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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-16-103. Landowners authorized to build stock gaps.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-16-103. Landowners authorized to build stock gaps.

All persons in this state owning land through which the Western and Atlantic Railroad passes may build stock gaps on the railroad when the line of their fences may cross the same and may join their fences to such stock gaps, provided the landowners shall not improperly interfere with the bed of the railroad, render it less safe, or interfere with the running of the trains thereon.

## History

Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 261, § 1; Code 1868, § 1016; Code 1873, § 1012; Code 1882, § 1012; Civil Code 1895, § 1069; Civil Code 1910, § 1336; Code 1933, § 91-204; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 50.