Section 33-1-28
Establishment of harbor lines; grant of licenses for construction of wharves, etc.
The port authority may establish harbor lines, exterior and interior, when not in conflict with similar lines established by the United States. The port authority is hereby empowered to grant licenses in the name of the state to any riparian owner for the construction of wharves, booms and other aids to navigation when such wharves, booms or aids are appurtenant to his upland.
(Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1, §20; Code 1940, T. 38, §39.)