R.S. § 2406 derived from acts July 21, 1852, ch. 66, § 1, 10 Stat. 15, 21; July 9, 1870, ch. 235, § 16, 16 Stat. 218.
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.