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... Chicago , March 3 , 1925 , by the Secretary of War . Now , I can not see , I am frank to say , how that would legalize or authorize , or tend to either legalize or authorize , any diversion . It simply says that it shall not change it ...
... Chicago , March 3 , 1925 , by the Secretary of War . Now , I can not see , I am frank to say , how that would legalize or authorize , or tend to either legalize or authorize , any diversion . It simply says that it shall not change it ...
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... Chicago , will be enough water , beyond any question , and on the report of the engineers , to furnish a 9 - foot channel . Now , let us remember this : This question of what water is nec- essary is a technical question and Congress has ...
... Chicago , will be enough water , beyond any question , and on the report of the engineers , to furnish a 9 - foot channel . Now , let us remember this : This question of what water is nec- essary is a technical question and Congress has ...
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... Chicago say that we can , and that we can save a very enormous amount in transporta- tion by the Illinois River up to Chicago ; and they say it will reduce the cost of living in Chicago . That it will make their supply of coal more ...
... Chicago say that we can , and that we can save a very enormous amount in transporta- tion by the Illinois River up to Chicago ; and they say it will reduce the cost of living in Chicago . That it will make their supply of coal more ...
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... Chicago people . I am taking in the committee the posi- tion of a man who is an umpire . I stood up just as hard against Chicago and in favor of the Great Lakes as you have stood up ; and I made a fight in the same vigorous way that you ...
... Chicago people . I am taking in the committee the posi- tion of a man who is an umpire . I stood up just as hard against Chicago and in favor of the Great Lakes as you have stood up ; and I made a fight in the same vigorous way that you ...
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... Chicago . Now , I listened for 10 years to those arguments ; and I finally concluded that the hearings were useless , because so many persons came in that were visionary , CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS ON RIVERS AND HARBORS 23.
... Chicago . Now , I listened for 10 years to those arguments ; and I finally concluded that the hearings were useless , because so many persons came in that were visionary , CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS ON RIVERS AND HARBORS 23.
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30 per cent amendment American Legion amount appeal authorized Bertrand H Bureau BURTON canal Cape Cod Canal CHAIRMAN CHALMERS channel Chicago Chief of Engineers claimants coal COLTON compensation cost Court of Claims cubic feet DEMPSEY diversion Doctor Foster enlisted fact Federal Government feet per second FINNEY GARRETT gentlemen give grant hear hereby House Document Numbered Illinois River interest Interior Department interposing Lake Michigan legislation losses MADDEN MAPES matter ment MICHENER mineral lands minority report Mississippi River O'CONNOR original act passed purchase of property purposes question RAMSEYER Regular Army report submitted REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS reservation retirement rivers and harbors ROBSION Sanitary District school lands school sections Secretary of War Senator JONES session Shafroth SIMMONS SINNOTT Sixty-ninth Congress statement submitted in House Supreme Court TAYLOR thing tion TOLLEY understand United Veterans want to say waterway WINTER
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Page 1 - That the following works of improvement of rivers, harbors,and other waterways are hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with the plans recommended in the...
Page 2 - An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have formerly been largely imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply.
Page 4 - And provided further, That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this Act until the project for the proposed work shall have been adopted by law...
Page 16 - That no claim shall be allowed or paid by said Secretary unless it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said Secretary that the expenditures so made or obligations so incurred by the claimant were made in good faith for or upon property which contained either manganese, chrome, pyrites, or tungsten in sufficient quantities to be of commercial importance : And provided further.
Page 4 - Provided, That no preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this or some prior Act or joint resolution shall be made...
Page 4 - The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made at the following-named localities...
Page 2 - States, to be known as the emergency officers' retired list of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States, respectively, with the rank held by them when discharged from their commissioned service, and shall be entitled to the same privileges as are now or may hereafter be provided for by law or regulations for officers of the Regular Army, Navy, or Marine Corps who have been retired for physical disability incurred in line of duty, and shall be entitled to all hospitalization privileges...
Page 1 - Bureau, and shall receive from date of receipt of their applications retired pay at the rate of 75 per centum of the pay to which they were entitled at the time of their discharge from their commissioned service, except pay under the act of May 18, 1920...
Page 7 - June 4, 1920, in which it was provided 'that all officers of the Naval Reserve Force and temporary officers of the Navy who have heretofore incurred or may hereafter incur physical disability in line of duty shall be eligible for retirement under the same conditions as now provided by law for officers of the Regular Navy who have incurred physical disability in line of duty.
Page 2 - Congress, first session, and subject to the conditions set forth in said document.