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Section 51-1-1 - Definition

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Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-109-1, all rivers, creeks and bayous in this state, twenty-five (25) miles in length, that have sufficient depth and width of water for thirty (30) consecutive days in the year for floating a steamboat with carrying capacity of two hundred (200) bales of cotton are hereby declared to be navigable waters of this state.Codes, 1906, § 4408; Hemingway's 1917, § 7038; 1930, § 6463; 1942, § 8414; Laws, 1896, ch. 64; Laws, 1990, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 45, § 142, eff. 6/29/1990.