§ 685. Construction by commission of restraining works, etc.; use of debris 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. 1893

   Pub. L. 52–183 § 25 · 27 Stat. 507

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 685

   (Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, § 25, 27 Stat. 511.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, § 25, 27 Stat. 511.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 25. That said commission, in order that such material as is now Appropriations from debris fund to be expended in restraining works, etc., above bead of navigation, etc. or may hereafter be lodged in the tributaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems resulting from mining operations, natural erosion, or other causes, shall be prevented from injuring the said navigable rivers or such of the tributaries of either as may be navigable and the land adjacent thereto, is hereby directed and empowered, when appropriations are made therefor by law, or sufficient money is deposited for that purpose in said debris fund, to build at such points above the head of navigation in said riversand on the main tributaries thereof, or branches of such tributaries, or at any place adjacent to the same, which in the judgment of said commission, will effect said object (the same to be of such material as will insure safety and permanency), such restraining or impounding dams and settling reservoirs, with such canals, locks, or other works adapted and required to complete same. The recommendations contained in Executive Document Numbered Recommendation a adopted and made the basis of operations. Two hundred and sixty seven, Fifty-first Congress, second session, and Executive Document Numbered Ninety-eight, Forty-seventh Congress, First session, as far as they refer to impounding dams, or other restraining works, are hereby adopted, and the same are directed to be made the basis of operations. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby Appropriations. appropriated, from moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available to defray the expenses of said commission.

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