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[CITE: 33USC497]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                CHAPTER 11--BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 497. ``Persons'' defined

    The word ``persons'' as used in sections 491 to 498 of this title, 
shall be construed to import both the singular and the plural, as the 
case demands, and shall include municipalities, quasi-municipal 
corporations, corporations, companies, and associations.

(Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130, Sec. 7, 34 Stat. 86.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 
498, 508, 530, 535 of this title.
