33 USC § 422 - Modification and extension of harbor lines at Chicago

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s422"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 422 - Modification and extension of harbor lines at Chicago"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "422"
section_name: "Modification and extension of harbor lines at Chicago"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "IN GENERAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 26, 1912, ch. 408, § 5, 37 Stat. 626; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)"
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# § 422. Modification and extension of harbor lines at Chicago

The Secretary of the Army is authorized, in his discretion, to modify and extend harbor lines in front of the city of Chicago in such manner as to permit park extension work which may be desired by the municipal authorities, including the changing and widening of the southern entrance to the Chicago Harbor.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 26, 1912, ch. 408, § 5, 37 Stat. 626; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from act , popularly known as the “Deficiency Appropriation Act for 1912”.

## 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 , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , 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

Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of the Army and other offices and officers of Department of the Army under  to extent that they relate generally to location and clearances of bridges and causeways in navigable waters of United States transferred to and vested in Secretary of Transportation by , , , which created Department of Transportation.  amended  to reflect transfer made by , and repealed section 6(g)(6)(A).