Diverting water from main channel
Code 1858, § 1306; Shan., § 1816; Code 1932, § 3082; T.C.A
(1) No person, upon pretense of having a right to the flow of water through a sluice of a navigable watercourse, on which sluice such person has built a mill, shall divert the water from the main channel into the sluice, so as to obstruct or impede the navigation of the main channel.
(2) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
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