A commission is created to be called "The Mississippi River Commission", to consist of seven members.
(June 28, 1879, ch. 43, §1,
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".
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.
The Missouri River Commission was created by act July 5, 1884, ch. 229, §1,