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Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 22 - Rights-of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands
Sec. 931 - Navigable rivers as public highways
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| 43 U.S.C. § 931 (2021) |
| §931. Navigable rivers as public highways |
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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. |
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(R.S. §2476.) |
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R.S. §2476 derived from acts May 18, 1796, ch. 29, §9, 1 Stat. 468; Mar. 3, 1803, ch. 27, §17, 2 Stat. 235. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
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| Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 22 - RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS Sec. 931 - Navigable rivers as public highways |
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| January 3, 2022 |
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| 1 Stat. 468 2 Stat. 235 |
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