Merrimack River Valley and Connecticut River Valley Interstate Flood Control Compacts: Hearings... on H.J. Res. 482, H. J. Res. 435, Etc...1937 - 168 pages |
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... language " should contribute in considera-- tion for the benefits to be received by such agencies . " Then there is this further proviso in section 3 : And provided further , That whenever not less than 75 per centum of the benefits as ...
... language " should contribute in considera-- tion for the benefits to be received by such agencies . " Then there is this further proviso in section 3 : And provided further , That whenever not less than 75 per centum of the benefits as ...
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... language : No such compact or agreement shall become effective without the further consent or ratification of Congress , except a compact or agreement which pro- vides that all money to be expended pursuant thereto and all work to be ...
... language : No such compact or agreement shall become effective without the further consent or ratification of Congress , except a compact or agreement which pro- vides that all money to be expended pursuant thereto and all work to be ...
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... language in the Flood Control Act , or any reasonable inference or implication to be drawn from any language in that act , undertaking expressly to reserve to the States the title to the land , the potential power in these projects ...
... language in the Flood Control Act , or any reasonable inference or implication to be drawn from any language in that act , undertaking expressly to reserve to the States the title to the land , the potential power in these projects ...
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... language that is to be found in the act , showing the intent and pur- pose underlying the whole act of 1936 . The CHAIRMAN . Fourth , it is your view that under section 4 of the Flood Control Act the only compact that is necessary for a ...
... language that is to be found in the act , showing the intent and pur- pose underlying the whole act of 1936 . The CHAIRMAN . Fourth , it is your view that under section 4 of the Flood Control Act the only compact that is necessary for a ...
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... language with respect to title to rights - of - way under the Mississippi Flood Control Act . In call- ing attention to those statutes , I think it is also fair to say that the present or instant case is the first one that has arisen ...
... language with respect to title to rights - of - way under the Mississippi Flood Control Act . In call- ing attention to those statutes , I think it is also fair to say that the present or instant case is the first one that has arisen ...
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acquire advance consent amendment approved ARTICLE attorney authorized benefits built Casey resolution CHAIRMAN Chief of Engineers committee Commonwealth of Massachusetts compact or agreement Connecticut River Valley connection construction contribution controlling a drainage DALY damages DEMPSEY Department DEVER drainage area easements and rights electric England Federal Government Federal Power Act Federal Power Commission FENTON FERGUSON Flood Control Act flood-control dams flood-control projects flood-control purposes funds Governor Hampshire hereby hereinafter House Joint Resolution interests interstate compact JACOBSON Joint Resolution 482 language legislatures levees located maintenance McNINCH ment Merrimack River Valley navigable streams necessary operation opinion percent power companies power dam power development power storage provide for flood question relocated representatives reservation reservoir or reservoirs respect rights-of-way SECREST Secretary Secretary of War Senate signatory Stamford statement thereto tion TOBEY tributaries United Vermont VOORHIS War Department water conservation
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Page 58 - 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...
Page 3 - The port authority shall have such additional powers and duties as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to time by the action of the legislature of either State concurred in by the legislature of the other.
Page 16 - Congress that flood control on navigable waters or their tributaries is a proper activity of the Federal Government in cooperation with States, their political subdivisions, and localities thereof...
Page 145 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to...
Page 40 - Local Interests are required to provide without cost to the United States all rights-of-way for levee foundations and levees on the main stem of the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Mo., and the Head of Passes, except for maintenance setbacks.
Page 70 - United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 20 - States, and their tributaries, whereon power development appears feasible and practicable, with a view to the formulation of general plans for the most effective improvement of such streams for the purposes of navigation and the prosecution of such improvement in combination with the most efficient development of the potential water power, the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation...
Page 22 - It is hereby recognized that destructive floods upon the rivers of the United States, upsetting orderly processes and causing loss of life and property, including the erosion of lands, and impairing and obstructing navigation, highways, railroads, and other channels of commerce between the States, constitute a menace to national welfare...
Page 2 - A majority of the members from each State shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any powers, or the performance of any duties, but no action of the Commission shall be binding unless at least two of the members from each State shall vote in favor thereof.
Page 23 - Federal investigations of watersheds and measures for runoff and waterflow retardation and soil erosion prevention on watersheds shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the Department of Agriculture under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress...