33 U.S.C. § 49 (2024)
This is the official text of 33 U.S.C. § 49 (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.
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Bayou Saint John in New Orleans
Official statutory text
Bayou Saint John, in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, is declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws enacted by Congress for the preservation and protection of such waters.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.
(June 5, 1936, ch. 530, §§1, 2, 49 Stat. 1484.)
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.
(June 5, 1936, ch. 530, §§1, 2, 49 Stat. 1484.)
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