Civil Functions, Department of the Army Appropriations, 1953, Hearings Before ... 82-2, on H.R. 72681952 - 1569 pages |
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... lands were swamps . They passed from the Federal Government to the respective States under the Swamp Land Grant . Act of , I think it was 1851. Those lands were worthless , but , by reason of flood control , millions of acres in the ...
... lands were swamps . They passed from the Federal Government to the respective States under the Swamp Land Grant . Act of , I think it was 1851. Those lands were worthless , but , by reason of flood control , millions of acres in the ...
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... land for a quarter section of land 8 miles north of Sioux City . At the time he obtained it the river was relocating . It cut away about 10 acres of this quarter section . He sold that land 10 years ago and the river now is about 8 ...
... land for a quarter section of land 8 miles north of Sioux City . At the time he obtained it the river was relocating . It cut away about 10 acres of this quarter section . He sold that land 10 years ago and the river now is about 8 ...
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... land , but the most of it . Those of us in Missouri concede they have the most of it , but deny they have the best ... land is the most fertile cultivated land in Pemiscot and Dunklin Counties , Mo. The economic loss to the farmers who ...
... land , but the most of it . Those of us in Missouri concede they have the most of it , but deny they have the best ... land is the most fertile cultivated land in Pemiscot and Dunklin Counties , Mo. The economic loss to the farmers who ...
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... land . If we do not protect it , what will the pain amount to in dollars ? Mr. HUXTABLE . We have spent this $ 241⁄2 million . We spent $ 28 million and we spent $ 121⁄2 million . It adds up to more than $ 65 mil- lion that the people ...
... land . If we do not protect it , what will the pain amount to in dollars ? Mr. HUXTABLE . We have spent this $ 241⁄2 million . We spent $ 28 million and we spent $ 121⁄2 million . It adds up to more than $ 65 mil- lion that the people ...
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... land here . If we had been able to get this thing approved in 1947 , we probably would have many channels dug . Money was not so hard to get then . After going through all the procedures to get this approved and set up and collect the ...
... land here . If we had been able to get this thing approved in 1947 , we probably would have many channels dug . Money was not so hard to get then . After going through all the procedures to get this approved and set up and collect the ...
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acres additional amount appropriation Arkansas River Army engineers authorized Basin budget estimate Bureau California Celilo Falls Chairman MCKELLAR channel Chief of Engineers CHORPENING Civil Functions Colonel PAULES Columbia River committee completed Congress construction Corps of Engineers cost County Creek Dalles Dam damage delay drainage dredging economic ERDAHL Federal Government feet FERINGA fiscal year 1953 fish fishery flood control flood-control projects Francis River funds going Hartwell Hartwell Dam House increase Indians industrial KENNETH MCKELLAR kilowatts land located lock and dam maintenance miles million Mississippi River Missouri navigation Northwest operation percent planning plant present record reduction referred to follows Representative requested Reservoir river and harbor Sacramento San Joaquin River schedule Senator CAIN Senator CORDON Senator ELLENDER Senator KNOWLAND Senator MCCLELLAN Senator ROBERTSON Senator STENNIS statement tion tribes United United States Senate Valley Washington Yakima
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Page 420 - Are there any further questions? If not, thank you very much, gentlemen, for all of your appearances here today.
Page 575 - The exclusive right of taking fish in all the streams, where running through or bordering said reservation, is further secured to said confederated tribes and bands of Indians, as also the right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed places, in common with the citizens of the Territory...
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Page 206 - Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring'), That the Senate advise and consent to the...
Page 206 - President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as •expressed in...
Page 206 - In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same -with my hand. Done at the City of Washington, this 10th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the fifty-seventh.
Page 203 - Navajo tribe of Indians, on the part of said Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them which Treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: Articles of a Treaty...
Page 370 - This contract obligates the districts and the city to operate their existing storage facilities in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army In order to obtain immediately a degree of control over Tuolumne River floods.
Page 416 - There was a right outside of those boundaries reserved " in common with citizens of the Territory." As a mere right, it was not exclusive in the Indians. Citizens might share it, but the Indians were secured in its enjoyment by a special provision of means for Its exercise. They were given
Page 690 - I am discussing chiefly the area designated, I desire to stress the fact that there is complete unanimity among all the interests throughout the entire basin, and an intense desire for an immediate program of construction, regardless of location. We feel there is a great need for action now...