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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... objection to the general purpose of the proposed legislation , or to the presentation to the committee of the proposed report thereon , this advice should not be construed as involving a commitment with respect to the relationship to ...
... objection to the general purpose of the proposed legislation , or to the presentation to the committee of the proposed report thereon , this advice should not be construed as involving a commitment with respect to the relationship to ...
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... objection is seen to the passage of the resolution by Congress . The Bureau of the Budget advises that this proposed legislation will not be in conflict with the program of the President . Sincerely yours , HARRY H. WOODRING , Secretary ...
... objection is seen to the passage of the resolution by Congress . The Bureau of the Budget advises that this proposed legislation will not be in conflict with the program of the President . Sincerely yours , HARRY H. WOODRING , Secretary ...
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... objection . It is his contention that in case one or more States are involved only they are authorized to negotiate and make compacts for the allocation of the costs among the States for furnishing rights - of- way , but in those cases ...
... objection . It is his contention that in case one or more States are involved only they are authorized to negotiate and make compacts for the allocation of the costs among the States for furnishing rights - of- way , but in those cases ...
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... objection , Mr. Chairman . The CHAIRMAN . I am invoking the rule in your behalf . Mr. MCNINCH . I thank you . We regard the fundamental defect in , or the main objection to , the compacts as presented for your approval , the fact that ...
... objection , Mr. Chairman . The CHAIRMAN . I am invoking the rule in your behalf . Mr. MCNINCH . I thank you . We regard the fundamental defect in , or the main objection to , the compacts as presented for your approval , the fact that ...
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... objecting to consent being given to these compacts . Now , Mr. Chairman and gentlemen , as to what is the most ex- peditious way out of this situation , if it be assumed , and it is not a rash assumption , that the President of the ...
... objecting to consent being given to these compacts . Now , Mr. Chairman and gentlemen , as to what is the most ex- peditious way out of this situation , if it be assumed , and it is not a rash assumption , that the President of the ...
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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...