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. 86025 Stat. 421Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 264, § 335 Stat. 817July 26, 1947, ch. 34361 Stat. 501Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1(15)68 Stat. 967(, §§ 1, 7, , 424; , ; , title II, § 205(a), ; , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section is from the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1888, act , as affected by act .
Act , made the provisions of act , 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 605 of this titleSection 7 of act , 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 .
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1954—Act , repealed proviso requiring that an itemized statement of expenses incurred in the removal of snags, etc., as provided in this section, should accompany the annual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.
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 Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , .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.
Appropriations
Act June 26, 1934, ch. 756, § 248 Stat. 1225, , which was classified to section 725a of former Title 31, Money and Finance, repealed the permanent appropriation under the title “Removing obstructions in Mississippi, Atchafalaya, and Old Rivers (fiscal year) (8–961.58)” effective , and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.