33 U.S.C. § 565 — River and harbor improvement by private or municipal enterprise
submitted 124 years ago by ch. 1079 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 106 words · no verdicts yet
People and companies may improve a navigable river at their own risk if the Army Secretary and Chief of Engineers approve the plans. The work must fit the Government’s plan, not hinder navigation, and remain under their supervision without tolls.
A person, group, corporation, or municipality that wants to improve a navigable river or part of one at its own expense and risk may do so only after the Secretary of the Army and the Army’s Chief of Engineers approve the plans and specifications. The plan must conform to the Government’s general improvement plan, must not impede navigation, and may not impose a toll for the improvement. The work remains under the Secretary’s and Chief’s control and supervision.
Any person or persons, corporations, municipal or private, who desire to improve any navigable river, or any part thereof, at their or its own expense and risk may do so upon the approval of the plans and specifications of said proposed improvement by the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Engineers of the Army. The plan of said improvement must conform with the general plan of the Government improvements, must not impede navigation, and no toll shall be imposed on account thereof, and said improvement shall at all times be under the control and supervision of the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Engineers.
Source credit: (June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 1, 32 Stat. 371; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
- 1902Enacted · Act of June 13, 1902, ch. 1079 · 32 Stat. 371
- 1947Amended · Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 501
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1079 on 1902-06-13.
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