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# 33 U.S.C. § 43 - Saint Marys River, Ohio and Indiana

## Text

Saint Marys River, Ohio and Indiana, is declared to be a nonnavigable stream within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States.

(Aug. 8, 1917, ch. 49, § 17, 40 Stat. 268.)