§ 606. — Removal of snags, and so forth, from Ohio 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: 33USC606]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER IV--PARTICULAR WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS
Sec. 606. Removal of snags, and so forth, from Ohio River
For the purpose of securing the uninterrupted work of operating snag
boats on the Ohio River and removing snags, wrecks, and other
obstructions in said river, 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 $50,000.
(Sept. 19, 1890, ch. 907, Sec. 13, 26 Stat. 455; June 3, 1896, ch. 314,
Sec. 3, 29 Stat. 234; 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 1890,
act Sept. 19, 1890, as amended by act June 3, 1896.
The section, as originally enacted, limited the amount to be drawn
for the work, by the words ``not to exceed in the aggregate for each
year the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.'' It was amended by act
June 3, 1896 by inserting the words ``fifty thousand dollars'' for the
words ``twenty-five thousand dollars'' therein.
Amendments
1954--Act Aug. 30, 1954, repealed proviso requiring that an itemized
statement of expenses incurred in removing snags, etc., from the Ohio
River, 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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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repealed the permanent appropriation under the title ``Operating snag
boats on the Ohio River (fiscal year) (8-962.51)'' 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.
