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The Constitution of the State of Alaska Art. VIII, § 16. Protection of Rights

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No person shall be involuntarily divested of his right to the use of waters, his interests in lands, or improvements affecting either, except for a superior beneficial use or public purpose and then only with just compensation and by operation of law.

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