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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... respect to floods , was adopted and enacted into law , I mean by the act of May 15 , 1928 . Among other important provisions , that act contemplated the creation of a floodway with outlet in southeast Arkansas and pass- ing through ...
... respect to floods , was adopted and enacted into law , I mean by the act of May 15 , 1928 . Among other important provisions , that act contemplated the creation of a floodway with outlet in southeast Arkansas and pass- ing through ...
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... respect to the area referred to in section 5 , the backwater area , contemplates a use of the lands within that area as a reservoir in time of high floods on the Mississippi and some of its tributaries . If , as has been suggested , the ...
... respect to the area referred to in section 5 , the backwater area , contemplates a use of the lands within that area as a reservoir in time of high floods on the Mississippi and some of its tributaries . If , as has been suggested , the ...
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... respect to the original Jadwin plan . Senator SHEPPARD . We shall have the resolution and the report appear in the record , at the close of your remarks . Senator OVERTON . The report is quite lengthy , and I do not know whether it will ...
... respect to the original Jadwin plan . Senator SHEPPARD . We shall have the resolution and the report appear in the record , at the close of your remarks . Senator OVERTON . The report is quite lengthy , and I do not know whether it will ...
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... respect to section 2 of the bill ; none in respect to section 3. I say " none " ; that is , as far as I am presently advised , Mr. Chairman , and none with respect to section 4 . Section 5 relates to what may be designated as the ...
... respect to section 2 of the bill ; none in respect to section 3. I say " none " ; that is , as far as I am presently advised , Mr. Chairman , and none with respect to section 4 . Section 5 relates to what may be designated as the ...
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... respect to the bill , dealt for some time on matters in respect to section 5. There are representative citizens from Arkan- sas who will probably wish to be heard in respect to this section . That , Mr. Chairman , is the only departure ...
... respect to the bill , dealt for some time on matters in respect to section 5. There are representative citizens from Arkan- sas who will probably wish to be heard in respect to this section . That , Mr. Chairman , is the only departure ...
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