Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 641 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 641 : US Code - Notes

(June 28, 1879, ch. 43, Sec. 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
$175,000 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ch. 229, Sec. 1, 23 Stat. 144, and repealed by act July 13, 1902,
ch. 1079, Sec. 1, 32 Stat. 367.