Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§641 Creation of Mississippi River Commission
Title 33 › CHAPTER 13 — MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION › § 641
Summary
Creates the Mississippi River Commission, and it will have seven members.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §641
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A commission is created to be called “The Mississippi River Commission”, to consist of seven members.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
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”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Appropriation for Salaries and ExpensesAct
June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § 7, 21 Stat. 38, 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 CommissionThe 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July 5, 1884, ch. 229, § 1, 23 Stat. 144, and repealed by act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.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
33 U.S.C. § 641
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102