All tracts of marshland so situated and exposed to the flow and wash of the sea as to render it impracticable for the several owners thereof to keep up partition fences around the respective shares or lots, shall be exempted from the operation of this chapter.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 126, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-7.