The assessors in all taxing districts where property of a railroad not used for railroad purposes shall be assessed, if required so to do by the State Tax Commissioner, shall certify and send to the commissioner on or before the second Monday in June in each year, a statement giving the description of such property included in the local ratables for that year, and showing the assessed valuation thereof. They shall also, at the same time, certify and send to him a short description of all the real property in their respective taxing districts, used or owned for railroad purposes excepting the main stem or roadbed and track, not exceeding one hundred feet in width of each railroad.

L.1941, c. 291, p. 778, s. 16.