Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§41 Osage River, Missouri
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 41
Summary
Osage River above the south line of secs. 15–16 (T40N R22W, 5th P.M., Benton County, Missouri) is not navigable. Secretary of the Army and others must treat it that way.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §41
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Osage River in the State of Missouri above the point where the south line of section 15 and 16 in township 40 north, of range 22 west, of the fifth principal meridian, and in the county of Benton, State of Missouri, crosses said river, is declared not to be a navigable stream, and shall be so treated by the Secretary of the Army and by all other authorities.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification This section superseded act June 24, 1902, ch. 1154, 32 Stat. 398, which declared that the Osage River above the point where the dividing line between the counties of Benton and Saint Clair crosses the river should not be a navigable stream.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 41
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73