<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id26e9f640-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38" identifier="/us/usc/t33/s663"><num value="663">§ 663.</num><heading> Territorial jurisdiction over hydraulic mining; hydraulic mining injurious to navigation prohibited</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The jurisdiction of said commission, in so far as the same affects mining carried on by the hydraulic process, shall extend to all such mining in the territory drained by the Sacramento and San Joaquin River systems in the State of California. Hydraulic mining, as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t33/s668">section 668 of this title</ref>, directly or indirectly injuring the navigability of said river systems, carried on in said territory other than as permitted under the provisions of this chapter is prohibited and declared unlawful.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id26e9f641-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38">(<ref href="/us/act/1893-03-01/ch183">Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183</ref>, § 3, <ref href="/us/stat/27/507">27 Stat. 507</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
<notes type="uscNote" id="id26e9f642-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38">
<note style="-uslm-lc:I85" topic="transferOfFunctions" id="id26e9f643-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38">
<heading class="centered smallCaps">Transfer of Functions</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">California Debris Commission abolished and functions transferred to Secretary of the Army by <ref href="/us/pl/99/662/tXI">Pub. L. 99–662, title XI</ref>, § 1106, <date date="1986-11-17">Nov. 17, 1986</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/100/4229">100 Stat. 4229</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t33/s661">section 661 of this title</ref>.</p>
</note>
</notes>
</section>