§ 608. Construction of fishways

33 U.S.C. § 608 (N/A)
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Whenever river and harbor improvements shall be found to operate (whether by lock and dam or otherwise), as obstructions to the passage of fish, the Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, direct and cause to be constructed practical and sufficient fishways, to be paid for out of the general appropriations for the streams on which such fishways may be constructed.

(Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, § 11, 25 Stat. 425; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)