The commissioners are authorized, in their own names or in that of their chairman as such, to bring an action for and recover, to their own use and the improvement of navigation, any forfeiture accruing under this chapter which is not otherwise specifically appropriated.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 1490; Code 1868, § 1547; Code 1873, § 1541; Code 1882, § 1541; Civil Code 1895, § 1689; Civil Code 1910, § 1935; Code 1933, § 80-209; Ga. L. 1945, p. 279, § 27; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 52.)