33 USC § 669 - Petition by hydraulic miners

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s669"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 669 - Petition by hydraulic miners"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "669"
section_name: "Petition by hydraulic miners"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, § 9, 27 Stat. 508.)"
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# § 669. Petition by hydraulic miners

section 663 of this title

The individual proprietor or proprietors, or in case of a corporation, its manager or agent appointed for that purpose, owning mining ground in the territory in the State of California mentioned in , which it is desired to work by the hydraulic process, must file with said commission a verified petition, setting forth such facts as will comply with law and the rules prescribed by said commission.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, § 9, 27 Stat. 508.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

California Debris Commission abolished and functions transferred to Secretary of the Army by , , , set out as a note under .