Comprehensive Flood-control Plans on H.R. 9640: Hearings... on H.R. 9640...1940 - 1024 pages |
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... further authorization is needed at this time . There is another reason which I would like to bring out why addi- tional authorization is needed , and that is that in the further study of a site in this basin it was determined that a ...
... further authorization is needed at this time . There is another reason which I would like to bring out why addi- tional authorization is needed , and that is that in the further study of a site in this basin it was determined that a ...
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... further authorization is now needed for the initiation of other units in the approved general plan . The Department , in compliance with congressional directives , has reported to Congress within the past several months the need for pro ...
... further authorization is now needed for the initiation of other units in the approved general plan . The Department , in compliance with congressional directives , has reported to Congress within the past several months the need for pro ...
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... further by any member of the committee , the committee stands adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock . ( The committee thereupon adjourned until tomorrow , Tuesday , March 19 , 1940 , at 10 a . m . ) NEW ENGLAND , NEW YORK , AND ...
... further by any member of the committee , the committee stands adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock . ( The committee thereupon adjourned until tomorrow , Tuesday , March 19 , 1940 , at 10 a . m . ) NEW ENGLAND , NEW YORK , AND ...
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... further statement you desire to make ? Mr. CALL . I do not remember , as I was particularly busy in North Adams at the time . The CHAIRMAN . Is there any further statement you desire to submit ? Mr. CALL . No ; I have no further ...
... further statement you desire to make ? Mr. CALL . I do not remember , as I was particularly busy in North Adams at the time . The CHAIRMAN . Is there any further statement you desire to submit ? Mr. CALL . No ; I have no further ...
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... further than the Army report , up the stream toward its source . They have spent in the neighbor- hood of seventy or eighty thousand dollars cleaning the channel and confining the river to its banks in our town , but further up than the ...
... further than the Army report , up the stream toward its source . They have spent in the neighbor- hood of seventy or eighty thousand dollars cleaning the channel and confining the river to its banks in our town , but further up than the ...
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Page 554 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following work of improvement is hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 253 - George S. Knapp, chief engineer of the Division of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture; and Earnest Boyce, director of the Division of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health.
Page 900 - 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...
Page 842 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 894 - 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 43 - The CHAIRMAN.. Are there any questions by any members of the committee ? Mr.
Page 330 - June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the upper Mississippi River Basin described in the Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 760 - That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission.
Page 794 - June 22, 1936, shall be construed to include channel and major drainage improvements, and that hereafter Federal investigations and improvements of rivers and other waterways for flood control and allied purposes shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the War Department under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 514 - Chairman and gentlemen, the Board of Supervisors of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District has directed me to appear before this committee to report the flood control needs of our area for fiscal year 1967. At the outset of this statement, I should like to emphasize that we are...