§ 5203. Organization of tribes or bands; constitution; charter; right to participate in revolving credit fund

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1936

   Pub. L. 74–831 § 3 · 49 Stat. 1028

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 5203

   (June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 3, 49 Stat. 1967.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 3, 49 Stat. 1967.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to he made at the following-named localities, the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations Proviso. Restriction. heretofore or hereafter made for such purposes: Provided, That no preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this or some prior Act Reports. or joint resolution shall be made: Provided further, That after the regular or formal reports made as required by law on any examination, survey, project, or work under way or proposed are submitted no supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless Adoption. authorized by law: And provided further, That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this Act until the project for the proposed work shall have been adopted by law: Localities enumerated. Long Cove, Maine. Chandler River, Maine. Ile au Haut Thoroughfare, Maine. Eastport Harbor, Maine. Frenchboro Harbor, Maine. Stonington Harbor, Maine. Bagaduce River, Maine. Prouts Neck, Maine, with a view to the establishment of a harbor of refuge. Hendrick’s Harbor, Maine. Saint Croix River, Maine. Bar Harbor, Maine. Monhegan Harbor, Maine. Ogunquit-Perkins Cove, Maine. Cranberry Island Harbor, Maine. Kennebec River, Maine, with a view to dredging the river from Preliminary surveys—Continued. Augusta to Gardiner. Harbor at Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts. Plum Island and Parker Rivers, Massachusetts. Shore at Gay Head, Massachusetts, with a view to preventing further erosion. Rock Harbor, Massachusetts. Shore at Manomet Point, Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, with a view to constructing a breakwater. Westport River, Massachusetts. Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: Navigable waters adjacent to the shores of Winthrop and East Boston. The Merrimack River, Massachusetts, with a view to making the river navigable from Lowell to the sea. Lewis Bay and the Harbor at West Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Town River, Quincy, Massachusetts. Inner harbor, Block Island, Rhode Island. Ash Creek, Connecticut. Indian Neck Harbor, Connecticut. Milford Harbor, Connecticut. Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut. The Race, between Block Island Sound and Long Island, Connecticut, with a view to removing Valient Rock and other obstructions. Westcott Cove, Stamford Harbor, Connecticut. Noank Cove, Connecticut. Woodmont Harbor, Connecticut. Providence River and Harbor, Rhode Island. Blackstone River, from Narragansett Bay at Providence, Rhode Island, to Worcester, Massachusetts. Lake Champlain, Vermont, with a view to reopening the old channel through the South Hero sand bar in the vicinity of Milton and South Hero. Lake Champlain, Vermont, with a view to reopening the channel between East Alburg and West Swanton. New York State Barge Canal from Three Rivers Point to the city of Syracuse, New York. Moriches Inlet, Long Island, New York. Goldsmith Inlet, Long Island, New York. Long Island Intracoastal Waterway, from East Rockaway Inlet to Great Peconic Bay, New York. Nissequogue River, Long Island, New York. Hashamomuck (Arshamomaque) Creek, Long Island, New York. Irvington Harbor, New York. Channel between Travers Island and Glen Island, New York. Lake Montauk Harbor, Long Island, New York. Waterway from the Hudson River at or near Piermont, New York, to a point at or near the headwaters of the Hackensack River, New Jersey. Otter River, Vermont, with a view to making the river navigable from Vergennes to Lake Champlain. Deep waterway to connect Lake Saint Francis on the Saint Lawrence River with the Hudson River at Albany by way of Lake Champlain, with a view to determining the advisability and cost of such a connection between the Saint Lawrence Waterway, as proposed by treaty, and the sheltered waters of the Atlantic coast between Boston, Massachusetts, and Norfolk, Virginia. Delaware and Raritan Canal, New Jersey. Preliminary surveys—Continued. Sandy Hook Bay, off Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, with a view to providing an anchorage area. Shark River, New Jersey. Passaic River, New Jersey, from the Eighth Street Bridge, Wallington, to the Passaic Street Bridge at Garfield. Menantico Creek, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Cedar Run Creek, New Jersey, from the Main Channel to Wire Creek. New Jersey Intracoastal waterway from Shrewsbury River to Delaware Bay above Cape May by way of the Manasquan-Barnegat Canal and including an entrance thereto through Barnegat Inlet. Keyport Harbor, New Jersey. Way Cake Creek, New Jersey. West Creek, New Jersey. Waterway across Cape May County, New Jersey, to connect the New Jersey State Inland Waterway with Delaware Bay. Delaware River, between Easton and Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at Chesapeake City, Maryland, with a view to providing an anchorage basin; also to determine if street improvements, in connection with changes of bridges under the existing project, should be made. Construction of a sea-level waterway between Great Choptank Waterway and Little Choptank River, Maryland. Wicomico River, Maryland, from Chaptico Wharf to Budd’s Landing. McCreadys Creek, Elliott, Dorchester County, Maryland. Goose Creek, Maryland. Channel connecting Plain Dealing Creek and Oak Creek, Maryland. Back Creek, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Saint Marys River, Maryland. Drum Point Harbor, Maryland. Lake Conoy, Maryland, and entrance thereto from Potomac River. Channel connecting Magothy River and Cypress Creek, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Channels to Lake Ogleton and Walnut Lake, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Farm Creek, Maryland. Little Creek, Queen Annes County, Maryland. Jones Creek and Nanticoke River in the vicinity of Waterview and Nanticoke, Wicomico County, Maryland. Harbor at the mouth of Fishing Creek, at the north end of Calvert County, Maryland. Little Island Creek, Talbot County, Maryland. Head of Northeast River, Maryland. Channel in Southeast Branch of Fox Creek, Dorchester County. Maryland. Rockhall Harbor, Kent County, Maryland. Broadwater Creek, Maryland. Saint Jeromes Creek, Saint Marys County, Maryland. Upper Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, Maryland; for a boat basin and harbor adjoining the City Park, and a channel leading thereto from Point Concord, subject to the approval of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. Channel from George Island Landing, Maryland, to deep water in Chincoteague Bay. Waterway from Little Annemessex River to Tangier Sound, Maryland, by way of Cedar Creek, a land cut, and Flat Cap Creek. Waterway between Cambridge Creek and Fishing Bay, by way Preliminary surveys—Continued. of Little Blackwater River, Maryland. Black Walnut Harbor, Talbot County, Maryland. Channel at the entrance of the Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry at Matapeake, Maryland. Jones Creek, Wicomico County, Maryland, and Nanticoke River at and in the vicinity of Waterview. Waterway from Pocomoke River, at or near Snow Hill, Maryland, to Chincoteague Bay. Upper Thoroughfare, Deals Island, Maryland. Neale Sound, Maryland. Dogue Run, Virginia. Coan River, Virginia. Winter Harbor, Virginia. Occupacia Creek, Virginia. Chincoteague Bay, with a view to establishing a harbor of refuge at Greenbackville and Franklin City, Accomac County, Virginia, and protection of adjoining shore from storm depredation. Inland waterway from Chesapeake Bay to Chincoteague Bay, Virginia. Onancock River, Virginia. Waters connecting Cherrystone Channel with Cape Charles, Virginia, with a view to establishing a harbor of refuge at Cape Charles with a minimum depth of ten feet. Salter’s Creek, Newport News, Virginia, and channel connecting with the deep waters in Hampton Roads. Channel from Back River to the public landing in Wallace Creek, Elizabeth City County, Virginia. Channel from Pamlico Sound to Mill Creek, North Carolina. Channel from deep water in Back Sound, North Carolina, through Shackleford Banks, to deep water in Lookout Bight. Vandermere Harbor and Bay River at Bayboro, North Carolina. From Croatan Sound to Manns Harbor, North Carolina. Drum Inlet, North Carolina; near the town of Atlantic with a view to preserving the same to a depth of twelve feet at low water. Waterway from Charleston, South Carolina, to Columbia, South Carolina. Ashley River, South Carolina: Municipal yacht basin and connecting channels, and channel to the grounds of the South Carolina Military Academy (the Citadel). Pee Dee River, South Carolina, with a view to obtaining a navigable channel from the point where Jericho Creek connects the Pee Dee River with the Waccamaw River to a point approximately seventeen miles from Georgetown, where the Thoroughfare also connects the Pee Dee River with the Waccamaw River. Lower Altamaha River and Darien Harbor, Georgia. Waterway from the Saint Johns River to the Kissimmee River, Florida, and thence to the Okeechobee Cross-Florida Canal Channel. Waterway from Banana River to Mosquito Lagoon, Merritt Island, Florida. Waterway from the mouth of Tampa Bay, Florida, to the mouth of the Manatee River; thence up the Manatee River to approximately its source; thence easterly to Fort. Pierce Harbor. Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, Hillsboro, North New River, and Miami Canals, Florida. Melbourne Harbor and Crane Creek, Florida. Miami Harbor, Florida. Miami Beach, Florida, turning basin at east end of municipal channel opposite causeway docks of Peninsular Terminal Company. Preliminary surveys—Continued. Waterway from DeLeon Springs to Saint Johns River, Florida. An inlet or ship channel connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Intracoastal Waterway at or near Eau Gallie, Florida. Oldawaha River, Florida, with a view to securing a channel six feet in depth and of suitable width to Leesburg and into Lake Harris. Side channels or basins at Palm Beach, Courtenay, and Eau Gallie, Florida, with a view to providing connections with the intracoastal waterway. Clearwater Harbor, Florida, including Big Pass and Little Pass. Hillsboro Inlet, Broward County, Florida. New River Inlet and Sound, Florida. Sarasota Bay, Florida. Deepening of the present channel at the northeasterly end of Charlotte Harbor and Peace River from Punta Gorda, Florida, to Cleveland, Florida. Cut-off from Lemon Bay to Gulf of Mexico and the opening of Lemon Bay for inland waterway purposes. Carrabelle Harbor, Florida, with a view to providing a channel of twenty-five feet across the bar and in the channel to the docks at Carrabelle. Waterway and turning basin of suitable dimensions from Intracoastal Waterway, Jacksonville to Key West, to a point at or near Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Daytona Beach, Florida. Saint Lucie Inlet, Florida. Jupiter Inlet, Florida. Pirates Cove Channel, in Sacarma Bay, Pirates Cove, and Johnson’s Pass, Florida. Waterway from the Saint Johns River at or near Sanford, Florida, to Tampa, by way of the Kissimmee and Alafia Rivers and Tampa Bay. Channel beginning at terminal of Seaboard Airline Railway and extending through the Bay of Naples and adjacent waters to Gordon’s Pass and the jettying of Gordon’s Pass. Also inside route from Seaboard Airline Railway terminals through the Bay of Naples, Dollar Bay, and adjacent waters to Big Marco Pass with the deepening of Little Marco Pass and the entrance of the pass into Rookery Bay. Intracoastal waterway from the Caloosahatchee River to the Withlacoochee River, Florida, with a view to securing a waterway of suitable dimensions, and for the purpose of affording suitable exit to the north for craft using the Okeechobee Cross-Florida Canal. Intracoastal waterway from Apalachicola Bay to the Withlacoochee River, Florida. Keaton Beach, Taylor County, Florida. Keaton Beach Harbor, Florida. Carrabelle, Crooked, Ochlockonee Rivers, and Ochlochonee Bay, Florida. Wakulla River, Florida. Waterway from a point in the Grand Lagoon by way of Bayous Grand and Chico to Pensacola Bay, Florida, as an extension of the intracostal11 So in original. waterway. Waterway from Bon Secours Bay, Alabama, to the Gulf by way of Oyster Bay. Waterway to connect the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers with the Perdido River, Alabama and Florida. Channel to Point Chugae, Dauphin Island, Alabama, and channel Preliminary surveys—Continued. from Point Chugae to the old basin, or Indian Mounds, with a view to providing a harbor of refuge. Mississippi Sound in the vicinity of Pass Christain, Mississippi. Pascagoula Harbor and Horn Island Pass, Mississippi. Boston Canal, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. Ship Canal from Houma, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico. Bayou DuLarge, Louisiana. Vinton Waterway, Louisiana. Lake Charles Deep Water Channel, Louisiana. Lake Charles Ship Channel, Louisiana, from Lake Charles to the Gulf of Mexico at a point east of the mouth of the Calcasieu River, including proposed routes by way of the Calcasieu River, the Intracoastal Waterway, and a land cut and any other route appearing more practicable. Grand Bayou Pass, Louisiana. Bayou Dupre, Louisiana. Bayous La Loutre, Saint Malo, and Yscloskey, Louisiana. Bayou Rigaud, Louisiana. Bayou Sennette, Louisiana. Waterway from White Lake to Pecan Island, Louisiana. Waterway from the Intracostal11 So in original. Waterway, by way of the Florence Canal, to Gueydan, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. Bayou Saint John, Louisiana. Houma-Terrebonne Ship Canal, Louisiana. Franklin Canal, Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana. Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas, with a view to constructing revetment work to retain the spoil deposited in Sabine Lake. Greens Bayou and Pass Palacios (Cotton Bayou), Texas. Waterway from Offatt’s Bayou to San Louis Pass, Galveston Island, Texas. Arroyo Colorado, Texas, from Llano Grande Lake to its mouth. Pass Cavallo, Texas, and channel from Pass Cavallo to Port O’Connor and Port Lavaca. Jefferson-Shreveport Waterway, Texas and Louisiana, with a view to determining advisability of enlargement of existing project and of taking into consideration in this connection establishment of reservoir on Cypress River above Jefferson to assure better water supply. White River, Arkansas. Arkansas River, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Black River, Arkansas and Missouri, and waterway connecting the Black River with the Mississippi River at or near Cape Girardeau. Hatchie River, Tennessee. Obion and Forked Deer Rivers, and South Fork of Forked Deer River, Tennessee. Cumberland River, above Nashville, Tennessee. Ohio River, below Ironton, Ohio, with a view to the construction of dam. That portion, of the Monongahela River in the State of Pennsylvania with a view of determining what provisions can be made to prevent the erosion of the banks and the destruction of valuable property and the consequent filling of the channel by deposition from the erosion. Caney Creek, Grayson County, Kentucky. Lewis Creek, Ohio County, Kentucky. Preliminary surveys—Continued. Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan. At mouth of Black River or Little Girls Point (Ohmans Creek), Gogebic County, Michigan. At the mouth of Tobacco River near Gay, Michigan, with a view to providing a harbor of refuge for small vessels. A ship canal connecting Lake Superior and Lake Michigan from Lake Au Train in Lake Superior to Little Bay De Noc in Lake Michigan. At mouth of Black River and at Little Girl’s Point (Ohman’s Creek), Gogebic County, Michigan. With a view to establishing a harbor of refuge at Manitowoc and Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and protection of adjoining shores from storm depredation. Big and Little Suamico Rivers, Wisconsin. Channels in the harbors at Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin. Pensaukee Harbor, Wisconsin. Fond du Lac Harbor and vicinity, Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin. Wilmette Harbor, Illinois. Waterway from Lake Michigan through Black Lake, by way of Zeeland, Hudsonville, and Jenison, to a point on Grand River near Grandville, thence up Grand River to Grand Rapids, with a turning basin at Grand Rapids; or any preferable alternative route between Grand Rapids and Lake Michigan. Cheboygan Harbor and Cheboygan River, Michigan. New Buffalo, Michigan. Port Austin Harbor, Michigan. Port Sanilac Harbor, Michigan. Carvers Bay, Michigan. Bete Grise Bay, Michigan. Frankfort Harbor, Michigan. Fair Haven Harbor, Michigan. Port Huron Harbor, Michigan. Clinton River, Michigan. Detroit River, Michigan, with a view to providing a navigation channel of suitable width and depth located entirely on the American side of the river, and to provide a channel two hundred feet wide and eight feet deep from deep water in Detroit River, in the vicinity of Grosse Isle Light, to deep water at Sugar Island, passing east of Grosse Isle and west of Stony Island. Waiska River, Michigan. Crooked and Indian Rivers, Michigan. Naubinway Harbor, Mackinac County, Michigan. At or near Marblehead, Ohio, with a view to establishing a harbor. At or near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, with a view to establishing a harbor. Vermilion Harbor, Ohio. Rocky River Harbor, Ohio. Cattaraugus Creek, New York. Barcelona Harbor, New York. Deep channel waterway from Lake Ontario near Olcott, New York, to the Niagara River at Tonawanda, New York; from Lake Ontario via Eighteen Mile Creek to Lockport, New York, and from Lockport to Tonawanda via the western end of the New York State Barge Canal; with a view to determining the possibility, feasibility, practicability, and cost of development for deep channel traffic. Cayuga Creek and Little River, Niagara Falls, New York. Alexandria Bay Harbor, New York. Morristown Harbor, New York. Port Ontario Harbor, New York. Olcott Harbor, New York. Preliminary surveys—Continued. Wilson Harbor, New York. Green River, at or near Green River, Utah, with a view to preventing shore erosion, and to submit a report thereon to the Congress as soon as practicable. Redondo Beach Harbor, California. Santa Monica Harbor, California. Palo Alto Harbor, San Francisco Bay, California. Southampton Bay, California. Richardsons Bay, California. Russian River, California. Old River, California. Alsea Bay, Oregon. Yamhill River at Lafayette, Oregon. Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, from Tongue Point to the sea. Seaside Harbor, Oregon. Port Orford, Oregon. Columbia River, at and near Hammond, Oregon, with a view to preventing erosion caused by the construction of the south jetty, and providing a protected harbor near the mouth of said river. Willamette River, Oregon, from Eugene to Springfield. Sandy River, near Troutdale, Oregon. Trask River, Oregon. Miami River, Oregon. Kilchus River, Oregon. Wilson River, Oregon. Chetco Cove, Oregon. Columbia River at Rainier, Oregon. De Poe Bay, Oregon. Skipanon Channel, Oregon, with a view to deepening and widening the channel to accommodate all present and prospective traffic. Skipanon River, Oregon, with a view to modification of the existing project to provide for the needs of navigation above the railroad bridge. Westport Slough, Oregon. Coos River and its tributaries, Oregon, with a view to flood control and the prevention of erosion of the banks and the consequent filling of the channel. Columbia River, Lake River, and Vancouver Lake, near Vancouver, Washington. Elokomin Slough, or River, Washington. Chehalis River, from the mouth of Skookumchuck River to the Grays Harbor County Line, Washington. Shelton Harbor, Washington. Blaine Harbor, Washington. Duwamish River, Washington. Bethel Harbor, Alaska. Douglas Harbor, Alaska. Haines Harbor, Alaska. Juneau Harbor, Alaska. Kake Harbor, Alaska. Metlakatla Harbor, Alaska. Ship canal across Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Sitka Harbor, Alaska. Unalaska Harbor, Alaska. Valdez Harbor, Alaska. Skagway Harbor, Alaska. Homer Harbor, Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Preliminary surveys—Continued. West Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River. Tanana River and Chena Slough, Alaska. Hilo Harbor, Hawaii. Port Allen, Hawaii. Welles Harbor, Midway Island. Wake Island. Aguadilla Harbor, Puerto Rico. Guayanes Harbor, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Saint Thomas Harbor, Virgin Islands.

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