This Chapter of the Nevada Revised Statutes concerns dams and other obstructions. More specifically, it provides for construction, reconstruction or alteration of dam: required permit to appropriate water; State Engineer to file copy of application to construct dam with Board of Wildlife Commissioners; installation of fishways; protection and preservation of fish; inspection of dams by State Engineer; powers of State Engineer to protect life or property; State Engineer, assistants and agents authorized to enter land to investigate and carry out duties; statutes and performance of State Engineer’s duties do not constitute warranty; State Engineer may order removal of dam, diversion works or obstruction; obstruction of water by beaver’s dam: procedure for removal of beaver and dams; construction of weir in dam situated within 2 miles of incorporated city or town; Attorney General and County Commissioners of Washoe County authorized to institute actions to maintain flow of Truckee River; unlawful obstruction of appropriator’s water, and the associated penalty; injury or obstruction of flow of water by sawmill, slaughterhouse, brewery or tannery; unlawful removal, damage or destruction of piling, dike, dock or lock; and unlawful structures, and injunctive and other relief.
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