33 U.S.C. § 605 — Operation of snag boats on Upper Mississippi River
submitted 138 years ago by ch. 860 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 98 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Army may obtain money needed to keep snag-boat operations uninterrupted on specified rivers. The yearly total may not exceed $25,000.
To keep snag boats operating without interruption on the Upper Mississippi River, the Illinois River from its mouth to Copperas Creek, the Minnesota River, and other Upper Mississippi tributaries improved by the United States, the Army Secretary may, on the Chief of Engineers’ application, repeatedly draw a warrant or requisition on the Treasury Secretary for necessary sums, up to $25,000 in total each year.
For the purpose of securing the uninterrupted work of operating snag boats on the Upper Mississippi River, the Illinois River, from its mouth to Copperas Creek, and the Minnesota River and other tributaries of the Upper Mississippi River improved by the United States, the Secretary of the Army, upon the application of the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to draw his warrant or requisition from time to time upon the Secretary of the Treasury for such sums as may be necessary to do such work, not to exceed in the aggregate for each year the sum of $25,000.
Source credit: (Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, §§ 1, 7, 25 Stat. 420, 421, 424; Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2509, § 1, 34 Stat. 1102; Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 264, § 3, 35 Stat. 817; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1(15), 68 Stat. 967.)
- 1888Enacted · Act of Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860 · 25 Stat. 420, 421, 424
- 1907Amended · Act of Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2509 · 34 Stat. 1102
- 1909Amended · Act of Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 264 · 35 Stat. 817
- 1947Amended · Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 501
- 1954Amended · Act of Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076 · 68 Stat. 967
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 860 on 1888-08-11.
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