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... important that I should be heard at length upon this matter at this time . I have been heard often by the old members of this com- mittee , who have been on this committee for years , and I think also by some of the younger members of ...
... important that I should be heard at length upon this matter at this time . I have been heard often by the old members of this com- mittee , who have been on this committee for years , and I think also by some of the younger members of ...
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... important ( if not the most important ) rivers in the State of Georgia , leaving out , of course , the seaports ; but so far as just the river itself is considered , and is to be taken into consideration , the Ocmulgee River is , I ...
... important ( if not the most important ) rivers in the State of Georgia , leaving out , of course , the seaports ; but so far as just the river itself is considered , and is to be taken into consideration , the Ocmulgee River is , I ...
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... importance with which the raising of cattle is now being viewed all over our country , the fact that these lands will be and can be properly utilized for the raising of corn and other grain is very important . Georgia has millions of ...
... importance with which the raising of cattle is now being viewed all over our country , the fact that these lands will be and can be properly utilized for the raising of corn and other grain is very important . Georgia has millions of ...
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... importance of navigating the 3 feet and are going to do it by the use of modern craft ; but by putting a depth of 4 feet low water , as Col. Kingman had in view when he made this report and recommendation , which was not approved , the ...
... importance of navigating the 3 feet and are going to do it by the use of modern craft ; but by putting a depth of 4 feet low water , as Col. Kingman had in view when he made this report and recommendation , which was not approved , the ...
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... important matter with us . The CHAIRMAN . I think we will have time to hear you fully . Mr. LONG . I do not want to run any risk of you gentlemen laboring under a wrong impression . The CHAIRMAN . If I do not mistake , the gentleman ...
... important matter with us . The CHAIRMAN . I think we will have time to hear you fully . Mr. LONG . I do not want to run any risk of you gentlemen laboring under a wrong impression . The CHAIRMAN . If I do not mistake , the gentleman ...
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Common terms and phrases
acres amount appropriation banks barges bill boats BOOHER CALEB POWERS California Cape Cape Fear River Capt carry cent Chairman and gentlemen channel Chesapeake & Delaware Chief of Engineers coast commerce Congress construction corner of section cost débris Delaware Canal depth district dredging East River EDWARDS engineers expended flood freight Government GROVES HARDWICK HUMPHREYS of Mississippi improvement interest J. A. TAYLOR KENNEDY land levee locks lumber matter MCCLATCHY MCNALLY MICHAEL DONOHOE Mississippi River Commission MITCHEL MOORE navigation Newark Newark Bay Norfolk Ocmulgee River Ohio River Panama Canal Philadelphia proposition question railroad rates reclamation reef revetment Richmond RIVERS AND HARBORS Sacramento River San Joaquin River SHINN ships SMALL statement steamers thence east mile thence north mile thence south thence west tion to-day tonnage tons township traffic transportation TREADWAY Valley vessels waterway west mile WILLIAM KETTNER York
Popular passages
Page 12 - In which they lie. For this purpose they are the public property of the nation, and subject to all the requisite legislation by congress. This necessarily Includes the power to keep them open and free from any obstruction to their navigation, Interposed by the states or otherwise; to remove such obstructions when they exist; and to provide, by such sanctions as they may deem proper, against the occurrence of the evil and for the punishment of offenders. For these purposes congress possesses all the...
Page 14 - That any telegraph company now organized, or which may hereafter be organized under the laws of any state In this Union, shall have the right to construct, maintain and operate lines of telegraph through and over any portion of the public domain of the United States...
Page 12 - The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the navigable waters of the United States which are accessible from a state other than those In which they lie. For this purpose they are the public property of the nation, and subject to all the requisite legislation by congress.
Page 7 - Board so acts, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a resolution adopted on January 26, 1965 by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles...
Page 14 - ... and over any portion of the public domain of the United States, over and along any of the military or post roads...
Page 81 - The state of California and the people thereof are hereby declared to have a primary and supreme interest in having erected, maintained and protected on the banks of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries and the bypasses and overflow channels...
Page 82 - By-Laws, a special meeting of the members may be called at any time by the President or by a majority of the Board of Directors or by one-tenth of the membership.
Page 84 - No objection to the order of the Commission shall be considered by the court unless such objection shall have been urged before the Commission or unless; there were reasonable grounds for failure so to do.
Page 3 - We hold that the control of the Mississippi River is a national problem. The preservation of the depth of its water for the purpose of navigation, the building of levees to maintain the integrity of its channel and the prevention of the...
Page 4 - That the watercourses connected with the Mississippi River to such extent as may be necessary to exclude the flood waters from the upper limits of any delta basin, together with the Ohio River from its mouth to the mouth of the Cache River, may, in the discretion of said commission, receive allotments for improvements now under way or hereafter to be undertaken.