Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 1 — Navigable Waters Generally
§ 7. Use of Government iron pier in Delaware Bay
Statutory text
The Government iron pier in Delaware Bay near Lewes, Delaware, shall be open to public use under regulations to be prescribed 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 § 1 · 39 Stat. 391
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 7
July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 1, 39 Stat. 394
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 1, 39 Stat. 394
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section is from act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1916”.
A further provision of act , repealed act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 542, 26 Stat. 969, which authorized a transfer of the iron pier to the Treasury Department.
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 Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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.
Credits
1916–1947 · 2 acts
- 1916July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 1, 39 Stat. 394
- 1947July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.
Show as published
(July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 1, 39 Stat. 394; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)