Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 9 — Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally
§ 424. Establishment of pierhead or bulkhead lines in Newport Harbor, California
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to fix and establish pierhead and bulkhead lines, either or both, at Newport Harbor, California, in accordance with plan dated United States Engineer Office, Los Angeles, California, , and entitled “Newport Bay, California”, showing harbor lines, beyond which no piers, wharfs, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposit made, except under such regulations as shall be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of the Army.
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.
Pub. L. 64–260 § 3 · 39 Stat. 391
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 424
July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 3, 39 Stat. 411
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 3, 39 Stat. 411Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and Newport, Cal. Harbor lines, etc. directed to fix and establish pierhead and bulkhead lines, either or both, at Newport Harbor, California, in accordance with plan dated United States Engineer Office, Los Angeles, California, March twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and entitled Newport Bay, California, showing harbor lines, beyond which no piers, wharfs, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposit made, except under such regulations as shall be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of War.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section is from act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1916”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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 Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. 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
Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of the Army and other offices and officers of Department of the Army under section 401 of this title 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 Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(g)(6)(A), , 80 Stat. 941, which created Department of Transportation. Pub. L. 97–449 amended section 401 of this title to reflect transfer made by section 6(g)(6)(A) of Pub. L. 89–670, and repealed section 6(g)(6)(A).
Credits
1916–1947 · 2 acts
- 1916July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 3, 39 Stat. 411
- 1947July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.
Show as published
(July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 3, 39 Stat. 411; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)