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Show 91 later repealed.103 But the service of the Army Engineers con- tinued without interruption.104 From 1852 to 1892, congres- sional appropriations for specific projects provided that funds be expended under the superintendence of the Secretary of the Army, who assigned the work to the Army Engineers.105 Like appropriations for specific projects between 1892 and 1922 pro- vided that the moneys be expended under the direction of the Secretary and supervision of the Chief of Engineers.106 From 1922 to the present time, each River and Harbor Act has authorized various projects and has provided that they shall be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary and super- vision of the Chief of Engineers.107 In addition to those periodic grants of authority, Congress provided generally in 1935 that investigations and improve- ments of rivers, harbors, and other waterways shall be under the jurisdiction of, and shall be prosecuted by, the Department of the Army under the direction of its Secretary and super- vision of the Chief of Engineers.108 Prepaeing for Projects.-Congress has enacted many laws significantly affecting preparations for navigation improve- ments prosecuted by the Army Engineers. Examinations and Surveys.-Since 1892, it has provided that no preliminary examination or survey for new work 1(18 Act of July 5,1838, § 6, 5 Stat. 256,257. 104 Service Monographs of the United States Government, No. 27, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Institute for Government Research, p. 5 et seq. (1923). 105 See, e. g., Act of August 30, 1852, 10 Stat. 56; Par. 1, Regulations in Relation to River and Harbor Improvements, September 10, 1852, filed in Decisions, Orders and Regulations, War Office, No. 3, from July 6, 1844, to------, National Archives, which divided the work between the Corps of Engineers and the then existing Corps of Topographical Engineers, both U. S. Army. Hereafter in this Chapter, the designation, "the Secretary," will refer to the Secretary of the Army. 106 See, e. g., Act of July 13,1892, § 1, 27 Stat. 88. 107 See, e. g., Act of September 22,1922, 42 Stat. 1038. 108 Act of August 30,1935, § 1, 49 Stat. 1028, 33 U. S. C. 540. |