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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 632; in 1968, chapter 659.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":270593,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72442,"identifier":"62.1-113","token":"62.1\/8\/62.1-113","url":"\/62.1-113\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-113\/","token":"62.1\/8\/62.1-113","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of bed of watercourse","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-113","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Commonwealth hereby gives its consent to the use of the bed of any watercourse to which it has title for the construction of any impounding structure under the provisions of this chapter. 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