Floating Timber (Maine Revised Statutes: Title 38 - Waters and Navigation; Chapter 7) Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sous-division territoriale Maine Type du document Législation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Forêts, Eau Mot clé Bois Coupe de bois/exploitation forestière Responsabilité/indemnisation Infractions/sanctions Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Eaux superficielles Droits de propriété Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Résumé 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. Texte intégral Anglais Site web legislature.maine.gov