21. Under federal law, a billboard along an interstate cannot be removed by state or local legislation unless the owner is paid for the sign. 22. Would acts of government even as routine as these require taxpayers to pay the owners of property that declined in value as a result? 23. You could eventually pay computer owners for the spare time of their machines. 24. He said the owners would be paid for their land. 25. Reporters had paid the owners to stay. 26. The air force said it would pay the owner for the damage. 27. The government has said it will not pay the owners for the land, but it will pay for improvements on the land. 28. The government plans to pay owners for their improvements to the property, such as houses and irrigation systems, but not for the land itself. 29. The justices debated when government regulation of land goes so far the owner must be paid. 30. Under the Constitution, the government may take private property, as it regularly does for such things as road construction, but it must pay the owner fairly. |