Flood Control: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventieth Congress, First Session, Relative to Flood Control of the Mississippi River. January 23 to February 24, 1928. Printed for Use of the Committee on Commerce |
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... Valley . " The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission for the purposes of flood prevention and control shall be extended so as to include the Mississippi River and its tributaries and outlets . 66 SEC . 2That said commission ...
... Valley . " The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission for the purposes of flood prevention and control shall be extended so as to include the Mississippi River and its tributaries and outlets . 66 SEC . 2That said commission ...
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... VALLEY WATERS CONTROL COMMISSION 3 SEC . 2. ( a ) There is hereby created a commission to be known as The Missis- sippi Valley Waters Control Commission ( hereinafter referred to as the com- mission ) , to be composed of five members ...
... VALLEY WATERS CONTROL COMMISSION 3 SEC . 2. ( a ) There is hereby created a commission to be known as The Missis- sippi Valley Waters Control Commission ( hereinafter referred to as the com- mission ) , to be composed of five members ...
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... valley , and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That the project for the flood control of the Mississippi River in its alluvial valley ...
... valley , and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That the project for the flood control of the Mississippi River in its alluvial valley ...
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... valley of the Mississippi River below Cape Girardeau is hereby prohibited , and it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any levee or other structure in said alluvial valley , or in any flood way therein unless the ...
... valley of the Mississippi River below Cape Girardeau is hereby prohibited , and it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any levee or other structure in said alluvial valley , or in any flood way therein unless the ...
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... valley from a flood exceeding that of 1927 by such percentage as the Mississippi River Commission shall , after in- vestigation , deem necessary fully to protect the valley against destructive floods . SEC . 9. That in acquiring lands ...
... valley from a flood exceeding that of 1927 by such percentage as the Mississippi River Commission shall , after in- vestigation , deem necessary fully to protect the valley against destructive floods . SEC . 9. That in acquiring lands ...
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Page 510 - It shall be the duty of said commission to take into consideration and mature such plan or plans and estimates as will correct, permanently locate, and deepen the channel and protect the banks of the Mississippi River ; improve and give safety and ease to the navigation thereof; prevent destructive floods; promote and facilitate commerce, trade, and the postal service...
Page 11 - ... exempt from the payment of all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under state, municipal, or local authority...
Page 1 - If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Page 6 - Two of the members in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the Board.
Page 6 - Act of 1923,' fix the salaries of such experts, assistants, officers, and employees; and (3) make such expenditures (including expenditures for rent and personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, for law books, periodicals, and books of reference, and for printing and binding...
Page 6 - The board— (1) shall maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia, and such other offices in the United States as in its judgment are necessary. (2) shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed. (3) shall make an annual report to Congress upon the administration of this Act and any other matter relating to the better effectuation of the policy declared in section 1, including recommendations for legislation.
Page 3 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following work of improvement is hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 512 - I do not know that there is anything more that I can say about the differences.