§ 601. — Mississippi River; regulation of reservoirs at headwaters.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC601]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER IV--PARTICULAR WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS
Sec. 601. Mississippi River; regulation of reservoirs at
headwaters
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Army to prescribe such
rules and regulations in respect to the use and administration of the
reservoirs at the headwaters of the Mississippi River as in his judgment
the public interest and necessity may require; which rules and
regulations shall be posted in some conspicuous place or places for the
information of the public. And any person knowingly and willfully
violating such rules and regulations shall be liable to a fine not
exceeding $500, or imprisonment, not exceeding six months, the same to
be enforced by prosecution in any district court of the United States
within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been
committed. And the Secretary of the Army shall cause such gaugings to be
made at or near Saint Paul during the annual operation of said
reservoirs as shall determine accurately the discharge at that point,
the cost of same to be paid out of the annual appropriation for gauging
the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
(Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, Sec. 1, 25 Stat. 419; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Codification
Section is from act Aug. 11, 1888, the River and Harbor
Appropriation Act of 1888.
In the original text the words ``said reservoirs'' appeared instead
of ``reservoirs at the headwaters of the Mississippi river.'' The
provision from which this section is derived, however, followed an
appropriation ``for continuing operations upon the reservoirs at the
headwaters of the Mississippi river.''
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of
the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
