Flood Control on the Saint Francis River, Missouri and Arkansas: Hearings... on H.R. 7875..., February 3 and 4, 1930...1930 - 172 pages |
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... amount expended , $ 12,039,790 entered into the construction of levees . The CHAIRMAN . Judge Cox asked what period that covered . Mr. DRIVER . That was within a period of 10 to 12 years . During that period of time , gentlemen , and in ...
... amount expended , $ 12,039,790 entered into the construction of levees . The CHAIRMAN . Judge Cox asked what period that covered . Mr. DRIVER . That was within a period of 10 to 12 years . During that period of time , gentlemen , and in ...
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... amount to more , for at the time of its construction it was intended to dispose of 45,000 cubic feet of water ; but the Army Engineers say that by reason of the failure to clear and properly place such floodway to perform usefully and ...
... amount to more , for at the time of its construction it was intended to dispose of 45,000 cubic feet of water ; but the Army Engineers say that by reason of the failure to clear and properly place such floodway to perform usefully and ...
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... amount of money that was expended by local levee districts on the Mississippi River , and absolutely driven a dividing line , a wedge , between the St. Francis proper and the Mississippi River . The truth about the matter is that we ...
... amount of money that was expended by local levee districts on the Mississippi River , and absolutely driven a dividing line , a wedge , between the St. Francis proper and the Mississippi River . The truth about the matter is that we ...
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... amount it is going to spend , and in addition , the amount appropriated in this bill - approximately $ 37 , - 000,000 . But already the local interests there have spent $ 32,000,000 , ap- proximately 464 per cent , even a greater ...
... amount it is going to spend , and in addition , the amount appropriated in this bill - approximately $ 37 , - 000,000 . But already the local interests there have spent $ 32,000,000 , ap- proximately 464 per cent , even a greater ...
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... amount was , in your opinion , their full contribution , and so , there was no further contribution required from the local interests for the future work along the Mississippi River contemplated in the flood control act . The 1928 bill ...
... amount was , in your opinion , their full contribution , and so , there was no further contribution required from the local interests for the future work along the Mississippi River contemplated in the flood control act . The 1928 bill ...
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acres amount Arkansas Army engineers backwater area BARRON BEGG Big Lake bill Black River bonds breaks build Butler County cent CHAIRMAN commerce committee Congress construction cost COSTON Craighead County crops DAGGETT damage delinquent Doctor TAYLOR DUNBAR Dunklin County effect expenditures extend farm Federal Government Federal interest feet flood control flood waters flooded area floodway Francis Basin Francis County Francis levee district Francis River gentlemen give improvement JONES Judge Driver KOPP Lee County Little River Little River drainage loss LYNCH Madrid County Marked Tree ment miles Mississippi County Mississippi River Missouri Missouri and Arkansas navigation overflow Parkin pellagra Pemiscot County PHARR Poinsett County protection question railroad Red Cross relief REYNOLDS RHYNE road SEAGRAVES SEARS situation statement Stoddard County stream taxes territory tion Total tributaries TSCHUDY United week ending Thursday WHITTINGTON
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Page 14 - Engineers, no money shall be expended on the main river project until satisfactory assurances have been given by the local interests that after completion the flood-control works will be maintained at the expense of local interests.
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Page 76 - Citizens of the United States were in custody of the marshal under a lawful commitment, from whom they were violently taken and murdered. The alleged murderers were indicted under section 5508, Revised Statutes, which made it a crime to conspire to injure any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of a right secured him by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
Page 24 - Under the provisions of the law as it existed prior to the passage of the...