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... drainage district No. 4 , Desha County , Ark____ 613 Brooks , Overton , Representative in Congress from the State of Louisi- ana- . 639 , 649 Brown , W. H. , secretary , Virginia REA , Bowling Green , Va___ . Burks , Wilson ...
... drainage district No. 4 , Desha County , Ark____ 613 Brooks , Overton , Representative in Congress from the State of Louisi- ana- . 639 , 649 Brown , W. H. , secretary , Virginia REA , Bowling Green , Va___ . Burks , Wilson ...
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... drainage areas , being Little Lehigh Creek , 107.0 square miles ; Aquashicola Creek , 81.2 square miles ; Pohopoco ... drainage area 49.6 square miles , which flows through Bethlehem and enters the Lehigh River within the city ; Jordan ...
... drainage areas , being Little Lehigh Creek , 107.0 square miles ; Aquashicola Creek , 81.2 square miles ; Pohopoco ... drainage area 49.6 square miles , which flows through Bethlehem and enters the Lehigh River within the city ; Jordan ...
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... drainage area of 93 square miles which enters at mile 136 ; and Hazel River , with a drainage area of 352 square miles which enters at mile 145. Robertson River , also known as Robinson River , is a tributary of the Rapidan River , and ...
... drainage area of 93 square miles which enters at mile 136 ; and Hazel River , with a drainage area of 352 square miles which enters at mile 145. Robertson River , also known as Robinson River , is a tributary of the Rapidan River , and ...
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... drainage basin in Virginia , West Vir- ginia , Pennsylvania , and Maryland pursuant to the Flood Control Act of June 22 , 1936 . The CHAIRMAN . We have considered that and have it in our files . I do not want to interrupt you . General ...
... drainage basin in Virginia , West Vir- ginia , Pennsylvania , and Maryland pursuant to the Flood Control Act of June 22 , 1936 . The CHAIRMAN . We have considered that and have it in our files . I do not want to interrupt you . General ...
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... drainage areas covering the local Wabash . You have got a total drainage area of something like 10,000 square miles . Is that true ? STATEMENT OF COL . E. G. HERB , ASSISTANT DIRECTOR , CIVIL WORKS DIVISION , OFFICE , CHIEF OF ENGINEERS ...
... drainage areas covering the local Wabash . You have got a total drainage area of something like 10,000 square miles . Is that true ? STATEMENT OF COL . E. G. HERB , ASSISTANT DIRECTOR , CIVIL WORKS DIVISION , OFFICE , CHIEF OF ENGINEERS ...
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Page 664 - 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 698 - That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission...
Page 542 - State in which such national forest is situated, to be expended as the state legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which such national forest is situated...
Page 28 - 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 175 - ... if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected.
Page 175 - June 22, 1936, and to supplement the preliminary examinations and surveys which the Secretary of War has heretofore been authorized and directed to make of waterways with a view to the control of their floods, the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made for run-off and water-flow retardation and soilerosion prevention on the watersheds of said waterways, the costs thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore...
Page 49 - That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the...
Page 52 - 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 169 - ... to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, in drainage areas of the United States and its territorial possessions...
Page 692 - States (as defined in paragraph (a) of this section) , and to the Secretary of War, be subject to the same provisions regarding investigations, plans, proposals, and reports as prescribed in paragraph (a) of this section for the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War.