Any company incorporated under this chapter is authorized to enlarge any of the works or appliances of a canal or branch canals and enlarge a canal anywhere along the line of the same by deepening and widening it, making basins, dams, reservoirs, or otherwise. Any such company is also authorized to construct and build branch canals to and from a canal from any and all points, with the same privileges and rights as are granted in constructing the main canal and other works, and to construct any dams, races, waste-weirs, weirs, towpaths, and other structures to improve and make available a canal or canals under the limitations already set out in this chapter.
History. Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 5; Civil Code 1895, § 1991; Civil Code 1910, § 2372; Code 1933, § 17-108.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft
§ 52-4-1. Filing of Petition for Incorporation; Contents of Petition; Filing Fee
§ 52-4-2. Issuance of Certificate of Incorporation
§ 52-4-3. Maintenance by Secretary of State of Files and Books Regarding Canal Companies
§ 52-4-4. Time of Commencement of Corporate Existence; Duration of Corporate Existence
§ 52-4-7. Location of Principal Office
§ 52-4-8. Powers and Duties of Companies Generally
§ 52-4-9. Right of Corporation to Increase or Decrease Capital Stock
§ 52-4-11. Furnishing of Canal Water by Canal Companies; Charges for Use of Water
§ 52-4-12. Toll Rates for Use of Canals
§ 52-4-13. Encroachment of Canals Upon Public Roads; Construction and Maintenance of Bridges
§ 52-4-14. Mortgage, Sale, or Lease of Canal, Other Properties, Corporate Rights, and Franchises