33 U.S.C. § 56 — Fort Point Channel and South Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
submitted 71 years ago by ch. 37 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 80 words · no verdicts yet
This law declares part of Fort Point Channel and South Bay in Boston nonnavigable. The affected area lies above the highway bridge at Dorchester Avenue. Congress reserves the right to change or cancel this law later.
This section declares part of the tidewaters where Fort Point Channel and South Bay are located, in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, to be a nonnavigable water of the United States. The affected portion is the part lying above (on the easterly side of) the highway bridge that crosses Fort Point Channel at Dorchester Avenue. The section also reserves Congress's right to alter, amend, or repeal it later.
The portion of the tidewaters in the waterway in which is located Fort Point Channel and South Bay in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, lying above the easterly side of the highway bridge over Fort Point Channel at Dorchester Avenue in the city of Boston is declared to be a nonnavigable 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 expressly reserved.
Source credit: (May 13, 1955, ch. 37, 69 Stat. 48.)
- 1955Enacted · Act of May 13, 1955, ch. 37 · 69 Stat. 48
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 37 on 1955-05-13.
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