Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349... |
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And when I say rights - of - way , that does not mean only as to the question of the value of the land on which these levee structures would be placed . It meant the incidental damages involved , such as crop damages , and the removal ...
And when I say rights - of - way , that does not mean only as to the question of the value of the land on which these levee structures would be placed . It meant the incidental damages involved , such as crop damages , and the removal ...
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It is true , is it not , that , so far as that land is concerned , no loans could be secured on it ? Mr. DRIVER . It has no market value . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . No loans could be secured to make a crop on it or do anything else ? Mr. DRIVER .
It is true , is it not , that , so far as that land is concerned , no loans could be secured on it ? Mr. DRIVER . It has no market value . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . No loans could be secured to make a crop on it or do anything else ? Mr. DRIVER .
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It has no value ; no one would deal with it on the basis of so much per acre . It has no rental value . It is just land on which men might take a haphazard chance . No loans are made on it . Such lands are not regarded by the local ...
It has no value ; no one would deal with it on the basis of so much per acre . It has no rental value . It is just land on which men might take a haphazard chance . No loans are made on it . Such lands are not regarded by the local ...
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... the total assessed value of the land , and improvements actually paid for , the amount for the acreage taken , broken down to show the part taken by highways and showing the total amount of obligations , which includes outstanding ...
... the total assessed value of the land , and improvements actually paid for , the amount for the acreage taken , broken down to show the part taken by highways and showing the total amount of obligations , which includes outstanding ...
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And you have owned this property for 30 years , and your brother has occupied it ? ... land - bank representatives , and the loan was approved — just a small loan on the property , which they put a value at that time on of $ 26,550 .
And you have owned this property for 30 years , and your brother has occupied it ? ... land - bank representatives , and the loan was approved — just a small loan on the property , which they put a value at that time on of $ 26,550 .
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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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| 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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