Merrimack River Valley and Connecticut River Valley Interstate Flood Control Compacts: Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, Seventy-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.J. Res. 482, H.J. Res. 435, H.J. Res. 436, and H.J. Res. 430. August 16,17, and 18, 1937 |
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... per cent thereof . " ( 2 ) The State of Connecticut forty per cent thereof . " ( 3 ) The State of New Hampshire five per cent thereof . " ( 4 ) The State of Vermont five per cent thereof . " Provided , however , that it is the ...
... per cent thereof . " ( 2 ) The State of Connecticut forty per cent thereof . " ( 3 ) The State of New Hampshire five per cent thereof . " ( 4 ) The State of Vermont five per cent thereof . " Provided , however , that it is the ...
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... per cent thereof , " The State of Connecticut forty per cent thereof , " The State of New Hampshire , five per cent thereof , " The State of Vermont five per cent thereof , and each of said states shall make adequate provision for ...
... per cent thereof , " The State of Connecticut forty per cent thereof , " The State of New Hampshire , five per cent thereof , " The State of Vermont five per cent thereof , and each of said states shall make adequate provision for ...
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... per cent of the volume during such portions of the year as may be approved by the Secretary of War . " ( 2 ) At Swetts Mills on the Blackwater River controlling a drainage area of one hundred and twenty - five ( 125 ) square miles and ...
... per cent of the volume during such portions of the year as may be approved by the Secretary of War . " ( 2 ) At Swetts Mills on the Blackwater River controlling a drainage area of one hundred and twenty - five ( 125 ) square miles and ...
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... per cent thereof . " ( 2 ) The State of New Hampshire fifty per cent thereof . " Provided , however , That it is the understanding 14 INTERSTATE FLOOD - CONTROL COMPACTS.
... per cent thereof . " ( 2 ) The State of New Hampshire fifty per cent thereof . " Provided , however , That it is the understanding 14 INTERSTATE FLOOD - CONTROL COMPACTS.
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... per cent thereof , " The State of New Hampshire fifty per cent thereof , and each state shall make adequate provision for compliance on its part with the provisions of this Article , and funds shall be made available as and when ...
... per cent thereof , " The State of New Hampshire fifty per cent thereof , and each state shall make adequate provision for compliance on its part with the provisions of this Article , and funds shall be made available as and when ...
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acquire advance consent agency amendment approved ARTICLE attorney authorized benefits built Casey resolution CHAIRMAN Chief of Engineers committee Commonwealth of Massachusetts connection construction contemplated contribution controlling a drainage DALY damages DEMPSEY Department DEVER drainage area easements and rights electric England Federal Government Federal Power Act Federal Power Commission FENTON FERGUSON Flood Control Act flood-control dams flood-control projects flood-control purposes funds Governor Hampshire hereby hereinafter House Joint Resolution interests interstate compact JACOBSON Joint Resolution 482 language legislatures levees located maintenance McNINCH ment Merrimack River Valley navigable streams necessary operation opinion percent power companies power dam power development power storage provide for flood question relocated representatives reservation reservoir or reservoirs respect rights-of-way SECREST Secretary Secretary of War Senate signatory square miles Stamford statement thereto tion TOBEY tributaries understand United Vermont VOORHIS War Department water conservation
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Page 10 - Each commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state from which he shall be appointed.
Page 48 - Local Interests are required to provide without cost to the United States all rights-of-way for levee foundations and levees on the main stem of the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Mo., and the Head of Passes, except for maintenance setbacks.
Page 78 - United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 30 - It is hereby recognized that destructive floods upon the rivers of the United States, upsetting orderly processes and causing loss of life and property, including the erosion of lands, and impairing and obstructing navigation, highways, railroads, and other channels of commerce between the States, constitute a menace to national welfare...
Page 26 - 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...
Page 22 - This compact shall become binding and obligatory when it shall have been approved by the Legislatures of each of the signatory States and by the Congress of the United States.
Page 17 - The port authority shall have such additional powers and duties as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to time by the action of the legislature of either State concurred in by the legislature of the other.
Page 23 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to...
Page 31 - Federal investigations of watersheds and measures for runoff and waterflow retardation and soil erosion prevention on watersheds shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the Department of Agriculture under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress...
Page 11 - States. The commission shall make, or cause to be made, such studies as it may deem necessary, in cooperation with the corps of engineers and other federal agencies, for the development of a comprehensive plan for flood control and for utilization of the water resources of the Connecticut River Valley.