counties through which the railway is intended to pass, application may be made by the company to the owners of lands or to persons empowered to sell lands, or interested in lands, which may suffer damage from the taking of material, or the exercise of any of the powers granted to the railway company, and thereupon agreements and contracts may be made with such persons, touching the said lands or the compensation to be paid for the same, or the damages, or as to the mode in which such compensation shall be ascertained, as may seem expedient to both parties.
In case of disagreement between them, or any of them, all questions which arise between them shall be settled by expropriation proceedings.
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 99.