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title: "33 U.S.C. § 553"
description: "Freight statistics"
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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
chapter_number: "12"
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
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citation: "33 U.S.C. § 553"
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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”.