69-1-102 - Opening and cleaning navigable streams.

69-1-102. Opening and cleaning navigable streams.

The county legislative body is authorized to make contracts for opening or cleaning out any navigable streams within the county, and for keeping them free from obstructions.

[Code 1858, § 1300 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 1); Shan., § 1809; Code 1932, § 3075; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-102.]