Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 647 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 647 : US Code - Notes

(June 28, 1879, ch. 43, Secs. 3-5, 21 Stat. 37, 38; Feb. 14, 1903,
ch. 552, Sec. 4, 32 Stat. 826; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II,
Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
CHANGE OF NAME
Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with National Weather
Bureau in 1965 to form Environmental Science Services
Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30
F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318. Environmental Science Services
Administration abolished in 1970 and its personnel, property,
records, etc., transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35
F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090. By order of Acting Associate
Administrator of National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, 35
F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, Coast and Geodetic Survey redesignated
National Ocean Survey. See notes set out under section 311 of Title
15, Commerce and Trade.
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205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Secretary of Commerce" substituted for "Secretary of the
Treasury" in the first par. pursuant to sections 4 and 10 of act
Feb. 14, 1903, which are classified to sections 1511, 1513, 1515,
and 1516 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and which transferred
Coast and Geodetic Survey, and powers and duties pertaining
thereto, from Department of the Treasury to Department of Commerce.
Functions of all officers of Department of Commerce and functions
of all officers and employees of such Department transferred, with
a few exceptions, to Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in
him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his
functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by
Reorg. Plan No. 5 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R.
3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
TRIBUTARIES
Act Mar. 3, 1881, ch. 136, 21 Stat. 474, provided in part as
follows: "It shall be the duty of said commission to take into
consideration, and of the Secretary of War [now Secretary of the
Army] to extend operations, under their supervision, to tributaries
of the Mississippi River to the extent, and not further, that may
be necessary in the judgment of said commission to the perfection
of the general and permanent improvement of said Mississippi
River."