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amount appropriation approved August authorized avenue boats brick bridge building built canal Celilo Celilo Falls cents channel Chief of Engineers Columbia River commenced completed concrete construction contract Corps of Engineers cost cubic yards depth District of Columbia dredging east ending June 30 estimated excavation Executive Mansion expense February fiscal year ending foot gravel grounds hereby hundred improvement inches iron jetty June 30 Lake land Lewiston lock low water mahogany March masonry material ment miles Money statement Monument navigation obstructions operations Oreg Oregon Park piers pipe plans plant plates Portland Railroad Company railway Rapids removed repairs reservation reservoir Riparia riprap road rock scows Secretary Secretary of War shaft shoal Snake River stone street submitted survey thousand dollars tion tons Total tunnel United United States Army upholstered vessels Washington Washington Aqueduct Willamette Willamette River Yamhill River
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Page 3914 - Act and according to its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across said bridge.
Page 3881 - ... security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and, to secure that object, the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawings of...
Page 3911 - That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this act shall be built and located under and subject to euch regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe...
Page 3894 - ... direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for...
Page 3905 - ... be a charge against the officer's mileage account, to be deducted at the rate of three cents per mile by the paymaster paying the account...
Page 3618 - Congress to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City of June 29, 1888 (25 Stat.
Page 3838 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments in 1975".
Page 3846 - States, and have been honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, shall be entitled to bear the official title, and, upon occasions of ceremony, to wear the uniform of the highest grade they have held, by brevet or other commissions, in the volunteer service.
Page 3838 - Act, and subject to its limitations, shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation of the same over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge, and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of Proviso.
Page 3841 - That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of railway trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use ; and in case...