Georgia Commons

Title 52. WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT

Chapter 4. CANAL COMPANIES

16 sections · 52-4-1 to 52-4-16

  1. 52-4-1Filing of petition for incorporation; contents of petition; filing fee.
  2. 52-4-2Issuance of certificate of incorporation.
  3. 52-4-3Maintenance by Secretary of State of files and books regarding canal companies.
  4. 52-4-4Time of commencement of corporate existence; duration of corporate existence.
  5. 52-4-5Petitioners as constituting first board of directors; election of officers; prescription of rules and bylaws; opening books of subscription for capital stock.
  6. 52-4-6Publication of notice upon subscription for all of capital stock and payment of 10 percent thereof; authorization for commencing transaction of business; personal liability of directors and stockholders.
  7. 52-4-7Location of principal office.
  8. 52-4-8Powers and duties of companies generally.
  9. 52-4-9Right of corporation to increase or decrease capital stock.
  10. 52-4-10Power of companies to enlarge works and appliances of canals and branch canals and to deepen and widen canals.
  11. 52-4-11Furnishing of canal water by canal companies; charges for use of water.
  12. 52-4-12Toll rates for use of canals.
  13. 52-4-13Encroachment of canals upon public roads; construction and maintenance of bridges.
  14. 52-4-14Mortgage, sale, or lease of canal, other properties, corporate rights, and franchises.
  15. 52-4-15Disagreements as to compensation for taking of lands, tenements, or riparian rights pursuant to chapter.
  16. 52-4-16Taxes applicable to canal companies.