Rhode Island § 24-5-17 § 24-5-17. Complaint and alteration of watercourse.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 24-5-17 — § 24-5-17. Complaint and alteration of watercourse.

Rhode Island § 24-5-17

Title 24Highways

Ch. 24-5Maintenance of Town Highways

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 24-5-17 (2026).

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§ 24-5-17. Complaint and alteration of watercourse.
Any person who may consider himself or herself aggrieved by a watercourse may complain
            to the town council; and the council on receiving his or her complaint and examining
            into the circumstances of the complaint, shall, if they think reasonable, direct the
            surveyor to alter the watercourse in such manner as they shall think proper.
         

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§ 24-5-17. Complaint and alteration of watercourse.

Any person who may consider himself or herself aggrieved by a watercourse may complain to the town council; and the council on receiving his or her complaint and examining into the circumstances of the complaint, shall, if they think reasonable, direct the surveyor to alter the watercourse in such manner as they shall think proper.