New Hampshire Statutes
§ 482:17 — Right Granted
New Hampshire·Title L WATER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION·Ch. 482 DAMS, MILLS, AND FLOWAGE·Subdivision Flowage
Any person or corporation authorized by its charter or articles of agreement to do so may erect and maintain on his or its land, or on land of another, with the owner's consent, a dam upon or across any stream or may increase by flashboards or permanently the height of any dam already so maintained by him or it for the purpose of raising the water to work any mill or mills on such stream or on another stream to which the same is tributary or for the purpose of creating a reservoir of water or raising the level of a public or other lake or pond to control, conserve or equalize the flow of such stream or streams for the benefit of any such mill or mills, upon obtaining authority to do so as provided in this subdivision.
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Legislative History
1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.
Nearby Sections
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§ 482:1
Purpose§ 482:10
Supervision§ 482:11
Orders§ 482:11-a
Duty of Owner§ 482:12-a
Emergency Actions§ 482:12-b
Rights of Entry and Access§ 482:14
Appeals§ 482:16
Expenses§ 482:17
Right Granted§ 482:18
Conflicting Claims§ 482:2
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