33 USC § 8 - Toll free rivers in Alabama

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title: "33 USC § 8 - Toll free rivers in Alabama"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "8"
section_name: "Toll free rivers in Alabama"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 5244.)"
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# § 8. Toll free rivers in Alabama

The Tennessee, Coosa, Cahawba, and Black Warrior Rivers, within the State of Alabama, shall be forever free from toll for all property belonging to the United States, and for all persons in their service, and for all citizens of the United States, except as to such tolls as may be allowed by Act of Congress.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 5244.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 5244 derived from , .

Another R.S. 5244 is classified to , Banks and Banking.