2015 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 12 - River and Harbor Improvements Generally (Sections 540 - 633)
Subchapter III - Acquisition of Land and Materials (Sections 591 - 598)
Sec. 595 - Consideration of benefits in assessing compensation
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 12 - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY SUBCHAPTER III - ACQUISITION OF LAND AND MATERIALS Sec. 595 - Consideration of benefits in assessing compensation |
| Contains | section 595 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 18, 1918, ch. 155, §6, 40 Stat. 911. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 40 Stat. 911 |
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In all cases where private property shall be taken by the United States for the public use in connection with any improvement of rivers, harbors, canals, or waterways of the United States, and in all condemnation proceedings by the United States to acquire lands or easements for such improvements, where a part only of any such parcel, lot, or tract of land shall be taken, the jury or other tribunal awarding the just compensation or assessing the damages to the owner, whether for the value of the part taken or for any injury to the part not taken, shall take into consideration by way of reducing the amount of compensation or damages any special and direct benefits to the remainder arising from the improvement, and shall render their award or verdict accordingly.
(July 18, 1918, ch. 155, §6, 40 Stat. 911.)
CODIFICATIONSection is from act July 18, 1918, popularly known as the "Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1918".
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