§ 34-10-6. Maintenance of water fences.
Coterminous owners or possessors of land adjoining water, whenever their land is under improvement, shall make and maintain a sufficient water fence to prevent trespass by cattle in the same manner as other partition fences are directed to be made by this chapter.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 126, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-6.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 34-10-1. - Lawful fences defined.
Section 34-10-2. - Consent of adjoining owner to barbed-wire fence.
Section 34-10-3. - Removal of barbed-wire fence.
Section 34-10-4. - Expense of removal of barbed-wire fence.
Section 34-10-5. - Barbed-wire fences through woodland — Fences existing before 1906.
Section 34-10-6. - Maintenance of water fences.
Section 34-10-7. - Marshland exempt.
Section 34-10-8. - Remedies of marshland owner to trespass.
Section 34-10-9. - Placement of partition fences — Maintenance throughout year.
Section 34-10-10. - Partition fences between lands under improvement.
Section 34-10-11. - Partition fences between improved and unimproved lands.
Section 34-10-12. - Payment for previously constructed fence.
Section 34-10-13. - Viewing and division of fence — Award of cost.
Section 34-10-14. - Holding and improving partition fences — Agreements between owners.
Section 34-10-15. - Complaint of neglect to maintain fence.
Section 34-10-16. - Construction or repair of fence by complainant — Action for cost and penalties.
Section 34-10-17. - Settlement of controversies by viewer.
Section 34-10-18. - Viewer’s fees.