§702n — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

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The Secretary of the Army can use funds available under sections 702a, 702b–702d, 702e–702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 to buy or repay States or local levee districts for levee rights‑of‑way or easements in the Mississippi Valley that let levees be built. Payments can be made whether or not the rights were already given or under any past or future conditions. The price must be found reasonable after careful review. Payments may be made as soon as the rights or easements are acquired following local custom or law and are acceptable to the Chief of Engineers.

Title 33, §702n

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The Secretary of the Army is authorized, out of any money available for carrying out the provisions of section 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title, to purchase from, or to reimburse States or local levee districts for the cost of, any levee rights-of-way or easements for the building of levees in the Mississippi Valley for which the United States was or is under obligation to pay under the provisions of said sections regardless of whether said States or local levee districts have furnished such rights-of-way in the past and regardless of the conditions under which such levee rights-of-way were furnished, or may be furnished in the future: Provided, That after careful investigation the prices are found to be reasonable: And provided further, That payments or reimbursements for levee rights-of-way or easements conveying the privilege of building levees may be made as soon as they have been acquired in conformity with local custom or legal procedure in such matters and to the satisfaction of the Chief of Engineers.

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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July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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.

§702n Levee rights-of-way; payment or reimbursement for

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Title 33, §702n

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