Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§543 Employment of civil engineers on western and northwestern rivers
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 543
Summary
The Chief of Engineers can hire up to five civil engineers, if the Secretary of the Army agrees, to do surveys and river-improvement work on the western and northwestern rivers that Congress has ordered. Each engineer can be paid up to $3,000 a year.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §543
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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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification R.S. § 5253 derived from Res. Mar. 29, 1867, No. 27, 15 Stat. 28.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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.
Executive Documents
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.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 543
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73