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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... bonds of millions of dollars in the hands of the investors of this Nation , is in default in the pay- ment of their maturing obligations and annual interest exactions on those securities . To - day they are unable to find a market on ...
... bonds of millions of dollars in the hands of the investors of this Nation , is in default in the pay- ment of their maturing obligations and annual interest exactions on those securities . To - day they are unable to find a market on ...
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... Bonds in the amount of $ 3,982,500 were sold , of which the amount of $ 278,000 has been paid , leaving a balance outstanding of $ 3,704,500 . Situated in the northeastern part of Mississippi County , extending east from Big Lake to the ...
... Bonds in the amount of $ 3,982,500 were sold , of which the amount of $ 278,000 has been paid , leaving a balance outstanding of $ 3,704,500 . Situated in the northeastern part of Mississippi County , extending east from Big Lake to the ...
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... bonds . The CHAIRMAN . What was that year ? Mr. LYNCH . 1929 it was brought to a conclusion . That was only renewed for a period of five years . At the expiration of that time it will be necessary to refinance the whole scheme again ...
... bonds . The CHAIRMAN . What was that year ? Mr. LYNCH . 1929 it was brought to a conclusion . That was only renewed for a period of five years . At the expiration of that time it will be necessary to refinance the whole scheme again ...
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... bonds ? Mr. LYNCH . I beg your pardon . The CHAIRMAN . What is the reason you can not pay your- Mr. LYNCH . You mean inability to pay taxes ? The CHAIRMAN . On what account ? Mr. LYNCH . Floods and the overflow . The CHAIRMAN . Is that ...
... bonds ? Mr. LYNCH . I beg your pardon . The CHAIRMAN . What is the reason you can not pay your- Mr. LYNCH . You mean inability to pay taxes ? The CHAIRMAN . On what account ? Mr. LYNCH . Floods and the overflow . The CHAIRMAN . Is that ...
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... bond issue , in that territory . There is no coordination between these various districts and unless that job is done by some agency which has a right , which has the power , to put in a united system that will take care of the river ...
... bond issue , in that territory . There is no coordination between these various districts and unless that job is done by some agency which has a right , which has the power , to put in a united system that will take care of the river ...
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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.
Page 77 - The whole scope and effect of this series of decisions is that, while certain fundamental rights, recognized and declared, but not granted or created, in some of the Amendments to the Constitution, are thereby guaranteed only against violation or abridgment by the United States, or by the States, as the case may be...
Page 77 - Court. the exercise of the correlative duty of protection, or of the legislative powers conferred upon it by the Constitution, may in its discretion deem most eligible and best adapted to attain the object.
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...