By proceeding as provided in this subchapter, any person may erect a dam across any watercourse not being a navigable stream if the person is the proprietor of the land through which the watercourse runs at the point where he or she proposes to erect his or her dam.Rev. Stat., ch. 98, § 1; C. & M. Dig., § 3943; Pope's Dig., § 4944; A.S.A. 1947, § 35-501.
Arkansas Legal Code