Flood Control: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventieth Congress, First Session, Relative to Flood Control of the Mississippi River. January 23 to February 24, 1928. Printed for Use of the Committee on CommerceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1928 - 693 psl. |
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... fact that the people of the United States to - day are not only paying excessive Federal taxes , more than seems to be necessary , but in every State in this Union , to meet modern conditions , the people are burdened to the highest ...
... fact that the people of the United States to - day are not only paying excessive Federal taxes , more than seems to be necessary , but in every State in this Union , to meet modern conditions , the people are burdened to the highest ...
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... fact that it has been necessary to raise the levee at New Orleans from 3 feet , as it was in 1794 , to 18 feet , as ... facts do , that this recur- ring calamity is a great drain on the Nation's productivity and a great drain on the ...
... fact that it has been necessary to raise the levee at New Orleans from 3 feet , as it was in 1794 , to 18 feet , as ... facts do , that this recur- ring calamity is a great drain on the Nation's productivity and a great drain on the ...
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... fact that our people may derive an incidental advantage , after all these years of struggle and after all these years of expense , should not militate against the Government's performing this national duty at its sole expense . The end ...
... fact that our people may derive an incidental advantage , after all these years of struggle and after all these years of expense , should not militate against the Government's performing this national duty at its sole expense . The end ...
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... fact that our burden has been aggravated by man's acts in the 31 States , bearing ever in mind our large contributions and large sacrifices in the past . The CHAIRMAN . Let me see if I clearly understand your position . My understanding ...
... fact that our burden has been aggravated by man's acts in the 31 States , bearing ever in mind our large contributions and large sacrifices in the past . The CHAIRMAN . Let me see if I clearly understand your position . My understanding ...
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... fact is that we have incurred heavy debt in trying to accomplish those better things , to give our people a better education , to make our place a better habitation . That is particularly true in the city of New Orleans . In the last ...
... fact is that we have incurred heavy debt in trying to accomplish those better things , to give our people a better education , to make our place a better habitation . That is particularly true in the city of New Orleans . In the last ...
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510 psl. - It shall be the duty of said commission to take into consideration and mature such plan or plans and estimates as will correct, permanently locate, and deepen the channel and protect the banks of the Mississippi River ; improve and give safety and ease to the navigation thereof; prevent destructive floods; promote and facilitate commerce, trade, and the postal service...
11 psl. - ... exempt from the payment of all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under state, municipal, or local authority...
1 psl. - If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
6 psl. - Two of the members in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the Board.
6 psl. - Act of 1923,' fix the salaries of such experts, assistants, officers, and employees; and (3) make such expenditures (including expenditures for rent and personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, for law books, periodicals, and books of reference, and for printing and binding...
6 psl. - The board— (1) shall maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia, and such other offices in the United States as in its judgment are necessary. (2) shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed. (3) shall make an annual report to Congress upon the administration of this Act and any other matter relating to the better effectuation of the policy declared in section 1, including recommendations for legislation.
3 psl. - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following work of improvement is hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
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