33 USC § 23 - Bear Creek, Mississippi
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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s23"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 23 - Bear Creek, Mississippi"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "23"
section_name: "Bear Creek, Mississippi"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1923, ch. 229, §§ 1, 2, 42 Stat. 1442.)"
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# § 23. Bear Creek, Mississippi
Bear Creek in Humphreys, Leflore, and Sunflower Counties, in the State of Mississippi, is declared to be a nonnavigable stream within the meaning of the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
The right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.
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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1923, ch. 229, §§ 1, 2, 42 Stat. 1442.)
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
The first sentence hereof is section 1 and the last sentence section 2 of act , entitled “An Act declaring Bear Creek in Humphreys, Leflore, and Sunflower counties, Mississippi, to be a nonnavigable stream”.