Civil Functions, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 |
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... Association had its meeting last week . Over 1,000 people were at that meeting , all of them advocates of sound soil and water resource control and development . At that meeting the association adopted a very strong platform with regard ...
... Association had its meeting last week . Over 1,000 people were at that meeting , all of them advocates of sound soil and water resource control and development . At that meeting the association adopted a very strong platform with regard ...
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... Association and all the local development asso- ciations have gone on record endorsing this project . I have not heard of any opposition from any source in recent months against this project . The coal - mining industry of this area is ...
... Association and all the local development asso- ciations have gone on record endorsing this project . I have not heard of any opposition from any source in recent months against this project . The coal - mining industry of this area is ...
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... Association . This association is comprised of more than 12,000 residents of the upper Kentucky River Valley . The success or failure of this organization will affect over 500,000 people who live in the upper reaches of this valley ...
... Association . This association is comprised of more than 12,000 residents of the upper Kentucky River Valley . The success or failure of this organization will affect over 500,000 people who live in the upper reaches of this valley ...
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... association , in order to determine local interest and the economic feasibility of the proposed project has circulated petitions throughout the area under consideration . I now submit to you more than 6,000 petitions signed by the ...
... association , in order to determine local interest and the economic feasibility of the proposed project has circulated petitions throughout the area under consideration . I now submit to you more than 6,000 petitions signed by the ...
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... Association . Although I do not live in the immediate vicinity of the proposed dam location , I have experienced the terrors of being awakened in the middle of the night by a good neighbor telling my father that the flood waters from ...
... Association . Although I do not live in the immediate vicinity of the proposed dam location , I have experienced the terrors of being awakened in the middle of the night by a good neighbor telling my father that the flood waters from ...
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$1 million 78th Congress additional amount appropriation approved approximately Arkansas Arkansas River Army engineers authorized bank stabilization Beardstown benefits bridge budget Buffalo Buford Dam Canal Chairman channel Civil Functions committee completed Congressman construction cooperation Corps of Engineers cost County damage DAVIS defense dredging economic Electric erosion estimated facilities FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 16 Federal Government feet fiscal year 1955 flood control flood-control project floodway funds gentlemen going Harbor Hartwell highway improvement industrial interest irrigation Kentucky land levee located miles Mississippi River Missouri River navigation Oahe Oahe Dam Ohio River operation Ouachita River percent planning plant port present president production railroad recommended Red River Redwood City referred to follows REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS request Reservoir Richardson County River Basin San Joaquin River Savannah Senator Sioux City South statement subcommittee Table Rock Thank tion tributaries United urge Valley vessels Washington waterway
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Page 203 - President, or by his authority, removable at his pleasure, and the compensation of such persons shall be fixed by the President, or by his authority, until such time as Congress may by law regulate the same, but salaries or compensation fixed...
Page 545 - States free from damages due to the construction works; (c) maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army...
Page 486 - SEC. 3. That hereafter no money appropriated under authority of this 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 109 - 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...
Page 319 - Congress authorized the construction of a 3 mile southwest extension of the seawall at Galveston by the United States contingent upon Galveston County complying with the terms of said act. Shortly after this authorization by Congress the Korean war began, and a Presidential order was Issued that funds would be allotted only for projects carrying...
Page 41 - STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. CUNNINGHAM Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Thank you, sir. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: I consider it an honor and a privilege to appear here today in order to testify on behalf of the Freedom Academy bill. My name is William J. Cunningham, and I am a high school teacher from Naples, Florida. I am here, not as an expert on any of the numerous facets of the cold war, but as a private American citizen who is vitally concerned about the...
Page 73 - This project met the rigid test applied in 1950 under Public Law 759. 81st Congress. I would like to quote the pertinent sentence from General Pike's statement at the time the program was announced. "It has been screened to include the projects which, as directed by the President, directly contribute to national defense or to civilian requirements essential to the changed international situation, and it complies in all aspects with the criteria directed by the Congress.
Page 140 - Location: San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced Counties. Description: Levee construction on San Joaquin River below mouth of Merced River, along the lower portion of Tuolumne and Stanislaus Rivers and through the upper delta. Federal authorization: Public Law No. 534, 78th Congress, 2d session.
Page 77 - ... Engineers, the State, and the city to provide protection against the floodwaters. It is estimated that more than $2 million has been expended for these measures in the last 25 years. In 1927, North Adams built a $45,000 wall to protect one of our city streets and the residents on this street — 1 1 years later, in the flood of 1938, this investment was lost to a raging and violent north branch of the river.
Page 143 - That the following works of improvement of rivers and harbors and other waterways for navigation, flood control, and other purposes are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Engineers...