§ 18-15-713 — Cutting canal through another's land

Where mills or other machinery are proposed to be built, so as to be propelled by water drawn from lakes through canals cut therefrom, and the intended canal will be cut to pass through the land of other persons, the same procedure shall be pursued as in cases of streams. Rev. Stat., ch. 98, § 26; C. & M. Dig., § 3968; Pope's Dig., § 4970; A.S.A. 1947, § 35-526.