Pennsylvania Act 1901-167 — WATER, USE PERMITTED FOR OTHER THAN TRANSPORTATION

Act text

WATER, USE PERMITTED FOR OTHER THAN TRANSPORTATION
                  Act of May 17, 1901, P.L. 261, No. 167              Cl. 74
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the utilization, for domestic, manufacturing and
        commercial purposes, of waters theretofore used for purposes
        of transportation.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That any person, corporate or
     otherwise, vested with the franchise of constructing,
     maintaining and using, for purposes of transportation, canals or
     other artificial highways, may, at any time, convert a portion
     or the whole of the water supply theretofore used for such
     highways to the uses of domestic manufacturing and commercial
     purposes, and may to this end, from time to time, lease, sell or
     convey the whole or any portion of the same.