33 USC § 581 - Hiring special means of transportation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s581"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 581 - Hiring special means of transportation"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "581"
section_name: "Hiring special means of transportation"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES; TRAVELING EXPENSES AND SUBSISTENCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 25, 1912, ch. 253, § 9, 37 Stat. 233.)"
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# § 581. Hiring special means of transportation

In their execution and inspection of river and harbor improvement work, at points beyond easy reach of ordinary regular transportation lines, Engineer officers are authorized to hire and use such transportation as they may consider desirable and advantageous to the progress of work.

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**Source Credit**: (July 25, 1912, ch. 253, § 9, 37 Stat. 233.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1912”.