§ 27a. — Chicago River, West Fork of South Branch.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC27a]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 1--NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER II--WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME
Sec. 27a. Chicago River, West Fork of South Branch
That portion of the West Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago
River in Cook County, Illinois, lying between the west line (produced
north) of the Collateral Channel of the Sanitary District of Chicago, in
the northwest quarter of section 36, township 39 north, range 13 east,
third principal meridian, and a line one thousand three hundred feet
east of and parallel to the west line of section 30 (section line in
South Western Avenue), township 39 north, range 13 east, third principal
meridian, in the city of Chicago, Illinois, as the same now exists or
may hereafter be extended, is declared to be a nonnavigable stream
within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly
reserved.
(Aug. 30, 1935, ch. 831, Sec. 10, 49 Stat. 1048.)
