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[CITE: 33USC543]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
           CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 543. Employment of civil engineers on western and 
        northwestern rivers
        
    The Chief of Engineers may, with the approval of the Secretary of 
the Army, employ such civil engineers, not exceeding five in number, for 
the purpose of executing the surveys and improvements of western and 
northwestern rivers, ordered by Congress, as may be necessary to the 
proper and diligent prosecution of the same; and the persons so employed 
may be allowed a reasonable compensation for their services, not to 
exceed the sum of $3,000 a year.

(R.S. Sec. 5253; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 
501.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 5253 derived from Res. Mar. 29, 1867, No. 27, 15 Stat. 28.

                         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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 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

    For transfer of certain functions insofar as they pertain to Air 
Force, and to extent that they were not previously transferred to 
Secretary of the Air Force and Department of the Air Force from 
Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army, see Secretary of 
Defense Transfer Order No. 40, July 22, 1949.
