The Columbia Basin Project Act: Hearings, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session on H.R. 6522, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942 - Irrigation |
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... Wiecking , Associate Land Use Coordinator , Department of Agri- culture__ . 143 Kirby Billingsley , news editor , Wenatchee ( Wash . ) Daily World .. Rufus Woods , publisher , Wenatchee Daily World__ . 167 172 208 Harlan H. Barrows ...
... Wiecking , Associate Land Use Coordinator , Department of Agri- culture__ . 143 Kirby Billingsley , news editor , Wenatchee ( Wash . ) Daily World .. Rufus Woods , publisher , Wenatchee Daily World__ . 167 172 208 Harlan H. Barrows ...
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... Wiecking of the office of the Secretary is here , and he has collaborated in the background of the pending bill . I did not do so . I had hoped you would be able to hear him this morning . The CHAIRMAN . We shall be glad to hear him ...
... Wiecking of the office of the Secretary is here , and he has collaborated in the background of the pending bill . I did not do so . I had hoped you would be able to hear him this morning . The CHAIRMAN . We shall be glad to hear him ...
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... WIECKING , ASSOCIATE LAND USE COORDINATOR , DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Mr. ROBINSON . The first witness this morning is Mr. E. H. Wieck- ing , Associate Land Use Coordinator , office of the Secretary of Agri- culture . Mr. Wiecking ...
... WIECKING , ASSOCIATE LAND USE COORDINATOR , DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Mr. ROBINSON . The first witness this morning is Mr. E. H. Wieck- ing , Associate Land Use Coordinator , office of the Secretary of Agri- culture . Mr. Wiecking ...
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... WIECKING . To penalize the seller ? Mr. ROBINSON . Yes . Mr. WIECKING . The seller , under the terms of the bill , as a condi- tion precedent to receiving water , executes a valid , enforceable con- tract with the Secretary of the ...
... WIECKING . To penalize the seller ? Mr. ROBINSON . Yes . Mr. WIECKING . The seller , under the terms of the bill , as a condi- tion precedent to receiving water , executes a valid , enforceable con- tract with the Secretary of the ...
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... WIECKING . The important provision which places a penalty where it belongs is that this contract to which I have referred would provide that were a consideration paid in excess of the appraised value , the transaction itself , and any ...
... WIECKING . The important provision which places a penalty where it belongs is that this contract to which I have referred would provide that were a consideration paid in excess of the appraised value , the transaction itself , and any ...
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acres agencies amendment ANDERSON antispeculation features appraised price appraised value appropriate authority believe BILLINGSLEY Boise project Bonneville Power Administration Bureau of Reclamation CHAIRMAN Columbia Basin irrigation Columbia Basin project Columbia River committee Congress connection consideration construction charges cost Coulee Dam project crops DAVIS Department of Agriculture determined dry-farming DWORSHAK engineer Ephrata excess land Farm Credit Administration Farm Security Administration farmers Federal Government Grand Coulee Dam Interior irrigable lands irrigation block irrigation farming irrigation project joint investigations landowner legislation loans MCINTYRE ment MURDOCK owner payment pending bill percent problems Project Act project area project lands proposed public lands purchase purposes pursuant question receive water reclamation laws reclamation projects recordable contract repayment contract ROBERTSON ROBINSON Secretary sell settled settlement settlers SMART soil Stat STINSON subsection successful thereof tion tract University of Washington WARNE Wash WIECKING WINTER
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Page 8 - If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 225 - M. of section 4 of the act of December 5, 1924, 43 Stat. 703, 43 USC 438, and section 44 of the act of May 25, 1926, 44 Stat.
Page 89 - ... the part of the estimated cost which can properly be allocated to irrigation and probably be repaid by the water users ; (4) the part of the estimated cost which can properly be allocated...
Page 97 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 : 30 am, Hon. Compton I. White (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The meeting...
Page 72 - ... irrigation, power, and municipal water supply or other miscellaneous purposes found by the Secretary to be proper, together with any allocation to flood control or navigation made under subsection (b) of this section, equal the total estimated cost of construction as determined by the Secretary, then the new project, new division of a project, or supplemental works on a project, covered by his findings, shall be deemed authorized and may be undertaken by the Secretary.
Page 63 - Secretary on the basis of its actual bona fide value at the date of appraisal without reference to the proposed construction of the irrigation works...
Page 68 - Provided, That no distribution of construction charges over the lands included in the organization shall in any manner be deemed to relieve the organization or any party or any land therein of the organization's general obligation to the United States.
Page 73 - Secretary may, in connection with such construction or operation and maintenance, enter into contract for miscellaneous services, for materials and supplies, as well as for construction, which may cover such periods of time as the Secretary may consider necessary but in which the liability of the United States shall be contingent upon appropriations being made therefor
Page 77 - ... for value without actual notice, only from the time of the filing for record in the office of the county auditor of the county or counties in which the lands affected are located of a copy thereof authenticated in the manner authorized by law. Such filing shall impart legal notice to the public of the matters and things set out therein.
Page 73 - Section 17 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 is hereby amended to read as follows: , "(a) The authority granted in sections 3 and 4 of this Act for modification of existing repayment contracts or other forms of obligations to pay construction charges shall continue through December 31, 1950, or December 31 of the fifth full calendar year after the cessation of hostilities in the present war, as determined by proclamation of the President or concurrent resolution of the Congress, whichever period...