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Show 6096 538 4096 By Mr. Farnsworth: Q That is, you have followed them as you have inter-preted those decisions? A Yes, sir. By. Mr. Blackmar: Q Now, directing your attention to page 216, I note the following; " Navigable rivers and bayous, as well as all rivers not embraced in the class dominated navi-gable, the right angle width of which is three chains and upwards, would be meandered on both banks at the ordinary mean high water mark, by taking a general course the distance of their sinousities." How many years, Mr. Paine, has that been the rule in the Department? A To the best of my recollection, the earliest manual that required streams whose right angle width was three chains that were about 1890. Before that, it had been left to the |
