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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 9. EASEMENTS · Article 5. TIMBER TRAMWAYS

44-9-90. Petition for construction of tramway.

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  1. Any person or corporation desiring to build or construct any tramway to connect with any waterway or railway in this state for the purpose of transporting lumber, naval stores, and timber by means of the same may make application in writing to the judge of the probate court or the county commissioners of the county in which the tramway is to be located, which application shall set out the length of the tramway, the starting place and the terminus, and the line of its location.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1887, p. 103, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 658; Civil Code 1910, § 804; Code 1933, § 83-301.

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History of Section.
This Code section is derived, in part, from the decision in Normandale Lumber Co. v. Knight, 89 Ga. 111, 14 S.E. 882 (1892).

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Text read from t44-ch8-15-(v32)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, pages 110 to 111; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 02e72213893a.