funds so appropriated or authorized to the prosecution of such work. (July 25, 1912, ch. 253, § 8, 37 Stat. 233.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was 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 Section 205 (a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. Section is from part of section 8 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1912. The omitted part of such section 8 was set out in former section 625 of this title. SIMILAR PROVISIONS A similar provision was contained in act Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2509, § 1, 34 Stat. 1073, which was omitted from the Code as superseded. § 627. Application of appropriation when separate works are included therein. Where separate works or items are consolidated in River and Harbor Acts and an aggregate amount is appropriated therefor, any balances remaining to the credit of the separate works or items may be transferred to the credit of the corresponding aggregate amounts appropriated for the consolidated items, and the amounts appropriated or transferred shall, unless otherwise expressed, be expended in securing maintenance and improvement according to the respective projects adopted by Congress, after giving due regard to the respective needs of traffic. The allotments to the respective works consolidated shall be made by the Secretary of the Army upon recommendations by the Chief of Engineers. In case such works or items are consolidated and separate amounts are given with each project, the amounts so named shall be expended upon such separate projects unless, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, another allotment or division should be made of the same. Any balances remaining to the credit of the consolidated items shall be carried to the credit of the respective aggregate amounts appropriated for the consolidated items. (Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 142, § 3, 38 Stat. 1052.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was 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 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. Section is from the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1915. PRIOR LAW Section 3 of act Mar. 4, 1915, superseded act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 144, § 7, 37 Stat. 827, which read as follows: "Where separate works or items are consolidated in this or subsequent river and harbor Acts and an aggregate amount is appropriated therefor the amounts appropriated shall, unless otherwise expressed, be expended in securing maintenance and improvement according to the respective projects adopted by Congress, after giving due regard to the respective needs of traffic. The allotments to the respective works consolidated shall be made by the Secretary of War upon recommendations by the Chief of Engineers. In case such works or items are consolidated and separate amounts are given with each project, the amounts so named shall be expended upon such separate projects unless, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, another allotment or division should be made of the same. Any balances remaining to the credit of the consolidated items shall be carried to the credit of the respective aggregate amounts appropriated for the consolidated items." SIMILAR PROVISIONS The Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act Mar. 2, 1919, ch. 95, § 2, 40 Stat. 1287, contained the following provision: "Where separate works or items are consolidated herein and an aggregate amount is appropriated therefor, the amount so appropriated shall, unless otherwise expressed, be expended in securing the maintenance and improvement according to the respective projects adopted by Congress after giving due regard to the respective needs of traffic. The allotments to the respective works so consolidated shall be made by the Chief of Engineers as authorized by the Secretary of War. In case such works or items are consolidated and separate amounts are given to individual projects the amounts so named shall be expended upon such separate projects. Any balances remaining to the credit of the consolidated items shall be carried to the credit of the respective aggregate amounts appropriated for the consolidated items." Similar provisions were contained in act July 18, 1918, ch. 155, § 2, 40 Stat. 910. § 628. Expenditure for dredging within harbor lines. No money appropriated for the improvement of rivers and harbors shall be expended for dredging inside of harbor lines duly established. (July 13, 1892, ch. 158, § 5, 27 Stat. 111.) CODIFICATION Section is from the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1892. CROSS REFERENCES Harbor lines, establishment of, see section 404 of this title. § 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. (Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2509, § 5, 34 Stat. 1119.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was 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 the act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces", which in sections 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. Section is from the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1907. The part of the original text omitted here repealed act Apr. 28, 1904, ch. 1761, § 4, 33 Stat. 452. § 630. Limitation on expenditure for purchase of dredges. No money authorized to be expended for the acquirement of any dredge or dredges shall be so expended for the purchase of any dredge or dredges from private contractors, which at the time of the proposed purchase can be manufactured at any navy yard or other Government-owned factory for a sum less than it can be purchased for from such private contractor. (Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 5, 42 Stat. 1042.) CODIFICATION Section is from part of section 5 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act for 1922. The omitted portion of that section authorized the construction of six seagoing hopper dredges and limited the cost of each to $750,000. § 631. Transfer of property between projects. The Secretary of the Army may direct a temporary transfer of any property employed in the improvement of rivers and harbors whenever, in his judgment, such transfer would secure efficient or economical results, and such adjustment in the way of charges and credits shall be made between the projects affected as may be equitable. (June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 5, 32 Stat. 373.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was 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 the act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces", which in sections 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. Section is from part of section 5 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1902. The omitted part of that section is set out as section 558 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Transfer of material, see section 483 (c) of Title 40. Public Buildings, Property, and Works. § 632. Written contracts; application to contracts relating to river and harbor improvements. CODIFICATION Section, act June 25, 1910, ch. 382, § 5, 36 Stat. 676, provided that the requirements of R. S. § 3744, former section 16 of Title 41, should not apply to the lease of certain property or hire of vessels for use in connection with river and harbor improvements where the period of the lease or hire did not exceed three months. R. S. § 3744, which required contracts by the Secretaries of War, Navy, and Interior to be in writing and filed in the returns office of the Interior Department, was repealed by act Oct. 21, 1941, ch. 452, 55 Stat. 743. § 633. Protection, alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or replacement of structures and facilities; contract standards; reasonable costs. Whenever, during the construction or reconstruction of any navigation, flood control, or related water development project under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, the Chief of Engineers determines that any structure or facility owned by an agency of government and utilized in the performance of a governmental function should be protected, altered, reconstructed, relocated, or replaced to meet the requirements of navigation or flood control, or both; or to preserve the safety or integrity of such facility when its safety or usefulness is determined by the Chief of Engineers to be adversely affected or threatened by the project, the Chief of Engineers may, if he deems such action to be in the public interest, enter into a contract providing for (1) the payment from appropriations made for the construction or maintenance of such project, of the reasonable cost of replacing, relocating, or reconstructing such facility to such standard as he deems reasonable but not to exceed the minimum standard of the State or political subdivision for the same type of facility involved, except that if the existing facility exceeds the minimum standard of the State or political subdivision, the Chief of Engineers may provide a facility of comparable standard, or (2) the payment of a lump sum representing the estimated reasonable cost thereof. This section shall not be construed as modifying any existing or future requirement of local cooperation, or as indicating a policy that local interests shall not hereafter be required to assume costs of modifying such facilities. The provisions of this section may be applied to projects hereafter authorized and to those heretofore authorized but not completed as of July 3, 1958, and notwithstanding the navigation servitude vested in the United States, they may be applied to such structures or facilities occupying the beds of navigable waters of the United States. (Pub. L. 85-500, title I, § 111, July 3, 1958, 72 Stat. 303; Pub. L. 89-298, title III, § 309, Oct. 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 1094.) AMENDMENTS 1965-Pub. L. 89-298 provided for payment of the reasonable cost of replacing, relocating, or reconstructing the facility to a reasonable standard, not exceeding minimum standard of State or political subdivision for same type of facility involved, except that if the existing facility exceeds the minimum standard of the State or political subdivision, the Chief of Engineers may provide a facility of comparable standard, in provision designated as clause (1), eliminated former provision for payment of reasonable actual cost of the remedial work, and designated existing provisions as clause (2). SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 642, 647 of this title. § 642. Appointment of commissioners; vacancies; chairman; tenure of office. The President of the United States shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint seven commissioners, three of whom shall be selected from the Engineer Corps of the Army, one from the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and three from civil life, two of whom shall be civil engineers. And any vacancy which may occur in the commission shall in like manner be filled by the President of the United States; and he shall designate one of the commissioners appointed from the Engineer Corps of the Army to be president of the commission. The commissioners appointed under sections 641, 642, 644, 646, and 647 of this title, except those appointed from civil life, shall remain in office subject to removal by the President of the United States. Each commissioner appointed from civil life after November 7, 1966, shall be appointed for a term of nine years. (June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § 2, 21 Stat. 37; Nov. 7, 1966, Pub. L. 89-789, title II, § 208, 80 Stat. 1423.) AMENDMENTS 1966-Pub. L. 89-789 inserted ", except those appointed from civil life," and provided a nine year term for each commissioner appointed from civil life after Nov. 7, 1966. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ponents of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories. com The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All personnel (including commissioned officers) of the Survey and all property held or used by the Survey were deemed transferred to the Administration, and all functions of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce. The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. CROSS REFERENCES President of commission as executive officer, qualifications, rank, etc., see section 702h of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 647 of this title. § 642a. Rank, pay, and allowances of Corps of Engineers officers serving as President of Mississippi River Commission. Any officer of the Corps of Engineers who has served or shall serve four years as President of the Mississippi River Commission and who has been or shall subsequently be retired, shall, from the date of such retirement, receive the rank, pay, and allowances of a retired major general. (June 15, 1936, ch. 548 (pt.), as added Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, § 3, 55 Stat. 644.) § 643. Compensation of commissioners. CODIFICATION Section, acts June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § 2, 21 Stat. 37; June 25, 1910, ch. 382, § 1, 36 Stat. 658; Mar. 1, 1917, ch. 144, § 4, 39 Stat. 951, is now covered by section 702h of this title. § 644. Secretary of commission. The Secretary of the Army may detail from the Engineer Corps of the Army of the United States an officer to act as secretary of said commission. (June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § 6, 21 Stat. 38.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was 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 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the adminstrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 642, 647 of this title. § 645. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 642. Section, act July 25, 1912, ch. 253, § 1, 37 Stat. 218, related to traveling expenses of civilian members of commission and of Assistant Engineer of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. § 646. Headquarters and meetings of commission. The headquarters and general offices of said commission shall be located at some city or town on the Mississippi River, to be designated by the Secretary of the Army, and the meetings of the commission except such as are held on Government boats during the time of the semiannual inspection trips of the commission shall be held at said headquarters and general offices, the times of said meetings to be fixed by the president of the commission, who shall cause due notice of such meetings to be given members of the commission and the public. (June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § 8, as added Feb. 18, 1901, ch. 377, 31 Stat. 793.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was 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 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 642, 647 of this title. § 647. Mississippi River survey. Detail of assistants; vessels; instruments.-It shall be the duty of the Mississippi River Commission to direct and complete such surveys of the Mississippi River, between the Head of the Passes near its mouth to its headwaters as may have been in progress June 28, 1879, and to make such additional surveys, examinations, and investigations, topographical, hydrographical, and hydrometrical, of said river and its tributaries, as may be deemed necessary by said commission to carry out the objects of sections 641, 642, 644, 646, and 647 of this title. And to enable said commission to complete such surveys, examinations, and investigations, the Secretary of the Army shall, when requested by said commission, detail from the Engineer Corps of the Army such officers and men as may be necessary, and shall place in the charge and for the use of said commission such vessel or vessels and such machinery and instruments as may be under his control and may be deemed necessary. And the Secretary of Commerce shall, when requested by said commission in like manner detail from the Coast and Geodetic Survey such officers and men as may be necessary, and shall place in the charge and for the use of said commission such vessel or vessels and such machinery and instruments as may be under his control and may be deemed necessary. And the said commission may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Army, employ such additional force and assistants, and provide, by purchase or otherwise, such vessels or boats and such instruments and means as may be deemed necessary. Plans; report.-It shall be the duty of said commission to take into consideration and mature such plan or plans and estimates as will correct, permanently locate, and deepen the channel and protect the banks of the Mississippi River; improve and give safety and ease to the navigation thereof; prevent destructive floods; promote and facilitate commerce, trade, and the postal service; and when so prepared and matured, to submit to the Secretary of the Army a full and detailed report of their proceedings and actions, and of such plans, with estimates of the cost thereof, for the purposes aforesaid, to be by him transmitted to Congress: Provided, That the commission shall report in full upon the practicability, feasibility, and probable cost of the various plans known as the jetty system, the levee system, and the outlet system, as well as upon such others as they deem necessary. Plans for immediate works.-The said commission may, prior to the completion of all the surveys and examinations contemplated by sections 641, 642, 644, 646, and 647 of this title, prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Army, plans, specifications, and estimates of costs for such immediate works as, in the judgment of said commission, may constitute a part of the general system of works herein contemplated, to be by him transmitted to Congress. (June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § § 3-5, 21 Stat. 37, 38; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 4, 32 Stat. 826.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205 (a) of 47-500 0-71-vol. 8 -12 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 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. The words "Secretary of Commerce" in the first paragraph, originally read "Secretary of the Treasury" but were changed to conform to sections 4 and 10 of act Feb. 14, 1903, set forth as sections 597, 598, 599, and 601 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, transferring the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the powers and duties pertaining thereto, from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Commerce. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ponents of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories. com The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All personnel (including commissioned officers) of the Survey and all property held or used by the Survey were deemed transferred to the Administration, and all functions of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce. The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 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 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." CROSS REFERENCES Flood control work for Mississippi River, see section 702 of this title. Printing reports of the Mississippi River Commission, see section 556 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 642 of this title. § 648. Arkansas River; levee and bank protection. The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission is extended so as to include that part of the Arkansas River between its mouth and the intersection thereof with the division line between Lincoln and Jefferson Counties, and any funds which are appropriated by Congress for improving the Mississippi River between Head of Passes and the mouth of the Ohio River, and which may be allotted to levees and bank revetment, may be expended within the limits of said extended jurisdiction under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, and upon like terms and conditions for levees and bank revetment upon any part of the Mississippi River now under the jurisdiction of said commission, and in such manner as will best promote and accomplish the purposes for which commission was created, in so far as the territory hereby added to its said jurisdiction may be involved. (July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 1, 39 Stat. 402.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was 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 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. Section is from part of section 1 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1916. § 649. Vicksburg Harbor and Ohio River below Cache River. The harbor at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and the Ohio River from its mouth to the mouth of the Cache River, are transferred to and placed under the control and jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission: Provided, That no part of the improvement of the Ohio River, with a view to the construction of locks and dams, shall be considered as transferred to or placed under the control and jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission. (July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 1, 39 Stat. 402.) which in sections 3011-3013 continued the military Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army. Section is from part of section 1 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1916. SIMILAR PROVISIONS This provision superseded act June 4, 1906, ch. 2572, 34 Stat. 208, which contained similar provisions. § 651. Tributaries of Mississippi River below Cairo; levee and bank protection. The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission is extended, for the purposes of levee protection and bank protection, to the tributaries and outlets of the Mississippi River between Cairo, Illinois, and the Head of the Passes, in so far as these tributaries and outlets are affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi River. (Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 13, 42 Stat. 669. 670. 671. 672. Any funds which are appropriated by Congress for improving the Mississippi River between Head of Passes and the mouth of the Ohio River, and which may be allotted to levees, may be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, in accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, for levees upon any part of said river between Head of Passes and Rock Island, Illinois, in such manner as, in their opinion, shall best improve navigation and promote the interest of commerce at all stages of the river. (July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 1, 39 Stat. 402.) CODIFICATION The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was 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", 676. Petition by hydraulic miners. Surrender to United States of right to regulate débris of mine. Petition for common dumping ground, etc. Notice of petition for dumping grounds, etc.; hearing. Order by commission directing method of mining, etc.; expenses of complying with order; exemption from mining taxes. Plans for and supervision of work required by order; permit to commence mining. Conditions precedent for commencement of mining operations. Allotment of expenses for common dumping 677. 678. 679. Violation of permit to mine; penalty. |