CALVADOS. CAEN, June 25, 1874 "CURVING OF THE WATERCOURSES of the Department" - PLACARD (Poster 45 x 65) : "... charged to ensure the free course of the waters and the conservation of their bed; Considering that, in Calvados, a constant use put at the expense of the riparian owners the expenses of the cleanings and repair of the watercourses which are neither navigable, nor floatable; ... mill... locks... dykes... " (in 12 articles) the Prefect Ferrand. Printed in Caen.

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