§ 605. — Operation of snag boats on Upper 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: 33USC605]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER IV--PARTICULAR WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS
Sec. 605. Operation of snag boats on Upper Mississippi River
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.
(Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, Secs. 1, 7, 25 Stat. 420, 421, 424; Mar. 2,
1907, ch. 2509, Sec. 1, 34 Stat. 1102; 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 act, Aug. 11, 1888, as affected by acts Mar. 2,
1907, and Mar. 3, 1909.
Section 7 of act Aug. 11, 1888, also provided for the removal of
snags from the Mississippi River. (See section 604 of this title.)
The words ``the sum of $25,000,'' are substituted for ``the amounts
appropriated in this act for such purposes.'' An appropriation of
$25,000 for operating snag boats was made in section 1 of the act.
Act Mar. 2, 1907, made the provisions of the earlier Act concerning
snag boats applicable to the Illinois river from its mouth to Copperas
Creek.
Act Mar. 3, 1909, made such provisions applicable to ``the Minnesota
river and other tributaries of the upper Mississippi River now or
heretofore improved by the United States.''
Amendments
1954--Act Aug. 30, 1954, repealed proviso requiring that an itemized
statement of expenses incurred in operation of snag boats on the Upper
Mississippi River, 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 ``Operating snag
and dredge boats on upper Mississippi, Illinois, and Minnesota Rivers
(fiscal year) (8-962.60)'' 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.
