§ 27. — Chicago River at Chicago, Illinois.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC27]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 1--NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER II--WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME
Sec. 27. Chicago River at Chicago, Illinois
All of that portion of the West Fork of the South Branch of the
Chicago River in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, extending
west from the west line of the collateral channel of the sanitary
district of Chicago, in the northwest quarter of section 36, township 39
north, range 13 east, of the third principal meridian, is declared to be
a nonnavigable stream within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of
the United States. The right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this
provision is expressly reserved.
The provisions of sections 401 and 403 of this title shall not apply
to that portion of the west arm of the South Fork of the South Branch of
the Chicago River, lying between the east line of Ashland Avenue and the
north line of Thirty-ninth Street, in the city of Chicago, Illinois, as
the same now exists or may hereafter be extended. All rights, authority,
or control over that part of the Chicago River possessed or assumed by
the United States are relinquished and abandoned, and all rights,
authority, or control over the same that were possessed by the State of
Illinois are fully restored to said State.
As soon as the city of Chicago, or any other governmental agency or
any corporation thereunto duly authorized by the Secretary of the Army,
shall have constructed, after June 7, 1924, a new channel for the South
Branch of the Chicago River between West Polk Street and West Nineteenth
Street in said city of Chicago, then, and in that event, so much of the
channel of the South Branch of the Chicago River as shall be superseded
and replaced by said new channel in accordance with the permit of the
Secretary of the Army shall be discontinued and abandoned.
(Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 33, Secs. 1, 2, 42 Stat. 1171; Feb. 27, 1923, ch.
142, 42 Stat. 1323; June 7, 1924, ch. 337, 43 Stat. 646; July 26, 1947,
ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Codification
The two sentences comprising the first paragraph of this section
are, respectively, sections 1 and 2 of act Jan. 24, 1923.
The second paragraph of this section is from act Feb. 27, 1923.
The last paragraph of this section is from act June 7, 1924.
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10,
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of
the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
