2016 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 16 - Lighthouses
Sec. 727 - Lighthouse and other sites; necessity for cession by State of jurisdiction

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Citation 33 U.S.C. § 727 (2016)
Section Name §727. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity for cession by State of jurisdiction
Section Text

No lighthouse, beacon, public piers, or landmark, shall be built or erected on any site until cession of jurisdiction over the same has been made to the United States.

Source Credit

(R.S. §4661.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

R.S. §4661 derived from act Mar. 3, 1821, ch. 52, §3, 3 Stat. 644.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 16 - LIGHTHOUSES
Sec. 727 - Lighthouse and other sites; necessity for cession by State of jurisdiction
Contains section 727
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 3 Stat. 644
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