Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Volume 2, Part 1

Front Cover
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948 - Engineering
Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .

From inside the book

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 1764 - That the sum of $12,000,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 2337 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 2024 - That the sum of $25,000,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood-control works which have been threatened or destroyed by...
Page 1595 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 2396 - States of $2,252,000 for construction; provided that local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army...
Page 1560 - States all necessary rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for new work and subsequent maintenance when and as required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement.
Page 1617 - Hold and save the United States free from claims for damages due to the construction and maintenance of the improvement...
Page 1742 - That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 1550 - ... in navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of flood control: Provided, That not more than $100,000 shall be expended for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.
Page 1682 - The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri River Basin approved by the Act of June 28, 1938...

Bibliographic information