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 . " 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. CARLSON . This bill ...
... bill says " 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. CARLSON . This bill ...
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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 acre ally paid Act of 1928-Continued amount obligation paid Amount taken Assessed Amounts not paid Arkansas Ascension Parish Atchafalaya Basin Levee Atchafalaya levee district Basin Levee District Bayou Boeuf Bayou Goula Black River built under Flood CHAIRMAN Charles Parish construction material_ Contract construction of United cost of project district for construction Flood Control Act Highway Levee Highway Highway Total amount Iberville Parish James Parish Lafourche Levee District Lake Borgne Landry length levee board Levee Highway Levee levee highway project Levee Highway Total levees built material_ Contract payments ments actu miles miscellaneous expenses Mississippi River old levee paid by Atchafalaya paid to date plantation Plaquemine Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Pontchartrain Levee District Port Allen Price per ments right-of-way acquired Right-of-way and miscellaneous river edge set-back levees Tabulation of right-of-way taken Assessed value toe of old Total amount obligation Total cost United States levees value of land WHITTINGTON
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Page 204 - 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 202 - ... 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...