Colorado Constitution
Article XVI, § 5 — Water of streams public property
Colorado Const. art. XVI, § 5
Colorado Const. art. XVI, § 5 (Water of streams public property) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.
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Colo. Const. art. XVI, § 5.
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The water of every natural stream, not heretofore appropriated, within the state of Colorado, is hereby declared to be the property of the public, and the same is dedicated to the use of the people of the state, subject to appropriation as hereinafter provided.
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History
Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 72.