33 U.S.C. § 601 : US Code - Section 601: Mississippi River; regulation of reservoirs at headwaters

Search 33 U.S.C. § 601 : US Code - Section 601: Mississippi River; regulation of reservoirs at headwaters

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Army to prescribe
such rules and regulations in respect to the use and administration
of the reservoirs at the headwaters of the Mississippi River as in
his judgment the public interest and necessity may require; which
rules and regulations shall be posted in some conspicuous place or
places for the information of the public. And any person knowingly
and willfully violating such rules and regulations shall be liable
to a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment, not exceeding six
months, the same to be enforced by prosecution in any district
court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction
such offense may have been committed. And the Secretary of the Army
shall cause such gaugings to be made at or near Saint Paul during
the annual operation of said reservoirs as shall determine
accurately the discharge at that point, the cost of same to be paid
out of the annual appropriation for gauging the waters of the
Mississippi River and its tributaries.