Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§38 Oklawaha River, Florida; Kyle and Young Canal and “morrison Landing Extension” Substituted
Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 38
Summary
The Kyle and Young Canal and the Morrison Landing extension become a free U.S. public waterway when land for them on Florida’s Oklawaha River is given free to the United States, including an east-side strip the Army Secretary needs for future widening.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §38
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Upon the conveyance to the United States, free of cost, title to the land occupied by what is known as the “Kyle and Young Canal” and the “Morrison Landing extension” of the same, on the Oklawaha River, in the State of Florida, together with title to a strip of land on the east side of said canal of such width as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Army may be required for the future widening of said canal and extension by the United States, the said canal and extension shall become a free public waterway of the United States in place of the natural bed of the river.
Legislative History
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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July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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. § 38
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102