68-1501. Authority and purpose. Municipalities, corporations, persons and individuals are hereby authorized and empowered to build and construct bridges, dams (for power, irrigation and other purposes) and obstructions (for the purpose of preserving the banks from erosion) in, over and across the navigable rivers of the state, under the provisions and conditions contained in this act.

History: L. 1913, ch. 260, § 1; Mar. 13; R.S. 1923, 68-1501.