§ 50-8 — Marine vegetable deposits.

No right in any marine vegetable deposit, thrown up by the sea or by a navigable river, shall be acquired by any person by his gathering it together upon any public beach, unless he removes it within twenty-four hours thereafter.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 7293.) Seaweed drifted on his land, belongs to riparian owner; cast upon seashore belongs to the gatherer, but failure to remove within 24 hours destroys his title. 34 C. 422. Manure abandoned on highway belongs to gatherer, and he may remove it within reasonable time. 37 C. 500.