Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 9 — Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally
§ 446. Inspectors; appointment, powers, and duties
Statutory text
Each supervisor of a harbor is authorized and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors, and for the purposes of enforcing this subchapter and the Act of , entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes” (28 Stat. 338), and of detecting and bringing to punishment offenders against the same, the said supervisor of the harbor, and the inspectors and deputy inspectors so appointed by him, shall have power and authority.
First. To arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any person or persons who may commit any of the acts or offenses prohibited by this subchapter, or who may violate any of the provisions of the same: Provided, That no person shall be arrested without process for any offense not committed in the presence of the supervisor or his inspectors or deputy inspectors, or either of them: And provided further, That whenever any such arrest is made the person or persons so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a magistrate judge, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him; and such magistrate judge, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States.
Second. To go on board of any scow or towboat engaged in unlawful dumping of prohibited material, or in moving the same without a permit, as required in sections 443 to 448 of this title, or otherwise violating sections 443 to 448 of this title, and to seize and hold said boats until they are discharged by action of the magistrate judge, judge, or court of the United States before whom the offending persons are brought.
Third. To arrest and take into custody any witness or witnesses to such unlawful dumping of prohibited material, the said witnesses to be released under proper bonds.
Fourth. To go on board of any towboat having in tow scows or boats loaded with such prohibited material, and accompany the same to the place of dumping, whenever such action appears to be necessary to secure compliance with the requirements of this subchapter and of the Act aforesaid.
Fifth. To enter gas and oil works and all other manufacturing works for the purpose of discovering the disposition made of sludge, acid, or other injurious material, whenever there is good reason to believe that such sludge, acid, or other injurious material is allowed to run into tidal waters of the harbor in violation of section 441 of this title.
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. 50–496 § 3 · 25 Stat. 209
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 446
June 29, 1888, ch. 496, § 3, 25 Stat. 209
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 29, 1888, ch. 496, § 3, 25 Stat. 209Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. That in all cases of receiving on board of any scows or Transporting matter to discharging place. boats such forbidden matter or substance as herein described, it shall be the duty of the owner or master, or person acting in such capacity, on board of such scows or boats, before proceeding to take or tow the same to the place of deposit, to apply for and obtain from the supervisor of the harbor appointed hereunder a permit defining the Permits. precise limits within which the discharge of such scows or boats may be made; and any deviation from such dumping or discharging place specified in such permit shall be a misdemeanor within the meaning of this act: and the master and engineer, or person or persons Punishment for violating. acting in such capacity, on board of any towboat towing such scows or boats, shall be equally guilty of such offense with the master or person acting in the capacity of master of the scow, and be liable to equal punishment.Pub. L. 85–802 § 1(3) · 72 Stat. 970
Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 446
Pub. L. 85–802 substituted “Each supervisor of a harbor is authorized and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors, and, for the purposes of enforcing this subchapter” for “The supervisor of the harbor of New York, designated as provided in section 451 of this title, is authorized and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors, and for the purpose of enforcing sections 1, 31, and this subchapter”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 85–802 substituted “Each supervisor of a harbor is authorized and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors, and, for the purposes of enforcing this subchapter” for “The supervisor of the harbor of New York, designated as provided in section 451 of this title, is authorized and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors, and for the purpose of enforcing sections 1, 31, and this subchapter”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) The first section (33 U. S. C. 441) is amended by striking out “tidal waters of the harbor of New York, or its adjacent or tributary waters, or in those of Long Island Sound,”, and inserting in lieu thereof “waters of any harbor subject to this Act,”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 85–802 effective on sixtieth day after Aug. 28, 1958, see section 2 of Pub. L. 85–802, set out as a note under section 441 of this title.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of , referred to in provision preceding First paragraph, and Act aforesaid, referred to in Fourth paragraph, mean act Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, 28 Stat. 356, which enacted sections 1, 31, and 452 of this title and amended sections 443 to 448 and 499 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Sections 443 to 448 of this title, referred to in the Second paragraph, were in the original “this section of this Act” meaning section 3 of act , which enacted sections 443 to 448 of this title. The provision of section 3 relating to issuance of permits is classified to section 443 of this title.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of section 3 of act . Said section 3 of act , enacted sections 443 to 448 of this title. See Codification note set out under section 443 of this title.
Amendments
1958—Pub. L. 85–802 substituted “Each supervisor of a harbor is authorized and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors, and, for the purposes of enforcing this subchapter” for “The supervisor of the harbor of New York, designated as provided in section 451 of this title, is authorized and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors, and for the purpose of enforcing sections 1, 31, and this subchapter”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Magistrate judge” substituted in text for “magistrate” pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Previously, “magistrate” substituted for “commissioner” pursuant to Pub. L. 90–578. See chapter 43 (§ 631 et seq.) of Title 28.
Effective Date of 1958 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 85–802 effective on sixtieth day after , see section 2 of Pub. L. 85–802, set out as a note under section 441 of this title.
Credits
1888–1990 · 6 acts
- 1888June 29, 1888, ch. 496, § 3, 25 Stat. 209
- 1894Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, § 3, 28 Stat. 360
- 1908May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 8, 35 Stat. 427
- 1958Pub. L. 85–802, § 1(3), , 72 Stat. 970
- 1968Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), , 82 Stat. 1118
- 1990Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, , 104 Stat. 5117.
Show as published
(June 29, 1888, ch. 496, § 3, 25 Stat. 209; Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, § 3, 28 Stat. 360; May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 8, 35 Stat. 427; Pub. L. 85–802, § 1(3), , 72 Stat. 970; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), , 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, , 104 Stat. 5117.)