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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... 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 addition to those districts which I mentioned ...
... 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 addition to those districts which I mentioned ...
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... construction of reservoirs , and to that suggestion I commit myself with every possible favor . I believe that in all instances where it is possible that this control may be made , that it not only provides for that particular stream a ...
... construction of reservoirs , and to that suggestion I commit myself with every possible favor . I believe that in all instances where it is possible that this control may be made , that it not only provides for that particular stream a ...
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... construction becomes continuous , with the departure of that ad- vantage it threw all such water back on the natural fall from the banks of the Mississippi River into the St. Francis and its tribu- taries , the only possible avenue ...
... construction becomes continuous , with the departure of that ad- vantage it threw all such water back on the natural fall from the banks of the Mississippi River into the St. Francis and its tribu- taries , the only possible avenue ...
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... construction of 180 miles additional levee improvement . The CHAIRMAN . Go ahead with your local witnesses , Judge . Mr. DRIVER . Just a minute , Mr. Chairman . I should like to have Mr. Short have an opportunity to express to the ...
... construction of 180 miles additional levee improvement . The CHAIRMAN . Go ahead with your local witnesses , Judge . Mr. DRIVER . Just a minute , Mr. Chairman . I should like to have Mr. Short have an opportunity to express to the ...
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... construction under section 1 and devoted to maintenance in this territory or any other territory , such act will increase the appropriations necessary to carry on the work on the Mississippi to the extent that they have been , in that ...
... construction under section 1 and devoted to maintenance in this territory or any other territory , such act will increase the appropriations necessary to carry on the work on the Mississippi to the extent that they have been , in that ...
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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...
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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...