River Regulation, Flood Control, and Water Conservation and Utilization: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Sixty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 14777, an Act to Provide for the Control of Floods of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River, California, and for Other Purposes, and S. 5736, a Bill to Promote Interstate Commerce, Agriculture, and the General Welfare by Providing for the Development and Control of Waterways and Water Resources, for Water Conservation, for Flood Control, Prevention, and Protection; for the Application of Flood Waters to Beneficial Uses; and for Cooperation in Such Work with States and Other Agencies, and for Other Purposes, Together with Hearings, Reports, and Documents of Preceding Congresses .... Dec. 19-22, 1916U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 430 pagini |
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Pagina 427 - Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine; Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode...
Pagina 83 - Be it further resolved that the Secretary be instructed to send a copy of this resolution to the President of the United States.
Pagina 64 - reclamation fund," to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands in the said States and Territories...
Pagina 71 - We declare our firm conviction that this conservation of our natural resources is a subject of transcendent importance which should engage unremittingly the attention of the nation, the States, and the people in earnest cooperation.
Pagina 255 - An Act to provide for the control of the floods of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes...
Pagina 181 - That a Council of National Defense is hereby established for the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare, to consist of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor.
Pagina 181 - Commission, consisting of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and two members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, and two members of the House of Representatives, to be selected by the Speaker...
Pagina 115 - ... 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...
Pagina 49 - Agriculture is hereby authorized, and on such conditions as he deems wise, to stipulate and agree with any State or group of States to cooperate in the organization and maintenance of a system of fire protection on any private or State forest lands within such State or States and situated upon the watershed of a navigable river...
Pagina 80 - Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.
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| Titlu | River Regulation, Flood Control, and Water Conservation and Utilization: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Sixty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 14777, an Act to Provide for the Control of Floods of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento River ... |
| Autor | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce |
| Editor | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 |
| Exemplar original de la | Biblioteca Congresului SUA |
| Scanată la | 8 aug. 2006 |
| Lungime | 430 pagini |
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