Pecos River-Red Bluff Reservoir. Hearings ... on H.R. 3862 |
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... objection to con- tinuing the hearing if gentlemen of the committee desire to do so . Mr. LEAVITT . I am in the same position . I promised to meet some people in my office at 12 o'clock to - day , and therefore must go now . Mr ...
... objection to con- tinuing the hearing if gentlemen of the committee desire to do so . Mr. LEAVITT . I am in the same position . I promised to meet some people in my office at 12 o'clock to - day , and therefore must go now . Mr ...
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... objection made here could have been made against the Carlsbad project ? Mr. HUDSPETH . Absolutely . Mr. HILL . Which has proved a success ? Mr. HUDSPETH . Yes . Mr. WINTER . The situation seems to be that the Secretary can build or not ...
... objection made here could have been made against the Carlsbad project ? Mr. HUDSPETH . Absolutely . Mr. HILL . Which has proved a success ? Mr. HUDSPETH . Yes . Mr. WINTER . The situation seems to be that the Secretary can build or not ...
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... objection to the increase in the productivity of the land , or rather the increase in the production of cotton , that the Mississippi Valley farmers did north of the mouth of the Ohio River to the in- creased production , due to ...
... objection to the increase in the productivity of the land , or rather the increase in the production of cotton , that the Mississippi Valley farmers did north of the mouth of the Ohio River to the in- creased production , due to ...
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... objection to offer . Mr. HUDSPETH . I might add right there , Mr. Morrow , that there will not be any objection from the people of New Mexico which will come from the people around Fort Sumner , because we were present at a meeting in ...
... objection to offer . Mr. HUDSPETH . I might add right there , Mr. Morrow , that there will not be any objection from the people of New Mexico which will come from the people around Fort Sumner , because we were present at a meeting in ...
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... objection , I certainly will have no objection . Mr. HUDSPETH . That has been our understanding all the time . Mr. BURGES . I suggested to one of your Senators that if it were permissible , if he received any objections from New Mexico ...
... objection , I certainly will have no objection . Mr. HUDSPETH . That has been our understanding all the time . Mr. BURGES . I suggested to one of your Senators that if it were permissible , if he received any objections from New Mexico ...
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acre-feet acreage acres of land agreement Alamagordo alfalfa amendment amount appropriation ARENTZ average Barstow believe bill Black River canals Carlsbad project Carlsbad Reservoir CHAIRMAN committee compact Congress construction cost cotton crops cultivation Doctor Mead engineer farm farmers flood waters flow Fort Sumner gentlemen Government Governor Grand Falls GRAY HAYDEN HILL HUDSPETH impound increase Interior irrigated area irrigation district LANKFORD leak leakage LEATHERWOOD LEAVITT legislation lien limitation lower basin Major BURGES matter McMillan Reservoir ment Mexico and Texas middle basin miles MILLER MORROW mortgage NEEL Pecos County Pecos River system Pecos Valley present private ownership proposed proposition question ratified reason Red Bluff Red Bluff Dam Red Bluff Reservoir referred second-feet Secretary seepage Senator SINNOTT statement storage reservoir stream SULLIVAN Sumner SWING tion understand United upper basin vetoed water supply water users WHITTINGTON WINTER
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Page 1 - as used in this act shall be understood to mean that certain act of the Congress of the United States approved June 17, 1902, entitled " An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lauds," and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
Page 1 - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and accomplish the purposes of this Act.
Page 28 - ... shall have made a finding in writing that it is feasible, that it is adaptable for actual settlement and farm homes, and that it will probably return the cost thereof to the United States.
Page 86 - This compact shall become operative when approved by the Legislature of each of the signatory states and by the Congress of the United States. Notice of approval by the Legislature shall be given by the Governor of each state to the Governor of the other state and to the President of the United States...
Page 86 - This compact may be terminated at any time by the unanimous agreement of the signatory States. In the event of such termination all rights established under it shall continue unimpaired. ARTICLE XI.
Page 28 - That no new project or new division of a project shall be approved for construction or estimates submitted therefor by the .Secretory until information in detail shall be secured by him concerning the water supply, the engineering features, the cost of construction, land prices and the probable cost of development, and he shall have made a finding in writing that it is feasible...
Page 86 - You elect the President of the United States, and the President of the United States grants me a commission to represent, his authority in this army.
Page 1 - That for the purpose of constructing said dam and incidental works, canals and appurtenant structures, and acquiring lands and rights of way therefor, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $70,000,000 to be appropriated from time to time upon estimates made by the Secretary of the Interior...
Page 1 - ... purposes in the Imperial or Coachella Valleys ; also to construct and equip, operate, and maintain at or near said dam, or cause to be constructed, a complete plant and incidental structures suitable for the fullest economic development of electrical energy from the water discharged from said reservoir ; and to acquire by proceedings in eminent domain, or otherwise, all lands, rights of way, and other property necessary for said purposes. Sec. 2. (a) There is hereby established a special fund,...
Page 80 - Provided further, That no part of this appropriation, except the $15,000 herein made immediately available, shall be expended on construction work until an appropriate repayment contract, in form approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall have been properly executed by a district...