236.230. Dams without chutes declared nuisances.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

236.230. Dams without chutes declared nuisances.

Dams without chutes declared nuisances.

236.230. Every person who shall erect or maintain, or causeto be erected or maintained, in or across any of the waters ofthis state, unless said waters be wholly upon his own premises,any dam or other obstruction, no matter for what purpose, andshall not place and maintain thereon an apron or chute not lessthan fifteen feet wide, and sloping from each side to the center,so that the center shall be at least six inches lower than eitheredge, and having an inclination of not more than forty-fivedegrees, and so situated that the main current of water, impededin its natural flow by the dam or other obstruction, shall passover the same, or who shall not so construct or arrange such damor other obstruction that it shall be lowest at the point wherethe apron or chute shall be placed, and low enough for the freepassage of fish over the same each way, whenever the stream inwhich the same shall be situate shall be swollen beyond itsordinary size, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall beheld to be guilty of a distinct offense each day he shall be indefault as aforesaid; and every dam or other obstruction erectedor maintained in violation of this section, shall be a publicnuisance, and may be abated as such.