§ 604. — Removal of snags, etc., from Mississippi River.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC604]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER IV--PARTICULAR WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS
Sec. 604. Removal of snags, etc., from Mississippi River
For the purpose of removing snags, wrecks, and other obstructions in
the Mississippi River, the Atchafalaya and Old Rivers from the junction
with the Mississippi and Red Rivers down the Atchafalaya River as far
down as Melville, Louisiana, 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 $100,000.
(Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, Secs. 1, 7, 25 Stat. 421, 424; Mar. 3, 1909,
ch. 264, Sec. 3, 35 Stat. 817; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II,
Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, Sec. 1(15), 68 Stat.
967.)
Codification
Section is from the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1888,
act Aug. 11, 1888, as affected by act Mar. 3, 1909.
Act Mar. 3, 1909, made the provisions of act Aug. 11, 1888, for the
removal of snags applicable to ``the Atchafalaya and Old Rivers from the
junction with the Mississippi and Red Rivers down the Atchafalaya River
as far as Melville, Louisiana.''
Section 7 of act Aug. 11, 1888, provided for ``securing the
uninterrupted work of operating snag boats on the upper Mississippi
River'' as well as for the removal of snags. The provision for operating
snag boats is set out as section 605 of this title.
The words ``the sum of $100,000'' are substituted for ``the amounts
appropriated in this act for such purposes.'' An appropriation of
$100,000 for removal of snags is contained in section 1 of the act.
Amendments
1954--Act Aug. 30, 1954, repealed proviso requiring that an itemized
statement of expenses incurred in the removal of snags, etc., as
provided in this section, should accompany the annual report of the
Chief of Engineers.
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
Appropriations
Section 2 of act June 26, 1934, ch. 756, 48 Stat. 1225, which was
classified to section 725a of former Title 31, Money and Finance,
repealed the permanent appropriation under the title ``Removing
obstructions in Mississippi, Atchafalaya, and Old Rivers (fiscal year)
(8-961.58)'' effective July 1, 1935, and provided that such portions of
any Acts as make permanent appropriations to be expended under such
account are amended so as to authorize, in lieu thereof, annual
appropriations from the general fund of the Treasury in identical terms
and in such amounts as now provided by the laws providing such permanent
appropriations.
