Maine Revised Statutes
Subarticle 2: RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES
38 §653. --injury to existing mill or canal

§653. --injury to existing mill or canal
No such dam shall be erected or canal constructed to the injury of any mill or canal lawfully existing on the same stream; nor to the injury of any mill site, on which a mill or milldam has been lawfully erected and used, unless the right to maintain a mill thereon has been lost or defeated.

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