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.
Code 1858, § 1302 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Oct.), ch. 14, § 16); Shan., § 1811; Code 1932, § 3077; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-104.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees
§ 69-1-101. Navigable Waters Are Highways
§ 69-1-102. Opening and Cleaning Navigable Streams
§ 69-1-103. Overseers Appointed for Navigable Stream Districts
§ 69-1-104. Working on Streams as Public Roads
§ 69-1-105. Supervisor of Water Improvements — Duties
§ 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