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Page 2027 - The location and plans for such bridges shall be approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army before construction is commenced...
Page 2026 - This policy is further declared to be that the projects herein provided for shall be considered primarily as for the benefit of the people of the section as a whole and particularly the domestic and rural consumers to whom the power can economically be made available...
Page 1917 - That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the...
Page 1850 - County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of the original Resolution No.
Page 1532 - California, hereby certify the above and foregoing to be a full, true and correct copy of a Resolution adopted by said Board of Supervisors on the 10th day of March, 1981.
Page 2029 - Now, of course, the Federal Government must shoulder its own partnership obligations by undertaking projects of such complexity and size that their success requires Federal development. In keeping with this principle, I again urge the Congress to approve the development of the Upper Colorado River Basin to conserve and assure better use of precious water essential to the future of the West.
Page 1511 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Congress of the United States is hereby urgently requested...
Page 1870 - 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 1943 - The Houston Ship Channel, Tex., is one of the most important major deepchannel ports in the United States for the loading of petroleum in bulk in deepdraft tankers. Petroleum commerce now exceeds 29,000,000 tons per annum.
Page 1921 - US SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC The subcommittee met at 10 am, pursuant to recess, in room 1114, New Senate Office Building, Hon.