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Floating Timber (Maine Revised Statutes: Title 38 - Waters and Navigation; Chapter 7)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Maine
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Water
Keyword
Timber Timber extraction/logging Liability/compensation Offences/penalties Forest management/forest conservation Surface water Property rights Water rights
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Maine Revised Statutes concerns floating timber. It provides that whoever takes, carries away or otherwise converts to his own use, without the consent of the owner, any log suitable to be sawed or cut into the boards, clapboards, shingles, joists or other lumber, or any mast or spar the property of another, whether the owner is known or unknown, lying in any river, pond, bay, stream or inlet, or on or near the bank or shore thereof, or cuts out, alters or destroys any mark made thereon, without the consent of the owner and with intent to claim the same, forfeits for every such log, mast or spar, $20, to be recovered on complaint; 1/2 for the State and 1/2 for the complainant. It further provides for right of owner to search for lost logs; intermixed logs and timber; lien for expenses; libel; logs or timber lodged on banks; forfeiture; advertisement; owner may remove on tender of damages; damages for landowner; conversion of railroad sleepers, ship knees or cedar lumber; double damages; and Saco river or tributaries.

Full text
English
Website
legislature.maine.gov