Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Part 1, Volume 2

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938 - Engineering
Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .

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Page 1230 - 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 1888 - The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water or, in places having only one tide daily, the range between mean low water and mean high water.
Page 1395 - The Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Ohio River Basin as set forth in House Flood Control Committee Document No.
Page 1716 - Cong., 24 sess. (Contains latest published map.) Local cooperation. — Local interests are required to furnish free of cost to the United States all necessary rights-of-way and suitable spoil-disposal areas for new work and subsequent maintenance...
Page 1680 - The tidal range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water is...
Page 1473 - Provided, That no expense shall be incurred by the United States for the acquiring of any lands required for this improvement.
Page 2012 - Except when authorized by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 1947 - ... satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will provide a channel at least 100 feet wide, 14 feet deep, and 400 feet long from the east line of Fifth Street extended to the city dock within 1 year after the completion of the proposed innerharbor dredging by the United States, and, in addition, furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable spoil-disposal areas for new work and subsequent maintenance. Mr. ENGEL. Why was not that project put in? Is not that an important project? General...
Page 2012 - 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 1989 - 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.

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