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34 Stat 41 Stat act of June administration agencies Annual Report applications appropriation approved authority bill canal charges Chief of Engineers commerce Cong Congress construction control of water-power coöperation coördinate Coosa River corporations cost development of water-power district division East North Central Executive Secretary February February 27 federal government Federal Power Commission Federal Water-Power Geological Survey government dam grant horsepower hydroelectric improvement Interior investigations irrigation issued June 21 jurisdiction Land Office legislation licensee hereunder March ment mill Minn Mississippi River national forests national government navigable streams navigable waters necessary operation organization permits and licenses plans power development power league bulletin power sites prescribed project or projects public lands purposes Rainy River reservoirs rights-of-way Sauk Rapids Savannah River Secretary of War sess submitted thereof three departments tion transmission United utilization Washington Water power league water resources water rights water-power development water-power resources waterways Woodbury Creek
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Page 20 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the. public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.
Page 90 - Congress and to submit therewith recommendations for additional legislation; and to provide for the publication of its reports and decisions in such form and manner as may be best adapted for public information and use.
Page 92 - Witnesses summoned before the commission shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the persons taking the same shall severally be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services in the courts of the United States.
Page 20 - All patents granted, or pre-emption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Page 97 - Provided, that the right of the United States or any state or municipality to take over, maintain and operate any project licensed under this act at any time by condemnation proceedings upon payment of just compensation is hereby expressly reserved.
Page 89 - means those parts of streams or other bodies of water over which Congress has jurisdiction under its authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and which either in their natural or improved condition, notwithstanding interruptions between the navigable parts of such streams or waters by falls, shallows, or rapids compelling land carriage, are used or suitable for use for the transportation of persons or property in interstate or foreign commerce...
Page 88 - ... than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the Commission.
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Page 110 - That licenses shall be issued within any reservation only after a finding by the commission that the license will not interfere or be inconsistent with the purpose for which such reservation was created or acquired...
Page 88 - ... the State or States within which the proposed project is to be located with respect to bed and banks and to the appropriation, diversion, and use of water for power purposes and with respect to the right to engage in the business of developing, transmitting, and distributing power, and in any other business necessary to effect the purposes of a license under this Act.