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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... easements neces- sary to the construction of levees and drainage ditches constructed under this project : Provided , That the reservoirs for control of headwater flow of the Yazoo River system may be located by the Chief of Engineers ...
... easements neces- sary to the construction of levees and drainage ditches constructed under this project : Provided , That the reservoirs for control of headwater flow of the Yazoo River system may be located by the Chief of Engineers ...
Page 13
... easements , or rights - of - way which are needed in carrying out the project , and provides for the appointment of commissioners to determine the value the award of which , when confirmed by the court , will be final . Not only , Mr ...
... easements , or rights - of - way which are needed in carrying out the project , and provides for the appointment of commissioners to determine the value the award of which , when confirmed by the court , will be final . Not only , Mr ...
Page 26
... easements conveying the privilege of building levees be made as soon as the easements have been acquired in conformity to local custom or legal procedure in such matters and to the satisfaction of the Chief of Engineers . 47. I further ...
... easements conveying the privilege of building levees be made as soon as the easements have been acquired in conformity to local custom or legal procedure in such matters and to the satisfaction of the Chief of Engineers . 47. I further ...
Page 27
... easements necessary to the execution of the project ; and that the project for the flood control of the Yazoo River be not undertaken until the State and / or qualified local agencies have agreed to undertake , without cost to the ...
... easements necessary to the execution of the project ; and that the project for the flood control of the Yazoo River be not undertaken until the State and / or qualified local agencies have agreed to undertake , without cost to the ...
Page 30
... easements which have not yet been purchased or for which funds have not already been deposited with the court . Funds are already on hand to complete this section . 17. Middle section ( Arkansas River to Red River ) .- Because of the ...
... easements which have not yet been purchased or for which funds have not already been deposited with the court . Funds are already on hand to complete this section . 17. Middle section ( Arkansas River to Red River ) .- Because of the ...
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26 reservoirs acres adopted project Arkansas and White Arkansas City Arkansas River assessed value Atchafalaya Basin Atchafalaya River backwater area bill Boeuf Basin Boeuf floodway Chairman Chief of Engineers compensation Congress construction cost crevasse cut-offs Cypress damage discharge drainage easements East Carroll East Carroll Parish estimated Eudora floodway Ferguson Flood Control Act Flood Control Committee flood heights flood waters flow flowage rights fuseplug levee gage Government guide levees hearings highway JACOBS KEMPER Laconia Circle lands levee boards levee district levee grade Louisiana lower Mississippi main river MARKHAM miles Mississippi River Commission Mississippi Valley Morganza floodway outlet overflow Parish percent present property owners proposed question railroad RANSDELL recommended Red River reduce Representative MILLER Representative WHITTINGTON River levee second-feet Senator BILBO Senator OVERTON Senator SHEPPARD spillway stage statement SUMMERLIN superflood Tensas Tensas Parish tion tributaries tupelo United Vicksburg White River Yazoo River