Congressional Serial Set, Issue 10880U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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DEFINITION 5. In order to discuss adequately the need for harbors of refuge ... feet . The greater part of the lake has a depth of 240 feet or more , and ... water , more fog , more ice , less rain , and a shorter season of navigation ...
DEFINITION 5. In order to discuss adequately the need for harbors of refuge ... feet . The greater part of the lake has a depth of 240 feet or more , and ... water , more fog , more ice , less rain , and a shorter season of navigation ...
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... lower Mississippi River Basin in the east . The Great Plains area , parts of ... feet above mean sea level at its source to about 106 feet above mean sea ... low banks and small tributary inflow . Owing to the small inflow and to climatic ...
... lower Mississippi River Basin in the east . The Great Plains area , parts of ... feet above mean sea level at its source to about 106 feet above mean sea ... low banks and small tributary inflow . Owing to the small inflow and to climatic ...
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... from high tidal stages in Grays Harbor caused by nds . The range between mean lower low water and mean higher gh water is 9.9 feet . However , on six occasions since 1912 , flood les have reached elevations ranging from 14.9 to 15.8 feet ...
... from high tidal stages in Grays Harbor caused by nds . The range between mean lower low water and mean higher gh water is 9.9 feet . However , on six occasions since 1912 , flood les have reached elevations ranging from 14.9 to 15.8 feet ...
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... lower 15 miles of the Black River are considered navigable . In the early ... feet deep at mean lower low water and 200 feet vide from Aberdeen to ... range at the mouth is 18.1 feet . The range between nean lower low water and mean ...
... lower 15 miles of the Black River are considered navigable . In the early ... feet deep at mean lower low water and 200 feet vide from Aberdeen to ... range at the mouth is 18.1 feet . The range between nean lower low water and mean ...
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... Range , forming the western boundary of the drainage basin from San Juan ... water of the basin percolates . This eature is pronounced in the lower San Benito River . 10. Stream slopes . - The slope of the Pajaro River bed varies from 2.7 ...
... Range , forming the western boundary of the drainage basin from San Juan ... water of the basin percolates . This eature is pronounced in the lower San Benito River . 10. Stream slopes . - The slope of the Pajaro River bed varies from 2.7 ...
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Page 26 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 8 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 14 - The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is 9.9 feet.
Page 6 - 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 6 - 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 7 - States free from damages due to the construction works; (c) maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army...
Page 1 - Sec. 3. That hereafter no money appropriated under authority of this Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War...
Page 12 - ... hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement; and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will, at their expense, provide suitable bulkheads, dikes, or other structures for retention of excavated material.
Page 10 - Resolved by the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the Rivers and...
Page 19 - The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri River Basin approved by the Act of June 28, 1938...