Tennessee Statutes
§ 69-1-104 — Working on streams as public roads
Tennessee § 69-1-104
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-1-104 (2026).
Text
When any watercourse is laid off into districts, hands shall be apportioned, the necessary instruments furnished, and the watercourse cleared out, obstructions removed, and the stream kept in good order by the overseer, under the same regulations and penalties in regard to overseers and hands as in the case of public roads.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 1302 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Oct.), ch. 14, § 16); Shan., § 1811; Code 1932, § 3077; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-104.
Nearby Sections
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§ 69-1-101
Navigable waters are highways§ 69-1-102
Opening and cleaning navigable streams§ 69-1-104
Working on streams as public roads§ 69-1-106
Compensation of supervisor§ 69-1-107
Obstructing river - Penalty§ 69-1-108
Diverting water from main channel§ 69-1-109
Temporary diversion from sluice§ 69-1-110
Damages for diversion of stream§ 69-1-111
County may permit or remove improvements§ 69-1-112
Commissioners of watercourses§ 69-1-113
Forfeiture for obstructing stream§ 69-1-114
Railroad drawbridges - Operation§ 69-1-115
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 69-1-104, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/69-1-104.