43 U.S.C. · Public Lands
43 U.S.C. § 931

Navigable rivers as public highways

Ch. 22 — RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
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43 U.S.C. § 931 — Navigable rivers as public highways

U.S.C. Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS 43 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 22 - RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS Sec. 931 - Navigable rivers as public highways From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§931. Navigable rivers as public highways

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.

(R.S. §2476.)

Editorial Notes

Codification R.S. §2476 derived from acts May 18, 1796, ch. 29, §9, 1 Stat. 468; Mar. 3, 1803, ch. 27, §17, 2 Stat. 235.

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