Islands and accumulations of lands formed in the beds of streams which are navigable and in meandered lakes belong to the state, if there is no title or prescription to the contrary.

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Source: CivC 1877, § 586; CL 1887, § 3209; RCivC 1903, § 902; SL 1915, ch 228; RC 1919, § 500; SDC 1939, § 51.1107.