TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 9. Easements, 44-9-1 through 44-9-92.

ARTICLE 4 RIGHTS OF WAY FOR MINING, QUARRYING, AND OTHER BUSINESSES

44-9-76. Amount of water allowed to be withdrawn from stream above mill or factory by mine owner or lessee.

In no instance shall a greater amount of water, measured in cubic feet, than the surplus be withdrawn and carried away entirely from a stream above any mill or factory, surplus water being that full amount of water that would run to waste with a tight mill dam at such mill or factory. This Code section shall apply as fully to owners of mines as to lessees of mines.

(Ga. L. 1868, p. 139, § 6; Ga. L. 1897, p. 21, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 803; Code 1933, § 83-206.)