2012 U.S. Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 22 - RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 931 - 975g)
Section 931 - Navigable rivers as public highways
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 22 - RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS Sec. 931 - Navigable rivers as public highways |
| Contains | section 931 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §2476. |
| Statutes at Large References | 1 Stat. 468 2 Stat. 235 |
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All navigable rivers, within the territory occupied by the public lands, shall remain and be deemed public highways; and, in all cases where the opposite banks of any streams not navigable belong to different persons, the stream and the bed thereof shall become common to both.
(R.S. §2476.)
CodificationR.S. §2476 derived from acts May 18, 1796, ch. 29, §9, 1 Stat. 468; Mar. 3, 1803, ch. 27, §17, 2 Stat. 235.
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