§ 402. — Construction of bridges, etc., over Illinois and Mississippi Canal.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC402]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--IN GENERAL
Sec. 402. Construction of bridges, etc., over Illinois and
Mississippi Canal
The provisions of section 401 of this title are made applicable
alike to the completed and uncompleted portions of the Illinois and
Mississippi Canal. Whenever the Secretary of the Army shall approve
plans for a bridge to be built across said canal he may, in his
discretion, and subject to such terms and conditions as in his judgment
are equitable, expedient, and just to the public, grant to the person or
corporation building and owning such bridge a right of way across the
lands of the United States on either side of and adjacent to the said
canal; also the privilege of occupying so much of said lands as may be
necessary for the piers, abutments, and other portions of the bridge
structure and approaches.
(June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, Sec. 10, 32 Stat. 374; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Codification
Section is from part of act June 13, 1902, popularly known as the
``Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1902''.
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
Transfer of Functions
Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of the Army and other
offices and officers of Department of the Army under section 401 of this
title to extent that they relate generally to location and clearances of
bridges and causeways in navigable waters of United States transferred
to and vested in Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89-670,
Sec. 6(g)(6)(A), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 941. Pub. L. 97-449 amended
section 401 of this title to reflect transfer made by section 6(g)(6)(A)
of Pub. L. 89-670, and repealed section 6(g)(6)(A).
