O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 50-16-1 (2019)

Land reserved to the state

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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The lands heretofore specially reserved to the state are: the lands known as the McIntosh Reserve, on which is situated the Indian spring; a quantity of land on Flint River, opposite the old Indian agency; one square mile on the Chattahoochee River at McIntosh Ferry; five square miles on the Chattahoochee River at Cusseta Falls, including the falls; all islands contained in any of the navigable waters of the state and not disposed of, and the western bank of the Chattahoochee River to high-water mark where it forms the boundary between Georgia and Alabama; the fractional parts of surveys created by the different land divisions which are not granted or otherwise disposed of; and all lands omitted to be surveyed, granted, or sold.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 887; Code 1868, § 966; Code 1873, § 962; Code 1882, § 962; Ga. L. 1889, p. 171, § 1; Civil

Code 1895, § 1018; Civil Code 1910, § 1285; Code 1933, § 91-102.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: State v. Rozier, 707 S.E.2d 100 (Ga. 2011).
State v. Rozier, 707 S.E.2d 100 (Ga. 2011). · cites it 6× “OCGA § 50-16-1 indicates that islands located in navigable rivers which were not deeded to an individual by a crown grant or a grant from the State are considered the property of the State.”
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