33 U.S.C. § 423 — Establishment of pierhead and bulkhead lines in Wilmington Harbor, California

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The Secretary of the Army can set harbor boundary lines in Wilmington Harbor, California. No piers, wharves, or similar structures can extend past these lines. No dumping can happen past them either, except under the Secretary's rules.

The Secretary of the Army can set pierhead and bulkhead lines in the inner harbor of San Pedro. This harbor is also known as Wilmington Harbor, California. The Secretary can set one or both kinds of lines. Beyond these lines, no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other structures can be built. No one can dump material past these lines either. The only exception is under regulations the Secretary of the Army sets from time to time.

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The Secretary of the Army is authorized to fix and establish pierhead and bulkhead lines, either or both, in the inner harbor of San Pedro, otherwise known as Wilmington Harbor, California, beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposits made except under such regulations as shall be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of the Army.

Source credit: (Mar. 26, 1908, No. 14, 35 Stat. 569; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

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1947Enacted · Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 501

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