1871/72 public laws – Ch.191 Sec.1

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That section twelve of the above named chapter one hundred ard thirty-seven, be amended by adding thereto the tollowing: Provided, also, That every person who shall take the benetit of this section and shall construct a ditch through his Jands to communicate with a ditch upon the lands of another, as aforesaid, or shall widen, deepen or enlarge the capacity of an old ditch, shall also, under the same penalties and forfeitures for failure or refusal, be required to keep such new ditch or such widened, deepened, or enlarged ditch as the case may be, opened and cleaned ont trom end to end, and to erect such dikes as shall be necessary to prevent injury to the ditch or ditches below by the overflow of sand, water or other earth or debris.