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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 647. Mississippi River survey
Detail of assistants; vessels; instruments - It shall be the duty
of the Mississippi River Commission to direct and complete such
surveys of the Mississippi River, between the Head of the Passes
near its mouth to its headwaters as may have been in progress June
28, 1879, and to make such additional surveys, examinations, and
investigations, topographical, hydrographical, and hydrometrical,
of said river and its tributaries, as may be deemed necessary by
said commission to carry out the objects of sections 641 to 644,
646, and 647 of this title. And to enable said commission to
complete such surveys, examinations, and investigations, the
Secretary of the Army shall, when requested by said commission,
detail from the Engineer Corps of the Army such officers and men as
may be necessary, and shall place in the charge and for the use of
said commission such vessel or vessels and such machinery and
instruments as may be under his control and may be deemed
necessary. And the Secretary of Commerce shall, when requested by
said commission in like manner detail from the National Ocean
Survey such officers and men as may be necessary, and shall place
in the charge and for the use of said commission such vessel or
vessels and such machinery and instruments as may be under his
control and may be deemed necessary. And the said commission may,
with the approval of the Secretary of the Army, employ such
additional force and assistants, and provide, by purchase or
otherwise, such vessels or boats and such instruments and means as
may be deemed necessary.
Plans; report - It shall be the duty of said commission to take
into consideration and mature such plan or plans and estimates as
will correct, permanently locate, and deepen the channel and
protect the banks of the Mississippi River; improve and give safety
and ease to the navigation thereof; prevent destructive floods;
promote and facilitate commerce, trade, and the postal service; and
when so prepared and matured, to submit to the Secretary of the
Army a full and detailed report of their proceedings and actions,
and of such plans, with estimates of the cost thereof, for the
purposes aforesaid, to be by him transmitted to Congress: Provided,
That the commission shall report in full upon the practicability,
feasibility, and probable cost of the various plans known as the
jetty system, the levee system, and the outlet system, as well as
upon such others as they deem necessary.
Plans for immediate works - The said commission may, prior to the
completion of all the surveys and examinations contemplated by
sections 641 to 644, 646, and 647 of this title, prepare and submit
to the Secretary of the Army, plans, specifications, and estimates
of costs for such immediate works as, in the judgment of said
commission, may constitute a part of the general system of works
herein contemplated, to be by him transmitted to Congress.
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