Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army

Front Cover
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946

From inside the book

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 1292 - 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 1835 - 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 1871 - 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 1933 - 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 1671 - States all spoil-disposal areas necessary for the further improvement and its subsequent maintenance, when and as required, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the work.
Page 1554 - August 28, 1937, authorized the construction of levees, flood walls, and drainage structures for the protection of cities and towns in the Ohio River Basin, the projects to be selected by the Chief of Engineers with the approval of the Secretary of War, in accordance with House Flood Control Committee Document No.
Page 2280 - The range between mean lower low water and mean higher high water or, in places having only one tide daily, the range between mean low water and mean high water.
Page 1322 - Hold and save the United States free from claims for damages due to the construction and maintenance of the Improvement...
Page 1428 - That the sum of $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be allotted by the Secretary of War on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work on any tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood including the flood of 1927.
Page 1662 - ... hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement.

Bibliographic information