33 USC § 608 - Construction of fishways

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s608"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 608 - Construction of fishways"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "608"
section_name: "Construction of fishways"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "PARTICULAR WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, § 11, 25 Stat. 425; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)"
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# § 608. Construction of fishways

Whenever river and harbor improvements shall be found to operate (whether by lock and dam or otherwise), as obstructions to the passage of fish, the Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, direct and cause to be constructed practical and sufficient fishways, to be paid for out of the general appropriations for the streams on which such fishways may be constructed.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, § 11, 25 Stat. 425; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from act , the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1888.

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 Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , .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