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If the objection be based on the first of the grounds mentioned in § 726 of this title, and such objection is accompanied by documentary evidence of its existence, the course of the administrative proceedings may be stayed until the ordinary courts shall decide the question of ownership.If the objection be based on one of the grounds of the second case, or be made in a different form, it shall be heard and decided with a hearing of the persons interested. In every question of granting a servitude the right to have recourse to contentious administrative proceedings shall be understood to be reserved to persons whose rights are affected by the charge. History —Law of Waters, art. 81.