§ 451. — Supervisor of harbor; appointment and duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC451]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER III--NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF
BALTIMORE
Sec. 451. Supervisor of harbor; appointment and duties
An officer of the Corps of Engineers shall, for each harbor subject
to this subchapter, be designated by the Secretary of the Army as
supervisor of the harbor, to act under the direction of the Chief of
Engineers in enforcing the provisions of this subchapter, and in
detecting offenders against the same. Each such officer shall have
personal charge and supervision under the Chief of Engineers, and shall
direct the patrol boats and other means to detect and bring to
punishment offenders against the provisions of this subchapter.
(June 29, 1888, ch. 496, Sec. 5, 25 Stat. 210; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; June 29, 1949, ch. 278, 63 Stat.
300; July 12, 1952, ch. 707, 66 Stat. 596; Pub. L. 85-802, Sec. 1(6),
Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 970.)
Amendments
1958--Pub. L. 85-802 inserted ``for each harbor subject to this
subchapter,'' and substituted ``Each such officer'' for ``This
officer''.
1952--Act July 12, 1952, transferred enforcement responsibilities of
this section from a Naval officer to the Army district engineer at New
York.
1949--Act June 29, 1949, struck out ``shall receive the sea-pay of
his grade and'' after ``this officer''.
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
Effective Date of 1958 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 85-802 effective on sixtieth day after Aug. 28,
1958, see section 2 of Pub. L. 85-802, set out as a note under section
441 of this title.
