33 U.S.C. § 663 — Territorial jurisdiction over hydraulic mining; hydraulic mining injurious to navigation prohibited
submitted 133 years ago by ch. 183 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 83 words · no verdicts yet
The commission’s authority over hydraulic mining covers the area drained by California’s Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems. Hydraulic mining there is unlawful if it directly or indirectly harms those rivers’ navigability and is not allowed by this chapter.
The jurisdiction of said commission, in so far as the same affects mining carried on by the hydraulic process, shall extend to all such mining in the territory drained by the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems in the State of California. Hydraulic mining, as defined in section 668 of this title, directly or indirectly injuring the navigability of said river systems, carried on in said territory other than as permitted under the provisions of this chapter is prohibited and declared unlawful.
Source credit: (Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, § 3, 27 Stat. 507.)
- 1893Enacted · Act of Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183 · 27 Stat. 507
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 183 on 1893-03-01.
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