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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 1 — Navigable Waters Generally

§ 59t. Burnham Canal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Statutory text

The portion of the Burnham Canal, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is underneath and west of a point one hundred feet east of South Eleventh Street is declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby expressly reserved.

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. Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982

    Pub. L. 97–468 title V § 503 · 96 Stat. 2543

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 59t

    (Pub. L. 97–468, title V, § 503, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2552.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 97–468, title V, § 503, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2552.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 503. burnham canal The portion of the Burnham Canal, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is underneath and west of a point one hundred feet east of South Eleventh Street is declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby expressly reserved.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–468, title V, § 503, , 96 Stat. 2552.)

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