2016 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 11 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 497 - "Persons" defined

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Citation 33 U.S.C. § 497 (2016)
Section Name §497. "Persons" defined
Section Text

The word "persons" as used in sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, shall be construed to import both the singular and the plural, as the case demands, and shall include municipalities, quasi-municipal corporations, corporations, companies, and associations.

Source Credit

(Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130, §7, 34 Stat. 86.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 11 - BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 497 - Persons" defined
Contains section 497
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 34 Stat. 86
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