§ 416. Appropriations for removal of sunken water craft

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. 1899

   Pub. L. 55–425 § 20(a) · 30 Stat. 1121

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 416

   Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 20(a), formerly § 20, 30 Stat. 1155

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 20(a), formerly § 20, 30 Stat. 1155

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 20. That under emergency, in the case of any vessel, boat, water craft, or raft, or other similar obstruction, sinking or grounding, or being unnecessarily delayed in any Government canal or lock, or in FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 425. 1899. any navigable waters mentioned in section nineteen, in such manner as to stop, seriously interfere with, or specially endanger navigation, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, or any agent of the United States to whom the Secretary may delegate proper authority, the Secretary of War or any such agent shall have the right to take immediate possession of such boat, vessel, or other water craft, or raft, so far as to remove or to destroy it and to clear immediately the canal, lock, or navigable waters aforesaid of the obstruction thereby caused, using his best judgment to prevent any unnecessary injury; and no one shall interfere with or prevent such removal or destruction: Provided, That Provisos. —notice. the officer or agent charged with the removal or destruction of an obstruction under this section may in his discretion give notice in writing to the owners of any such obstruction requiring them to remove it: And provided further, That the expense of removing any such obstruction —expense of removal. as aforesaid shall be a charge against such craft and cargo; and —reimbursement. if the owners thereof fail or refuse to reimburse the United States for such expense within thirty days after notification, then the officer or agent aforesaid may sell the craft or cargo, or any part thereof that may not have been destroyed in removal, and the proceeds of such sale shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. Such sum of money as may be necessary to execute this section and Appropriation. the preceding section of this Act is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid out on the requisition of the Secretary of War. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing sections Repeal. ten to twenty, inclusive, of this Act are hereby repealed: Provided, Proviso. That no action begun, or right of action accrued, prior to the —prior actions excepted. passage of this Act shall be affected by this repeal.

2. 2025

   Pub. L. 118–272 div. A title I § 1124(b) · 138 Stat. 3017

   Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 416

   Pub. L. 118–272 substituted “414(a)” for “414”

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–272 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 118–272 substituted “414(a)” for “414”.

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