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# 33 U.S.C. § 553 - Freight statistics

## Text

In the collection of statistics relating to traffic, the Corps of Engineers is directed to adopt a uniform system of classification for freight, and upon rivers or inland waterways to collate ton-mileage statistics as far as practicable.

(July 25, 1912, ch. 253, § 1, 37 Stat. 223.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is from part of section 1 of act July 25, 1912, popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1912”.