§ 566. — Improvement by or under authority of State of New Jersey.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC566]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 566. Improvement by or under authority of State of New
Jersey
Authority is given to the State of New Jersey, or, through it, to
any commission, individual, corporation, or municipality, singly or
collectively, designated by the legislature of said State, or by a
commission appointed or authorized by said legislature, to improve the
channels on the New Jersey seacoast, or any portion of said coast, or
the waters adjacent thereto, lying between thirty-eight degrees fifty-
six minutes and forty degrees twenty minutes north latitude, by
dredging, or by the construction of piers, jetties, or breakwaters, or
other river and harbor work of any description or nature adapted to
attain the ends now pursued by the United States Government for the
advantage of said coast or the relief of commerce: Provided, That such
operations shall not encroach upon those portions of said coast, or the
channels adjacent thereto, for which the United States Government may
undertake similar work according to its own plans: And provided, That
the plans for said work shall be placed on file with the Chief of
Engineers of the Department of the Army for thirty days, during which
time he is authorized to disapprove said plans and forbid such work if,
in his judgment, the improvements when completed will interfere with
navigation or with any works of the United States Government commenced
or proposed to be made: Provided further, That no tolls or other charges
upon commerce shall be imposed by those making such improvements: And
provided further, That this section shall not be construed as affecting
in any way the jurisdiction and control of the Federal Government over
any waters that may be improved in pursuance of the provisions thereof,
nor as exempting such waters from the operation of the laws heretofore
or hereafter enacted by Congress for the preservation and protection of
navigable waters. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is
expressly reserved.
(June 30, 1906, ch. 3923, Secs. 1, 2, 34 Stat. 800; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
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.
