33-U.S.C.-42

§42 – Platte River, Missouri

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Title 33 > Chapter 1 > Subchapter II > Section 42

Details

• Reference: Section 42
• Legend: §42 – Platte River, Missouri
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

The Platte River in the State of Missouri is declared to be a nonnavigable stream within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States, and jurisdiction over said river is declared to be vested in the State of Missouri.

The right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

(Feb. 16, 1921, ch. 62, §§1, 2, 41 Stat. 1105.)

Codification

The two sentences of this section are, respectively, from sections 1 and 2 of act Feb. 16, 1921, entitled An Act declaring the Platte River to be a nonnavigable stream.

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