Hearings..before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors... |
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... levees and levees to keep the basin water away from the land were built . The islands of the delta region of the rivers were thus surrounded by levees . The custom has thus become an established one to permit this procedure , although ...
... levees and levees to keep the basin water away from the land were built . The islands of the delta region of the rivers were thus surrounded by levees . The custom has thus become an established one to permit this procedure , although ...
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... levees on the adopted more easterly location . But on the eastern location the levees wou'd have a less average height ; there would be 4 or 5 feet less depth of water standing against them at highest stages and the aggregate length of ...
... levees on the adopted more easterly location . But on the eastern location the levees wou'd have a less average height ; there would be 4 or 5 feet less depth of water standing against them at highest stages and the aggregate length of ...
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... levees has caused scouring to take place , and due to the cessation of hydraulic mining , less material is supplied from above . These causes make for a betterment of conditions , as also the taking of material out of the river channel ...
... levees has caused scouring to take place , and due to the cessation of hydraulic mining , less material is supplied from above . These causes make for a betterment of conditions , as also the taking of material out of the river channel ...
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... levees washed away , we have a reasonably good channel . Every time we have had a serious break there has been a ... levee work here are we asking of Congress one cent . The only money we are asking from Congress is for the purpose ...
... levees washed away , we have a reasonably good channel . Every time we have had a serious break there has been a ... levee work here are we asking of Congress one cent . The only money we are asking from Congress is for the purpose ...
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... levee of the Sacramenta River below Sacramento City will precititate the flood across the lower end of Sacramento County into the San Joaquin River and cause injury and flood on that river up to and including the city of Stockton . The ...
... levee of the Sacramenta River below Sacramento City will precititate the flood across the lower end of Sacramento County into the San Joaquin River and cause injury and flood on that river up to and including the city of Stockton . The ...
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Página 60 - ... no laborer, workman or mechanic in the employ of the contractor, subcontractor or other person doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be permitted or required to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day except in cases of extraordinary emergency caused by fire, flood or danger to life or property.
Página 61 - ... instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the board of directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.
Página 61 - Commonalty, or their certain attorney, successors, or assigns ; for which payment, well and truly to be made, we, and each of us, do bind ourselves, and each of our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Página 4 - That where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that the establishment of harbor lines is essential to the preservation and protection of harbors he may, and is hereby, authorized to cause such lines to be established, beyond which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall be extended or deposits made, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by him...
Página 3 - War in pursuance of the provisions of the said section eleven, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person), not exceeding one year, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court.
Página 61 - On this day of , 19 — , before me personally came , to me known and known to me to be the commissioner of street cleaning of the city of New York, the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such commissioner of street cleaning for the purposes therein mentioned.
Página 6 - ... regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.
Página 3 - There may be a question in the minds of some of the members of the committee as to why the Housing Agency is here supporting this particular request.
Página 60 - ... or by or on account of any act or omission of the said contractor or his agents...
Página 58 - Engineer ; he shall not assign, transfer, convey, sublet or otherwise dispose of this contract, or his right, title or interest in or to the same or any part thereof, without the previous consent in writing of the...