1901_public laws_449_10
CHAPTER 448 An act to drain the bottom lands of Catheys and Hollands Creeks in Rutherford County. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact.
That said Creek Commissioners shall have power to stop all washes, cut and use timber off the lands of the various owners, open the channels of the creek, widen the channels or remove timber or other obstruction from the banks of the lands of any of the owners, and in short to do any and all things necessary to the proper drainage of said lands.