Executive Document Numbered 267, referred to in text, contained a report of Lieut. Col. G. H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., dated Jan. 26, 1882, prepared pursuant to a provision in act June 14, 1880, ch. 211,
21 Stat. 196. Executive Document Numbered 98, also referred to in text, contained a report by a board of engineers created by act Oct. 1, 1888, ch. 1057,
25 Stat. 498.
California Debris Commission abolished and functions transferred to Secretary of the Army by
Pub. L. 99–662, title XI, § 1106, Nov. 17, 1986,
100 Stat. 4229, set out as a note under section
661 of this title.