North Carolina General Statutes 146-5. Reservation to the State
In any sale of the vacant and unappropriated lands or swamplands by the State, the following powers may be expressly reserved to the State, to be exercised according to law:
(1) The State may make any reasonable and expedient regulations respecting the repair of the canals which have been cut by the State, or the enlargement of such canals.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 146-5
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Swamplands: means lands too wet for cultivation except by drainage, and includes
- Vacant and unappropriated lands: means all State lands title to which is vested in the State as sovereign, and land acquired by the State by virtue of being sold for taxes, except swamplands. See North Carolina General Statutes 146-64
(2) The State may impose taxes on the lands benefited by those canals for their repair, and they shall not be closed.
(3) The navigation of the canals shall be free to all persons, subject to a right in the State to impose tolls.
(4) All landowners on the canals may drain into them, subject only to such general regulations as now are or hereafter may be made by law in such cases.
(5) The roads along the banks of the canals shall be public roads. (1872-3, c. 118; Code, s. 2534; Rev., s. 4050; C.S., s. 7622; G.S., s. 146-95; 1959, c. 683, s. 1.)