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GA Code § 52-3-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-11. Right of Department of Transportation to Enter Lands in Order to Locate Rights of Way

 For the purpose of determining the lands, easements, and property necessary for the uses set out in this chapter, the Department of Transportation, the United States government, or the agents of either shall have the right to enter upon any lands along the general line of the rights of way for the purpose of locating definitely the specific lines of the rights of way and the land required for such purposes; and there shall be no claim against the State of Georgia or the United States for such acts as may be done in making such surveys.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 7; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1017, § 1.)
GA Code § 52-3-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 3 - Intracoastal Waterway|§ 52-3-12. Effect of Chapter on State's Jurisdiction Over Lands Affected by Chapter; Effect on Service of Process on Such Lands

 Neither this chapter, nor any part thereof, nor any grant or deed made under the authority hereof shall operate to divest the State of Georgia of jurisdiction over any lands; and all civil and criminal process issued under the authority of any laws of this state may be executed in or on any part of the lands or premises devoted to the use of the intracoastal waterway or to any use incidental thereto, to the same effect as if this chapter had not been enacted and as if the grant or deed had not been executed.   (Ga. L. 1939, p. 331, § 8.)
GA Code § 52-4-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-1. Filing of Petition for Incorporation; Contents of Petition; Filing Fee

 Any number of persons, not less than five, desiring to be incorporated as a company for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining a canal, may file with the Secretary of State a petition setting out the names and domicile of the petitioners, that they desire to be incorporated as a canal company, the name under which they desire to be incorporated, the route as nearly as possible of the proposed canal, the headquarters of the corporation, the amount of the capital stock, and the number of shares into which divided and pay to the Secretary of State the fee provided for in Code Section 14-4-183.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1986; Civil Code 1910, § 2367; Code 1933, § 17-101.)   Cross references.   - Grant of corporate powers generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. V.    Fee for incorporation of canal company, § 14-4-183.    Corporate powers to canal companies granted by Secretary of State, § 14-5-2.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Canals, §§ 4, 12. 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 156 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 12A C.J.S., Canals, § 4.
GA Code § 52-4-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-2. Issuance of Certificate of Incorporation

 When the petition for incorporation has been made and filed and the fee paid, as provided in Code Section 52-4-1, the Secretary of State shall issue to the petitioners a certificate as follows:   "Georgia. To whom it may concern - Greetings:   ______ having filed their petition in the terms of the law, praying to be incorporated as a canal company, they and their associates and successors are hereby declared to be a body corporate for the period of 30 years, under the name of ______, with power to construct, maintain, and operate a canal in and through ______, with such powers, privileges, and liabilities as may now or hereafter be prescribed by law.   Witness my official hand and seal of state, this ______ day of ____________, ________."   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1987; Civil Code 1910, § 2368; Code 1933, § 17-102; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 52.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 78 et seq. 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 171, 173.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 47 et seq.
GA Code § 52-4-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-3. Maintenance by Secretary of State of Files and Books Regarding Canal Companies

 The Secretary of State shall keep on file all petitions for incorporation and transcripts from minutes provided for in this chapter and shall also keep a book in which shall be entered by him the name of the company, date of incorporation, amount of capital stock, location of principal office, and any increase or decrease of capital stock.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 12; Civil Code 1895, § 1998; Civil Code 1910, § 2379; Code 1933, § 17-103.)   Cross references.   - Reports of corporation, § 14-4-180.
GA Code § 52-4-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-4. Time of Commencement of Corporate Existence; Duration of Corporate Existence

 Upon the issuance of the certificate, the persons therein named, their associates, and their successors shall be and become a body corporate for the period provided for in Code Section 14-4-62.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 1988; Civil Code 1910, § 2369; Code 1933, § 17-104.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 171, 173, 207, 208, 218.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 63 et seq.
GA Code § 52-4-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-5. Petitioners as Constituting First Board of Directors; Election of Officers; Prescription of Rules and Bylaws; Opening Books of Subscription for Capital Stock

 The petitioners shall constitute the first board of directors; they shall organize by electing one of their number president and such other officers as may be necessary, prescribe rules and bylaws, and open books of subscription for the capital stock.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 1988; Civil Code 1910, § 2369; Code 1933, § 17-104.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 9, 38, 39, 46, 47, 51, 52, 62, 63, 65, 66, 69, 82, 86. 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 931.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, §§ 82, 91, 93 et seq., 110, 225, 256, 260, 329. 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 796 et seq.
GA Code § 52-4-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-6. Publication of Notice Upon Subscription for All of Capital Stock and Payment of 10 Percent Thereof; Authorization for Commencing Transaction of Business; Personal Liability of Directors and Stockholders

 When all the capital stock has been subscribed for and 10 percent thereof paid in, notice of that fact shall be published three times in the public newspaper in which the sheriff's sales are advertised in the county in which is situated the principal office of the corporation. When this has been done, the corporation is authorized to begin the transaction of business, but not before. The directors and stockholders of the corporation shall be personally liable for all obligations incurred prior to a compliance with the requirements provided in this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 1988; Civil Code 1910, § 2369; Code 1933, § 17-104.)   Cross references.   - Organization of corporation before capital stock subscribed for, § 14-4-63.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 171, 173, 207, 208, 218.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 63 et seq.
GA Code § 52-4-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-7. Location of Principal Office

 The principal office of all companies incorporated as provided in this chapter shall always be in this state.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 11; Civil Code 1895, § 1997; Civil Code 1910, § 2378; Code 1933, § 17-105.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 257, 336, 349. 18B Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 796. 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 1867, 1869 et seq., 1874, 1878, 1880 et seq., 1890 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 43 et seq.
GA Code § 52-4-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-8. Powers and Duties of Companies Generally

 All companies incorporated under this chapter shall have power to bring or be the subject of actions; make contracts; lease, purchase, hold, and sell such property, real and personal, as may be necessary for the purposes of the corporation; and construct and maintain a canal and branch canals, dams, races, weirs, aqueducts, reservoirs, towpaths, and all other appliances necessary to divert, take, or use the waters of any stream or body of water. However, the canal companies shall not, by building any dam in or across or by diverting water from any navigable stream, destroy or obstruct the navigation of such stream. Such fishways shall be placed in any dams at the time of the construction of the dam as the commissioner of natural resources shall direct. Fishways shall be kept in good order and repair by the canal company, and the company shall notify the commissioner of natural resources of the proposed construction of any dam. Further, the canal companies shall pay reasonable compensation to such landholders as may have riparian rights in any stream or body of water taken, diverted, or obstructed for such taking, diversion, or obstruction or for any damage done them. The canal companies may also enter upon, take, and appropriate any lands and tenements necessary and appropriate for the purposes of the corporation upon first paying reasonable compensation therefor. No company incorporated as provided in this chapter shall have power to construct or use any canal within the corporate limits of any incorporated municipality without first obtaining the consent of the proper corporate authorities of such municipality.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 3; Civil Code 1895, § 1989; Civil Code 1910, § 2370; Code 1933, § 17-106.)   Cross references.   - Additional powers possessed by corporations organized under this chapter, §§ 14-4-60 and14-4-61.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Canals, §§ 7, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19. 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 27, 33 et seq. 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 168, 169, 884, 885. 18B Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 1715 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 12A C.J.S., Canals, §§ 17 et seq., 23, 24, 41. 19 C.J.S., Corporations, § 651 et seq.   ALR.    - Liability of one who diverts stream into new channel for overflow, 12 A.L.R. 187.   Relative riparian or littoral rights respecting the removal of water from a natural, private, nonnavigable lake, 54 A.L.R.2d 1450.
GA Code § 52-4-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-9. Right of Corporation to Increase or Decrease Capital Stock

 All companies incorporated under this chapter may increase or decrease their capital stock in the manner provided in Code Sections 14-4-120 and 14-4-121.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 10; Civil Code 1895, § 1996; Civil Code 1910, § 2377; Code 1933, § 17-107.)   Cross references.   - Change in capital stock of corporations, §§ 14-4-120 and14-4-121.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 177.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 242 et seq.
GA Code § 52-4-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-10. Power of Companies to Enlarge Works and Appliances of Canals and Branch Canals and to Deepen and Widen Canals

 Any company incorporated under this chapter is authorized to enlarge any of the works or appliances of a canal or branch canals and enlarge a canal anywhere along the line of the same by deepening and widening it, making basins, dams, reservoirs, or otherwise. Any such company is also authorized to construct and build branch canals to and from a canal from any and all points, with the same privileges and rights as are granted in constructing the main canal and other works, and to construct any dams, races, waste-weirs, weirs, towpaths, and other structures to improve and make available a canal or canals under the limitations already set out in this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 5; Civil Code 1895, § 1991; Civil Code 1910, § 2372; Code 1933, § 17-108.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Canals, §§ 4, 13, 17, 18.   C.J.S.   - 12A C.J.S., Canals, §§ 11, 17, 19, 44 et seq.
GA Code § 52-4-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-11. Furnishing of Canal Water by Canal Companies; Charges for Use of Water

 Any canal company incorporated as provided in this chapter is authorized to allow water to be drawn from its canal for the purpose of propelling machinery, irrigating lands, furnishing water for drinking or fighting fire, or any other purpose that the board of directors may deem proper at any points along the line of the canal and charge for the use of the water.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 6; Civil Code 1895, § 1992; Civil Code 1910, § 2373; Code 1933, § 17-109.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 12A C.J.S., Canals, § 50.   ALR.    - Right of water district or company to charge for fire service, 37 A.L.R. 1511.
GA Code § 52-4-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-12. Toll Rates for Use of Canals

 All companies incorporated as provided in this chapter may permit all goods, lumber, rafts of every description, vessels of every kind, and all other things that can be transported to be conveyed through their canals and may collect such tolls as they may deem proper therefor.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 7; Civil Code 1895, § 1993; Civil Code 1910, § 2374; Code 1933, § 17-110.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Canals, §§ 17, 18.   C.J.S.   - 12A C.J.S., Canals, § 44 et seq.
GA Code § 52-4-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-13. Encroachment of Canals Upon Public Roads; Construction and Maintenance of Bridges

 Whenever any canal or backwaters of any company incorporated as provided in this chapter shall encroach upon or cross any public road, the company shall restore the road to a condition suitable for use by the public, by bridges or otherwise. All bridges constructed under this Code section shall be built and maintained in good order at the expense of the canal company.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 8; Civil Code 1895, § 1994; Civil Code 1910, § 2375; Code 1933, § 17-111.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Canals, § 22.   C.J.S.   - 12A C.J.S., Canals, § 12.
GA Code § 52-4-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-14. Mortgage, Sale, or Lease of Canal, Other Properties, Corporate Rights, and Franchises

 Companies incorporated under this chapter may mortgage, sell, or lease their canal and other properties, corporate rights, and franchises to any person or corporation to obtain money to purchase, construct, or maintain their works and franchises.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 9; Civil Code 1895, § 1995; Civil Code 1910, § 2376; Code 1933, § 17-112.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 12A C.J.S., Canals, §§ 59, 63.
GA Code § 52-4-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-15. Disagreements as to Compensation for Taking of Lands, Tenements, or Riparian Rights Pursuant to Chapter

 When any person or corporation shall feel aggrieved or damaged by any appropriation to the use of the company of any of his or their lands, tenements, or riparian rights and cannot agree with the company as to the amount of damage, the amount shall be ascertained as provided in Title 22.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 4; Civil Code 1895, § 1990; Civil Code 1910, § 2371; Code 1933, § 17-113.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Canals, §§ 5, 6, 11, 22.   C.J.S.   - 12A C.J.S., Canals, §§ 8, 27 et seq.
GA Code § 52-4-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 4 - Canal Companies|§ 52-4-16. Taxes Applicable to Canal Companies

 The corporations named in this chapter shall be subject to state, county, and municipal taxation.   (Ga. L. 1893, p. 81, § 13; Civil Code 1895, § 1999; Civil Code 1910, § 2380; Code 1933, § 17-114.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 84 C.J.S., Taxation, §§ 4, 34, 109, 197 et seq., 411.
GA Code § 52-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - Navigation Companies|§ 52-5-1. Granting of Corporate Powers and Privileges by Secretary of State

 All corporate powers and privileges to navigation companies shall be issued and granted by the Secretary of State upon the terms, liabilities, and restrictions and subject to all the provisions of this chapter and the Constitution of Georgia.   (Ga. L. 1894, p. 71, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2147; Civil Code 1910, § 2565; Code 1933, § 17-201.)   Cross references.   - Grant of corporate powers generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. V.    Corporate powers to navigation companies granted by Secretary of State, § 14-5-2.    Corporate powers generally, § 14-4-60.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Southland S.S. Co. v. Dixon, 151 Ga. 216, 106 S.E. 111 (1921).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 78 Am. Jur. 2d, Waters, §§ 69, 71, 72, 74, 80.   C.J.S.   - 65 C.J.S., Navigable Waters, §§ 2, 11, 13.
GA Code § 52-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - Navigation Companies|§ 52-5-2. Filing of Petition for Incorporation; Contents of Petition; Attachment of Affidavit of Incorporators; Endorsement, Recordation, and Filing of Petitions by Secretary of State

 Any five or more natural persons may act as incorporators of a corporation to be organized under this chapter by filing a petition in writing, addressed to the Secretary of State, in which shall be stated the names and residences of each of the persons desiring to form the corporation, the name of the navigation company they desire to have incorporated, the amount of the proposed capital stock, the number of years it is to continue, the place where its principal office is to be located, a request to be incorporated under the laws of this state, and that they have given four weeks' notice of their intention to apply for the charter by publication of the petition in one of the newspapers in which the sheriff's advertisements are published for the county once a week for four weeks before filing the petition. There shall be annexed to the petition an affidavit, made by at least three of the persons forming the company, that the names subscribed are the genuine signatures of the persons named therein and that the facts stated in the petition are true to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief. The petition for incorporation, thus sworn to, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall endorse thereon the date of filing and record the same in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, which shall be open to the inspection of the public at all times during the office hours of the Secretary of State.   (Ga. L. 1894, p. 71, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 2148; Civil Code 1910, § 2566; Code 1933, § 17-202.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 156 et seq., 164 et seq., 171, 173, 187, 189, 228.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 47 et seq.
GA Code § 52-5-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - Navigation Companies|§ 52-5-3. Issuance of Certificate of Incorporation Generally

 When the petition shall have been filed with the Secretary of State, he shall issue to the company, under the great seal of the state, the following form of certificate:   "To all to whom these presents may come - Greetings:   Whereas, in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December 6, 1894, and (naming the persons who signed the petition) having filed in the office of the Secretary of State a certain petition seeking the formation of a corporation to be known as (here insert corporate name), with a capital stock of $________, for the purpose of owning, constructing, equipping, maintaining, and operating vessels, steamboats, and all other watercraft to be engaged in navigation, and having complied with the statutes in such cases made and provided; therefore, the State of Georgia hereby grants unto the above-named persons, their successors, and assigns full authority, by and under the said name of ________, to exercise the powers and privileges of a corporation for the purposes above-stated, subject to the Constitution of this state and all laws governing such navigation companies of force at the date of the granting of this certificate or that may hereafter become of force, either by constitutional or statute law.   In witness whereof, these presents have been signed by the Secretary of State, and to which is annexed the great seal of the State of Georgia, at Atlanta, Georgia, this ____ day of ________, ________."   (Ga. L. 1894, p. 71, § 3; Civil Code 1895, § 2149; Civil Code 1910, § 2567; Code 1933, § 17-203; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 67; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 52.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 79 et seq. 18A Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 171, 173.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 57.
GA Code § 52-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - Navigation Companies|§ 52-5-4. Time of Commencement of Corporate Existence; Payment of Fee for Issuance of Certificate

 When the Secretary of State issues a certificate of incorporation, the persons who signed the petition described in Code Section 52-5-2 and all persons who shall become stockholders in such company shall be a corporation by the name specified in the petition and certificate and shall possess the powers and privileges and be subject to the provisions contained in this chapter. Before the Secretary of State shall issue the certificate, the petitioners shall pay the fee prescribed in Code Section 14-4-183.   (Ga. L. 1894, p. 71, § 3; Civil Code 1895, § 2150; Civil Code 1910, § 2568; Code 1933, § 17-204.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, §§ 180, 182, 195, 196.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 47 et seq.
GA Code § 52-5-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft|Chapter 5 - Navigation Companies|§ 52-5-5. Duty of Secretary of State to Assure Company's Compliance With Chapter Prior to Issuance of Certificate; Certificate as Constituting Evidence of Corporation's Existence and Compliance With Chapter

 Before the Secretary of State shall issue the certificate, he shall satisfy himself that all the requirements of Code Section 52-5-2 have been substantially complied with. Any certificate or duplicate thereof issued by the Secretary of State shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such corporation in all the courts and places in this state and of a compliance with all the requirements of this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1894, p. 71, § 4; Civil Code 1895, § 2151; Civil Code 1910, § 2569; Code 1933, § 17-205.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 19 Am. Jur. 2d, Corporations, § 1927.   C.J.S.   - 18 C.J.S., Corporations, § 47 et seq.