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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 1 — Navigable Waters Generally

§ 31. Iowa River, Iowa, above Toolsboro

Statutory text

So much of the Iowa River within the State of Iowa, as lies north of the town of Wapello, and so much of the said river within the State of Iowa, as lies between the town of Toolsboro and the town of Wapello, in the county of Louisa, shall not be deemed a navigable river or public highway, but dams and bridges may be constructed across it.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. R.S. § 5248

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 31

    R.S. § 5248

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    R.S. § 5248

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Codification

R.S. § 5248 derived from Res. , No. 55, 15 Stat. 257; act May 6, 1870, ch. 92, 16 Stat. 121.

The portion of this section relating to the Iowa river north of the town of Wapello is from R.S. § 5248.

The remainder the section, relating to so much of the river as lies between Toolsboro and Wapello, is from act .

Credits

1894 · 2 acts
  1. R.S. § 5248
  2. 1894Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, § 1, 28 Stat. 356.
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(R.S. § 5248; Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, § 1, 28 Stat. 356.)

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