Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 686 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 686 : US Code - Notes

(July 1, 1898, ch. 546, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 631; Mar. 3, 1899, ch.
425, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 1148; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec.
205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of act Mar. 3, 1899, popularly known
as the "Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899", and not as
part of act Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, 27 Stat. 507, which comprises
this chapter.
As originally enacted the first paragraph read as follows: "The
provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled 'An Act making
appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
nine, and for other purposes,' approved July first, eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight, authorizing the Secretary of War, in
expending certain specified appropriations in the preparation for
and construction of certain works for the restraining or impounding
of mining debris in the State of California, to enter into a
contract or contracts wherein the contractor or contractors shall
look solely to that State for one-half of such expense, and that
the United States shall in no wise be liable for said one-half, are
hereby extended to any appropriations, when made, that may
hereafter be made for said purposes."
Act July 1, 1898 authorized Secretary of War, in contracting for
construction of certain proposed works, to enter into an agreement
that contractor should look solely to California for half of
expenses.
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205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.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.