Hearings Before the Committee on Roads, House of Representatives ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 - Roads |
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... permit was obtained . No provision has been made for permanently bridging the ditch , and there is a controversy as to who shall do it . The State officials and the State courts admit they have no power to prevent the highway being cut ...
... permit was obtained . No provision has been made for permanently bridging the ditch , and there is a controversy as to who shall do it . The State officials and the State courts admit they have no power to prevent the highway being cut ...
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... permit the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments above said limitations per mile in the case of any project which , by reason of density of population or character and volume of traffic , the State highway department and the ...
... permit the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments above said limitations per mile in the case of any project which , by reason of density of population or character and volume of traffic , the State highway department and the ...
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... permit 100 per cent of Federal funds to be used in the construction of roads through an Indian reservation or through a forest reserve ? Mr. WHITE . This would permit 100 per cent construction on these primary roads which are in the ...
... permit 100 per cent of Federal funds to be used in the construction of roads through an Indian reservation or through a forest reserve ? Mr. WHITE . This would permit 100 per cent construction on these primary roads which are in the ...
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... permit them to use any amount for the mileage ? Mr. WHITE . It has been brought out here that the States are con- tributing a great deal of State funds in excess of what the law re- quires . For instance , in the State of Iowa we ...
... permit them to use any amount for the mileage ? Mr. WHITE . It has been brought out here that the States are con- tributing a great deal of State funds in excess of what the law re- quires . For instance , in the State of Iowa we ...
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... permit them to do anything . It is a matter of a few thousand dollars per year . Mr. HUDSPETH . Are there any of those States that have received less than $ 20,000 ? Mr. ROBSION . Yes ; less than a thousand . Mr. HUDSPETH . Is that a ...
... permit them to do anything . It is a matter of a few thousand dollars per year . Mr. HUDSPETH . Are there any of those States that have received less than $ 20,000 ? Mr. ROBSION . Yes ; less than a thousand . Mr. HUDSPETH . Is that a ...
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Page 82 - One-third in the ratio which the area of each State bears to the total area of all the States; one-third in the ratio which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States...
Page 7 - Jones (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. . The committee will please come to order. We have met this morning for the purpose of...
Page 40 - July 11, 1916, and of section 23 of the Federal highway act of November 9, 1921, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall be considered available for the purpose of discharging the obligations created...
Page 29 - Now, if I can answer any questions, I will be glad to do so. Mr.
Page 5 - States; one-third in the ratio which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States, as shown by the latest available Federal census; one-third...
Page 5 - Thus, the provision of the Washington statute is a regulation, not of the use of its own highways, but of interstate commerce. Its effect upon such commerce is not merely to burden but to obstruct it. Such state action is forbidden by the Commerce Clause. It also defeats the purpose of Congress expressed in the legislation giving federal aid for the construction of interstate highways.
Page 69 - Chairman, because we published that information in the report of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads for the fiscal year 1925.
Page 2 - Office and Post Roads, to make inquiry into the subject of federal aid in the construction of post roads and report at the earliest practicable date...