section 401 of this titleThe provisions of are made applicable alike to the completed and uncompleted portions of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Whenever the Secretary of the Army shall approve plans for a bridge to be built across said canal he may, in his discretion, and subject to such terms and conditions as in his judgment are equitable, expedient, and just to the public, grant to the person or corporation building and owning such bridge a right of way across the lands of the United States on either side of and adjacent to the said canal; also the privilege of occupying so much of said lands as may be necessary for the piers, abutments, and other portions of the bridge structure and approaches.
June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 1032 Stat. 374July 26, 1947, ch. 34361 Stat. 501(, ; , title II, § 205(a), .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section is from part of act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1902”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II61 Stat. 501act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 641Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Transfer of Functions
section 401 of this titlePub. L. 89–670, § 6(g)(6)(A)80 Stat. 941Pub. L. 97–449section 401 of this titlesection 6(g)(6)(A) of Pub. L. 89–670Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of the Army and other offices and officers of Department of the Army under to extent that they relate generally to location and clearances of bridges and causeways in navigable waters of United States transferred to and vested in Secretary of Transportation by , , . amended to reflect transfer made by , and repealed section 6(g)(6)(A).