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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, § 612: Streams forming state boundary

This chapter applies to certain mills and dams on boundary streams, but not to dams on streams that ultimately reach the ocean outside the United States unless authorized by the Legislature or the Public Utilities…

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“This chapter applies to certain mills and dams on boundary streams, but not to dams on streams that ultimately reach the ocean outside the United States unless authorized by the Legislature or the Public Utilities Commission.”

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Streams forming state boundary

This chapter applies to certain mills and dams on boundary streams, but not to dams on streams that ultimately reach the ocean outside the United States unless authorized by the Legislature or the Public Utilities Commission.

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§ 612Streams forming state boundaryProvision

This chapter applies to certain mills and dams on boundary streams, but not to dams on streams that ultimately reach the ocean outside the United States unless authorized by the Legislature or the Public Utilities Commission.

This chapter applies to mills and dams erected upon streams forming the boundary line of the State although a part of the dam is not in the State. The rights and remedies of all parties concerned shall be ascertained and determined as if the whole of such streams were in the State. This chapter shall not apply to mills and dams erected upon streams whose waters ultimately reach the ocean at a point wholly outside the territorial limits of the United States of America unless said dams are authorized by Act of the Legislature or by a decree of the Public Utilities Commission made after public notice and hearing on petition for such authorization. SUBARTICLE 1-A LICENSING OF HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES
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