Commissioners of Watercourses

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  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees
  4. Watercourses
  5. General Provisions
  6. Commissioners of Watercourses

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The county legislative body may, as often as necessary, appoint commissioners to:

  1. Examine the watercourses in the county, to see that the local erections allowed in the watercourses are conformable to law, and that one fourth (¼) of such watercourses, including the deepest portions, are left open for the free passage of fish;
  2. Lay off slopes of dams when necessary, determining the time they shall be left open; and
  3. Return a plan of the stream, and the falls, dams, and other erections on the stream, when deemed necessary.

Code 1858, § 1314 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 15, § 1; Shan., § 1826; Code 1932, § 3090; T.C.A., (orig. ed.), § 70-115.

Cross-References. Supervisor of water improvements — Duties and compensation, §§69-1-105,69-1-106.


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