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title: "33 U.S.C. § 544"
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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 544 - Repealed. Aug. 19, 1968, Pub. L. 88–448, § 402(a)(9), 78 Stat. 493

## Notes

Section, act June 3, 1896, ch. 314, § 7, 29 Stat. 235, related to employment of retired officers of the Army or Navy on river and harbour improvements.