§ 663. Territorial jurisdiction over hydraulic mining; hydraulic mining injurious to navigation prohibited

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. 1893

   Pub. L. 52–183 § 3 · 27 Stat. 507

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 663

   (Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, § 3, 27 Stat. 507.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, § 3, 27 Stat. 507.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. That the jurisdiction of said commission, in so far as the Jurisdiction. same affects mining carried on by the hydraulic process, shall extend to all such mining in the territory drained by the Sacramento and San Joaquin river systems in the State of California. Hydraulic mining, Injurious hydraulic mining prohibited. Post, p. 508. as defined in section eight hereof, directly or indirectly injuring the navigability of said river systems, carried on in said territory other than as permitted under the provisions of this act is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful.

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