§ 26. — Calumet River, Cook County, Illinois, old channel.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC26]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 1--NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER II--WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME
Sec. 26. Calumet River, Cook County, Illinois, old channel
The portion of the old channel of the Calumet River in the northwest
quarter of section thirty, township thirty-seven north, range fifteen
east, of the third principal meridian, in Cook County, Illinois, which
lies outside of the new channel lines as established by the United
States and shown on ``Map of the Calumet River, Illinois, from Lake
Michigan to Calumet Lake, to accompany report of W. G. Ewing, United
States attorney to the Attorney-General, respecting cession of right of
way for improvement of said river under Act of Congress approved July
fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,'' is hereby abandoned as
navigable water from and after the time that a navigable channel shall
be cut through said quarter section within the new channel lines of the
river as shown on the said map.
The portion of the old channel of the Calumet River in the north
quarter of fractional section 7, township 37 north, range 15 east, of
the third principal meridian, south of the Indian boundary line, in Cook
County, Illinois, which lies outside of the new channel lines as
established by the United States and shown on ``map of the Calumet
River, Illinois, from Lake Michigan to Calumet Lake, to accompany report
of W. G. Ewing, United States attorney, to the Attorney General,
respecting cession of right of way for improvement of said river, under
Act of Congress approved July 5, 1884'', is abandoned as navigable
water.
(Apr. 21, 1904, ch. 1409, 33 Stat. 239, 240; Feb. 27, 1915, ch. 68, 38
Stat. 817.)
References in Text
Act of Congress approved July 5, 1884, referred to in text, is act
July 5, 1884, ch. 229, 23 Stat. 143, which provided in part for the
appropriation of $50,000 for the continuing improvement of the Calumet
River, provided that no part of such appropriation be expended until the
right of way should have been conveyed to the United States, free from
expense, and the United States released from liability to adjacent
property owners, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 26a of this title.
