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33 U.S.C. § 629

Contract for hire of dredging plant

United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective

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33 U.S.C. § 629, Contract for hire of dredging plant, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/468549
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Whenever it shall become, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Army, necessary or desirable to hire a dredging plant or plants for the performance of any of the public work carried on under his direction the said Secretary may, in his discretion, agree for the same, either in the manner customary on March 2, 1907, or on the basis of an equitable reimbursement for deterioration of plant when in use by the Government, and a reasonable percentage of the total cost of the work.

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