Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349...1935 - 226 pages |
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... bill to amend the act en- titled " An act for the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries , and for other purposes " , approved May 15 , 1928 , as amended . ( The bill referred to is as follows :) [ H. R. 7349 ...
... bill to amend the act en- titled " An act for the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries , and for other purposes " , approved May 15 , 1928 , as amended . ( The bill referred to is as follows :) [ H. R. 7349 ...
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... bill involving the same question that is presented in this bill , H. R. 4668 , Seventy - second Congress , first session , was reported by your present chairman . A rule was granted for its consideration by the House . An unfavorable ...
... bill involving the same question that is presented in this bill , H. R. 4668 , Seventy - second Congress , first session , was reported by your present chairman . A rule was granted for its consideration by the House . An unfavorable ...
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... bill is based . As I stated , in the changes and set - backs in the levee line which have cost the farmers and landowners large amounts of money because of the loss of their property , the Government has saved many mil- lions of dollars ...
... bill is based . As I stated , in the changes and set - backs in the levee line which have cost the farmers and landowners large amounts of money because of the loss of their property , the Government has saved many mil- lions of dollars ...
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... bill says " may be acquired . may be acquired . " It is not definite as to what it may be in the future . Is that the theory of the bill ? The CHAIRMAN . Yes ; because there might be some change in the levee line in the meantime . Mr ...
... bill says " may be acquired . may be acquired . " It is not definite as to what it may be in the future . Is that the theory of the bill ? The CHAIRMAN . Yes ; because there might be some change in the levee line in the meantime . Mr ...
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... bill of this kind , would there be a probability of people who live along the river desiring to keep the set - backs as far from the river as possible , and if so , might not this bill create a sentiment to have the set - backs as far ...
... bill of this kind , would there be a probability of people who live along the river desiring to keep the set - backs as far from the river as possible , and if so , might not this bill create a sentiment to have the set - backs as far ...
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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 206 - District is composed of the parishes of East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, and Concordia.
Page 33 - ENGINEER OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee: The levee boards and the board of State engineers of Louisiana are very much impressed with the statements made here by General Brown and General Ferguson on the development of the problems of flood control and the execution of the adopted plan, insofar as it affects Louisiana, at the recent hearings...
Page 204 - ... accountability, it would transfer the responsibility for the administration of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act from its Board of Directors appointed by the President for that purpose to the General Accounting Office in Washington. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon. (Whereupon the committee recessed until 3 pm of the same day.) AFTER RECESS (The committee reassembled at 3 pm, pursuant to recess.) The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please be in order. I believe...
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...