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... containing 3,200 acres of the most highly developed land you will find in the country , between Cape Girardeau and the Gulf , 3,200 acres of as highly improved land as you will find anywhere in the Mississippi Valley .
... containing 3,200 acres of the most highly developed land you will find in the country , between Cape Girardeau and the Gulf , 3,200 acres of as highly improved land as you will find anywhere in the Mississippi Valley .
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In my own particular case , it has been a hard task for me to keep up the tax and hold on to my property , but my brother put in about 20 years of hard work developing that and improving it , and I would be a quitter if I let go of it ...
In my own particular case , it has been a hard task for me to keep up the tax and hold on to my property , but my brother put in about 20 years of hard work developing that and improving it , and I would be a quitter if I let go of it ...
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97 234.30 173.26 65 , 685.00 24 , 291. 64 41 , 393. 36 2 , 062 , 654. 39 1 , 240 , 865. 53 821 , 788. 86 Name of levee district Acres Assessed valuation Levee High- way Levee Highway Improve- ments actually paid for Total amount ...
97 234.30 173.26 65 , 685.00 24 , 291. 64 41 , 393. 36 2 , 062 , 654. 39 1 , 240 , 865. 53 821 , 788. 86 Name of levee district Acres Assessed valuation Levee High- way Levee Highway Improve- ments actually paid for Total amount ...
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... old River edge of pits to landside toe of old levee levee of pits of pits levee en- largement From toe of levee to river edge Assessed valuation- lands and improve- ments Paid by levee board- land and improve- ments 1,800 . 14 805.
... old River edge of pits to landside toe of old levee levee of pits of pits levee en- largement From toe of levee to river edge Assessed valuation- lands and improve- ments Paid by levee board- land and improve- ments 1,800 . 14 805.
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Paid by levee board- land and improve- ments Tabulation of right - of - way acquired by Southeastern Arkansas Levee District for construction of United States levees built under Flood Control Act of 1928 - Continued LINCOLN COUNTY ...
Paid by levee board- land and improve- ments Tabulation of right - of - way acquired by Southeastern Arkansas Levee District for construction of United States levees built under Flood Control Act of 1928 - Continued LINCOLN COUNTY ...
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100 percent acres Amount taken Assessed Amounts not paid Arkansas Atchafalaya Basin Levee Bank Basin Levee District Baton Rouge Bayou bill Black River built under Flood CHAIRMAN Charles Church committee construction material_ Contract construction of United contract executed cost of project County district for construction drainage Engineering farm Flood Control Act going Government Gravel Highway Levee Highway Improve inclusive Interest JACOBS James John Joseph Lake Landside toe length levee board Levee Highway Levee levee highway project levees built Louisiana Mary ments actu miles miscellaneous expenses Mississippi River old levee Owner paid by Atchafalaya paid to date Parish PARISH-Continued plantation Point Pontchartrain Levee District Price per ments RICH right-of-way acquired Right-of-way and miscellaneous Square statement supervision surveys Tabulation of right-of-way taken Assessed value Total amount Total assessed Total cost Total taken United States levees value of land WHITTINGTON WOLFE
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Page 10 - ... is worthy of your consideration. I am not asking for an increase in the appropriation. It is just a matter of getting the most for the money that you are going to spend. I thank you, gentlemen. Mr. WOODRUM. Thank you, Mr. McClellan. THURSDAY MAY 6, 1937. RELIEF APPROPRIATION Mr. WOODRUM. Mr. Lasser, if you desire to make a statement, we will be very glad to year you at this time. STATEMENT OF DAVID IASSER, REPRESENTING THE WORKERS' ALLIANCE OF AMERICA Mr. LASSER. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of...
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| Title | Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control |
| Published | 1935 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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