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[CITE: 33USC650]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                CHAPTER 13--MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
 
Sec. 650. Mississippi River below Rock Island; levee and bank 
        protection
        
    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, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 402; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

                          Codification

    Section is from part of section 1 of the Rivers and Harbors 
Appropriation Act of 1916.


                            Prior Provisions

    This provision superseded act June 4, 1906, ch. 2572, 34 Stat. 208, 
which contained similar provisions.

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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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