33-U.S.C.-608
§608 – Construction of Fishways
Pathway
Title 33 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter IV > Section 608
Details
- Reference: Section 608
- Legend: §608 – Construction of Fishways
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Whenever river and harbor improvements shall be found to operate (whether by lock and dam or otherwise), as obstructions to the passage of fish, the Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, direct and cause to be constructed practical and sufficient fishways, to be paid for out of the general appropriations for the streams on which such fishways may be constructed.
(Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, §11, 25 Stat. 425; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, §205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Codification
Section is from act Aug. 11, 1888, the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1888.
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 Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
33-U.S.C.-607A in the Legal Encyclopedia: Harbor
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