Flood Control in the Lower Mississippi Valley: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3531, a Bill to Amend the Act Entitled "An Act for the Control of Floods on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries and for Other Purposes", Approved May 15, 1928, January 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1936 |
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... Commission Dis- tricts , Memphis , Tennessee . The Chief of Engineers shall have the right to alter , change , or modify said plan as to the grades and levee sections : Provided , however , That no work shall be commenced on the above ...
... Commission Dis- tricts , Memphis , Tennessee . The Chief of Engineers shall have the right to alter , change , or modify said plan as to the grades and levee sections : Provided , however , That no work shall be commenced on the above ...
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... commissions , or other agencies , for the purchase price thereof at prices pre- viously agreed upon between the Secretary of War and the governing authority of such agencies . SEC . 13. That $ 275,000,000 is hereby authorized to be ...
... commissions , or other agencies , for the purchase price thereof at prices pre- viously agreed upon between the Secretary of War and the governing authority of such agencies . SEC . 13. That $ 275,000,000 is hereby authorized to be ...
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... Commission , recommending modifications of the project , is appended . 21. Modifications of the project recommended by the Commission have received my careful consideration , and have my general concurrence . These modifica- tions are ...
... Commission , recommending modifications of the project , is appended . 21. Modifications of the project recommended by the Commission have received my careful consideration , and have my general concurrence . These modifica- tions are ...
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... Commission's estimated cost of the works suggested , and of the completion of the parts of the existing project not affected by the proposed modifications , is $ 313,000,000 , the funds to be expended over a period of 6 years . MIDDLE ...
... Commission's estimated cost of the works suggested , and of the completion of the parts of the existing project not affected by the proposed modifications , is $ 313,000,000 , the funds to be expended over a period of 6 years . MIDDLE ...
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... Commission that the plan proposed is the best yet devised to afford protection to the maximum area in the middle section of the river , provided that the proposed back protection levee extending from the head of the floodway to the ...
... Commission that the plan proposed is the best yet devised to afford protection to the maximum area in the middle section of the river , provided that the proposed back protection levee extending from the head of the floodway to the ...
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