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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees
Chapter 1 - Watercourses
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 69-1-112. Commissioners of Watercourses
Universal Citation: TN Code § 69-1-112 (2020)
The county legislative body may, as often as necessary, appoint commissioners to:
- 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;
- Lay off slopes of dams when necessary, determining the time they shall be left open; and
- 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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