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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-16-1. Land reserved to the state.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-16-1. Land reserved to the state.

The lands heretofore specially reserved to the state are: the lands known as the McIntosh Reserve, on which is situated the Indian spring; a quantity of land on Flint River, opposite the old Indian agency; one square mile on the Chattahoochee River at McIntosh Ferry; five square miles on the Chattahoochee River at Cusseta Falls, including the falls; all islands contained in any of the navigable waters of the state and not disposed of, and the western bank of the Chattahoochee River to high-water mark where it forms the boundary between Georgia and Alabama; the fractional parts of surveys created by the different land divisions which are not granted or otherwise disposed of; and all lands omitted to be surveyed, granted, or sold.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 887; Code 1868, § 966; Code 1873, § 962; Code 1882, § 962; Ga. L. 1889, p. 171, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1018; Civil Code 1910, § 1285; Code 1933, § 91-102.