O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 52-4-13 (2019)

Encroachment of canals upon public roads; construction and maintenance of bridges

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Whenever any canal or backwaters of any company incorporated as provided in this chapter shall encroach upon or cross any public road, the company shall restore the road to a condition suitable for use by the public, by bridges or otherwise. All bridges constructed under this Code section shall be built and maintained in good order at the expense of the canal company.

History

Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 8; Civil Code 1895, § 1994; Civil Code 1910, § 2375; Code 1933, § 17-111.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Canals, § 22.

C.J.S. - 12A C.J.S., Canals, § 12.