Rivers and Harbors: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6407, an Act Authorizing the Construction, Repair and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for Other Purposes. June 10-14, 1946Considers (79) H.R. 6407. |
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... be unlawful for any railroad company to transport from any State , Territory , or the District of Columbia , to any other State , Territory , or the District of Columbia , or to any foreign country , any article or commodity , other ...
... be unlawful for any railroad company to transport from any State , Territory , or the District of Columbia , to any other State , Territory , or the District of Columbia , or to any foreign country , any article or commodity , other ...
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Page 427 - ... developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the Postal Service, and of the national defense. All of the provisions of this Act shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
Page 478 - ... arising in States lying wholly or party west of the ninety-eighth meridian shall be only such use as does not conflict with any beneficial consumptive use, present or future, in States lying wholly or partly west of the ninety-eighth meridian, of such waters for domestic, municipal, stock water, irrigation, mining, or industrial purposes.
Page 288 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 15 - Pond, subject to the provisions that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas...
Page 77 - That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the...
Page 213 - International Association of Machinists; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America; International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers; Sheet Metal Workers...
Page 77 - Resolved by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, United States, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13...
Page 427 - Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each; to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers...
Page 14 - Avenue to the navigation turning basin ; all generally in accordance with the plans of the district engineer, and with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
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| Title | Rivers and Harbors: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6407, an Act Authorizing the Construction, Repair and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for Other Purposes. June 10-14, 1946 |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946 |
| Length | 511 pages |
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