P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 633
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When a navigable river, or one down which it is possible to float logs or rafts, should naturally change its direction and open a new channel through a private estate, such channel shall become public property. The owner of the estate shall recover it whenever the water again leaves it, whether naturally or on account of works legally authorized for the purpose.
History —Law of Waters, art. 42.