146-5. Reservation to the State.
In any sale of the vacant and unappropriated lands or swamplands by the State, the following powers may be expressly reserved to the State, to be exercised according to law:
(1) The State may make any reasonable and expedient regulations respecting the repair of the canals which have been cut by the State, or the enlargement of such canals.
(2) The State may impose taxes on the lands benefited by those canals for their repair, and they shall not be closed.
(3) The navigation of the canals shall be free to all persons, subject to a right in the State to impose tolls.
(4) All landowners on the canals may drain into them, subject only to such general regulations as now are or hereafter may be made by law in such cases.
(5) The roads along the banks of the canals shall be public roads. (1872-3, c. 118; Code, s. 2534; Rev., s. 4050; C.S., s. 7622; G.S., s. 146-95; 1959, c. 683, s. 1.)
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North Carolina General Statutes
§ 146-3 - What lands may be sold.
§ 146-4 - Sales of certain lands; procedure; deeds; disposition of proceeds.
§ 146-5 - Reservation to the State.
§ 146-6 - Title to land raised from navigable water.
§ 146-7 - Sale of timber rights; procedure; instruments conveying rights; disposition of proceeds.
§ 146-8 - Disposition of mineral deposits in State lands under water.
§ 146-9 - Disposition of mineral deposits in State lands not under water.
§ 146-11 - Easements, rights-of-way, etc.
§ 146-12 - Easements in lands covered by water.
§ 146-13 - Erection of piers on State lakes restricted.
§ 146-14 - Proceeds of dispositions of certain State lands.