2018 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 24 - Highways
Chapter 24-5 Maintenance of Town Highways
Section 24-5-17 Complaint and alteration of watercourse.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 24-5-17 (2018)

§ 24-5-17. Complaint and alteration of watercourse.

Any person who may consider himself or herself aggrieved by a watercourse may complain to the town council; and the council on receiving his or her complaint and examining into the circumstances of the complaint, shall, if they think reasonable, direct the surveyor to alter the watercourse in such manner as they shall think proper.

History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 72, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 83, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 96, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 73, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 24-5-17.)

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