33 U.S.C. § 629 : US Code - Section 629: Contract for hire of dredging plant

Search 33 U.S.C. § 629 : US Code - Section 629: Contract for hire of dredging plant

Whenever it shall become, in the opinion of the Secretary of the
Army, necessary or desirable to hire a dredging plant or plants for
the performance of any of the public work carried on under his
direction the said Secretary may, in his discretion, agree for the
same, either in the manner customary on March 2, 1907, or on the
basis of an equitable reimbursement for deterioration of plant when
in use by the Government, and a reasonable percentage of the total
cost of the work.