United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 9000

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1930 - United States
Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

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Page 2 - I should remind your excellency that there are certain regions of the world the welfare and integrity of which constitute a special and vital interest for our peace and safety. His Majesty's Government have been at pains to make it clear in the past that interference with these regions cannot be suffered. Their protection against attack is to the British Empire a measure of self-defence.
Page 5 - All claims and demands whatever by the Government of the United States or against it, and all accounts whatever in which the Government of the United States is concerned, either as debtor or creditor, shall be settled and adjusted in the General Accounting Office.
Page 45 - ... all the right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to the...
Page 9 - ... a structure suitable for the service in which she is to be employed, has suitable accommodations for passengers and the crew, and is in a condition to warrant the belief that she may be used in navigation as a steamer, with safety to life...
Page 1 - February 27, 1934, requested the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to review the reports on waterway connecting the Tombigbee and Tennessee Rivers, submitted in House Document No.
Page 8 - 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 18 - Senate, 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 report of the Chief of Engineers on the Ouachita River and tributaries, Arkansas and Louisiana, submitted as Senate Document No.
Page 4 - Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees...
Page 16 - States, shall at all times be controlled by such reasonable rules and regulations in the interest of navigation, including the control of the level of the pool caused by such dam or diversion structure as may be made from time to time by the Secretary of War.

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