33 U.S.C. § 593

Condemnation of land in aid of State or State agency

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Whenever any State, or any reclamation, flood control or drainage district, or other public agency created by any State, shall undertake to secure any land or easement therein, needed in connection with a work of river and harbor improvement duly authorized by Congress, for the purpose of conveying the same to the United States free of cost, and shall be unable for any reason to obtain the same by purchase and acquire a valid title thereto, the Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, cause proceedings to be instituted in the name of the United States for the acquirement by condemnation of said land or easement, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States to institute and conduct such proceedings upon the request of the Secretary of the Army: Provided, That all expenses of said proceedings and any award that may be made thereunder shall be paid by such State, or reclamation, flood control or drainage district, or other public agency as aforesaid, to secure which payment the Secretary of the Army may require such State, or reclamation, flood control or drainage district, or other public agency as aforesaid, to execute a proper bond in such amount as he may deem necessary before said proceedings are commenced.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1942–2021 · leading case: Canal Auth. v. Ocala Mfg., Ice & Packing Co., 332 So. 2d 321 (Fla. 1976).
Canal Auth. v. Ocala Mfg., Ice & Packing Co., 332 So. 2d 321 (Fla. 1976). · cites it 2× “1, the Attorney General of the United States, admittedly at the request of the appellant, invoked the provisions of Title 33 U.S.C. § 593 by filing a suit to condemn Parcel No.”
United States v. 1,000 ACRES OF LAND, ETC., 162 F. Supp. 219 (E.D. La. 1958). · cites it 3× “They rely also on the language of 33 U.S.C.A. § 593 which provides that the state agency for whom the United States is condemning the property shall pay “all expenses of said proceedings and any award that may be made thereunder.”
United States v. 254.35 Acres of Land in Caddo Par., 46 F. Supp. 913 (W.D. La. 1942). · cites it 2× “267 , 333 U.S.C.A. § 593 , to condemn the fee simple title to 5.”
United States v. Eltzroth, 124 F.3d 632 (4th Cir. 1997). “Pursuant to the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1917, 33 U.S.C.A. § 593 (West 1986), the Government may institute condemnation proceedings to acquire land that a state needs in connection with a river and harbor improvement authorized by Congress, but the state must pay…”
Ebarb v. Guinn Bros., Inc., 728 So. 2d 487 (La. Ct. App. 1999). “Federal court judgment of January 14, 1954, "condemning and expropriating" the tract for flood control purposes pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 593 . Affidavit of Mike Clingan, the Parish Assessor, stating that the land is assessed in "classes 12 and 13," or timberland.”
Hyatt v. Hirshfeld (Fed. Cir. 2021). · cites it 2× “See 33 U.S.C. § 593 (“[A]ll expenses of said proceedings and any award that may be made there- under shall be paid by such State, or .”
Hyatt v. Hirshfeld (Fed. Cir. 2021). · cites it 2× “See 33 U.S.C. § 593 (“[A]ll expenses of said proceedings and any award that may be made there- under shall be paid by such State, or .”
Hyatt v. Hirshfeld (Fed. Cir. 2021). · cites it 2× “See 33 U.S.C. § 593 (“[A]ll expenses of said proceedings and any award that may be made there- under shall be paid by such State, or .”
Police Jury of Plaquemines Par. & Nat'l Sur. Corp. v. United States, 272 F.2d 827 (5th Cir. 1960). “Pursuant to applicable provisions of the Rivers and Harbors Acts, 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 593 , 594, the Police Jury of Plaque-mines Parish posted security in an amount estimated as proper compensation for lands to be condemned by' the United States but for which the Police Jury was to…”
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