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title: O.C.G.A. § 52-3-8. Procedure in cases where property required for right of way or spoil disposal areas has been leased for cultivation and gathering of oysters.
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# O.C.G.A. § 52-3-8. Procedure in cases where property required for right of way or spoil disposal areas has been leased for cultivation and gathering of oysters.

If any of the lands or property, the use of which is required for right of way and spoil disposal areas, shall have been leased by the Department of Natural Resources to any individual, firm, or corporation for the cultivation and gathering of oysters, the department is authorized and directed to substitute for such leased areas lying within the rights of way and spoil disposal areas other equal areas lying outside the rights of way and spoil disposal areas which are also suitable for the cultivation and gathering of oysters.

## History

Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 4.

## Cross References

Lease of oyster and clam beds by Department of Natural Resources generally, § 27-4-198.