Tennessee § 54-11-301 - Free ferries over streams running through or bounding counties — Establishing.
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§ 54-11-301. Free ferries over streams running through or bounding counties — Establishing.
A county is empowered, through its county legislative body, to establish free public ferries over any stream running through or bounding the county, at a point or points as may be determined, and to purchase and provide all necessary equipment, boats, etc., and employ labor required to operate the ferries. Acts 1911, ch. 13, § 1; Shan., § 1720a3; Code 1932, § 3042; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1201. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 13 Tenn. Juris., Ferries, §§ 3, 4. Law Reviews. Water Rights in Tennessee (Mahlon L. Townsend), 27 Tenn. L. Rev. 557. Cited: Whited v. State, 483 S.W.2d 594, 1972 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 331 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1972). Collateral References. Ferries 1 et seq.
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