2010 US Code
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 13 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
Sec. 641 - Creation of Mississippi River Commission

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 13 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
Sec. 641 - Creation of Mississippi River Commission
Containssection 641
Date2010
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 7, 2011
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditJune 28, 1879, ch. 43, §1, 21 Stat. 37.
Statutes at Large References21 Stat. 37
23 Stat. 144
32 Stat. 367


§641. Creation of Mississippi River Commission

A commission is created to be called “The Mississippi River Commission”, to consist of seven members.

(June 28, 1879, ch. 43, §1, 21 Stat. 37.)

Codification

This was the first section of an act entitled “An act to provide for the appointment of a ‘Mississippi River Commission’ for the improvement of said river from the Head of the Passes near its mouth to its head-waters”.

Appropriation for Salaries and Expenses

Section 7 of act June 28, 1879, omitted as temporary and executed, provided for the expenditure of an appropriation of 5,000 for salaries of the commission and necessary expenses of surveys, examinations, etc.

Missouri River Commission

The Missouri River Commission was created by act July 5, 1884, ch. 229, §1, 23 Stat. 144, and repealed by act July 13, 1902, ch. 1079, §1, 32 Stat. 367.

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