33 USC § 55 - Bayou Savage (or Chantilly) in New Orleans

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s55"
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title: "33 USC § 55 - Bayou Savage (or Chantilly) in New Orleans"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "55"
section_name: "Bayou Savage (or Chantilly) in New Orleans"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 650, 50 Stat. 649.)"
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# § 55. Bayou Savage (or Chantilly) in New Orleans

Bayou Savage, also styled Bayou Chantilly, in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, is declared to be a nonnavigable waterway within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 650, 50 Stat. 649.)