TITLE 52 WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT

Section 4. Canal Companies, 52-4-1 through 52-4-16.

ARTICLE 2 RIGHT OF PASSAGE

52-4-2. Issuance of certificate of incorporation.

When the petition for incorporation has been made and filed and the fee paid, as provided in Code Section 52-4-1, the Secretary of State shall issue to the petitioners a certificate as follows:

"Georgia. To whom it may concern - Greetings:

______ having filed their petition in the terms of the law, praying to be incorporated as a canal company, they and their associates and successors are hereby declared to be a body corporate for the period of 30 years, under the name of ______, with power to construct, maintain, and operate a canal in and through ______, with such powers, privileges, and liabilities as may now or hereafter be prescribed by law.

Witness my official hand and seal of state, this ______ day of ____________, ________."

(Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1987; Civil Code 1910, § 2368; Code 1933, § 17-102; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 52.)