United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 8580U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... Rock , and 1,000 feet wide above Commission Rock . No work was done by the War Department under this project . ( f ) The next report was submitted June 8 , 1908 , and is printed in House Document No. 1103 , Sixtieth Congress , second ...
... Rock , and 1,000 feet wide above Commission Rock . No work was done by the War Department under this project . ( f ) The next report was submitted June 8 , 1908 , and is printed in House Document No. 1103 , Sixtieth Congress , second ...
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... Rock , the least in the inner chan- nel . A resurvey of the strait made in 1864 shows a bar at the entrance to the channel with but 25.5 feet of water at mean low tide , the least depth of the inner channel being 24 feet . The Coast ...
... Rock , the least in the inner chan- nel . A resurvey of the strait made in 1864 shows a bar at the entrance to the channel with but 25.5 feet of water at mean low tide , the least depth of the inner channel being 24 feet . The Coast ...
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... rock .. 54 , 430 48 , 446 46 , 434 5 , 861 24 , 223 8 , 651 , 023 837 , 219 43 , 323 , 816 The commerce of Mare Island Strait includes the receipts and shipments at the plant of the Sperry Flour Co. , which is located on the eastern ...
... rock .. 54 , 430 48 , 446 46 , 434 5 , 861 24 , 223 8 , 651 , 023 837 , 219 43 , 323 , 816 The commerce of Mare Island Strait includes the receipts and shipments at the plant of the Sperry Flour Co. , which is located on the eastern ...
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... rock in one place . Napa River rises in the St. Helena Mountains and flowing for a distance of 45 miles empties into Mare Island Strait . The navigable portion is chiefly tidal and 18 miles in length . The maximum dis- charge at high ...
... rock in one place . Napa River rises in the St. Helena Mountains and flowing for a distance of 45 miles empties into Mare Island Strait . The navigable portion is chiefly tidal and 18 miles in length . The maximum dis- charge at high ...
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... Rock and in the eastern and northern portion of the turning basin , consists of shaly rock , very soft clay , mud , and fine silt . The mate- rial removed in the maintenance dredging in Pinole Shoal Channel consists of mud , silt , and ...
... Rock and in the eastern and northern portion of the turning basin , consists of shaly rock , very soft clay , mud , and fine silt . The mate- rial removed in the maintenance dredging in Pinole Shoal Channel consists of mud , silt , and ...
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Page 25 - That whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of the courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 42 - That in case the commission shall find that any government dam may be advantageously used by the United States for public purposes in addition to navigation, no license therefor shall be issued until two years after it shall have reported to Congress the facts and conditions relating thereto, except that this provision shall not apply to any government dam constructed prior to...
Page 18 - All property, not exempted from taxation by this Constitution, shall be assessed for taxation at its fair cash value, estimated at the price it would bring at a fair voluntary sale...
Page 9 - Resolved by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, United States, that the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13...
Page 8 - And provided further, That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this act until the project for the proposed work shall have been adopted by law: Portland Harbor, Maine, along the waterfront of South Portland.
Page 4 - The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made at the following-named localities...
Page 8 - Provided, That no preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this or some prior Act or joint resolution shall be made...
Page 42 - Provided, That when licenses are issued involving the use of Government dams or other structures owned by the United States or tribal lands embraced within Indian reservations the commission shall fix a reasonable annual charge for the use thereof...
Page 2 - Illinois, or that the location and plans have been submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War.
Page 42 - ... capacity may be issued without charge, except on tribal lands within Indian reservations; but in no case shall a license be issued free of charge for the development and utilization of power created by any Government dam and that the amount charged therefor in any license shall be such as determined by the commission.