Annual Report of the Secretary of War

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1871

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Page 392 - Leavenworth, on the Missouri; Rock Island, on the Upper Mississippi: Louisville, on the Ohio; Florence, on the Tennessee; Jacksonport, on the White River; Little Rock, on the Arkansas, and Alexandria, on the Red River, and at such other places as the Secretary of War may deem advisable.
Page 427 - That any bridge constructed under this 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...
Page 455 - ... and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until the said...
Page 51 - ... to dredge a channel 200 feet wide and 12 feet deep at mean low water.
Page 469 - SIR: in compliance with your instructions, I have the honor to submit the following report of the...
Page 17 - P. Craighill, Corps of Engineers. — This work forms the inner line of defense of the channel of approach by water to Alexandria, Washington, and Georgetown.
Page 455 - ... 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 a full and satisfactory understanding of...
Page 455 - That the right to alter or amend this act, so as to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the future construction of bridges, is hereby expressly reserved...
Page 751 - That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for former years, and for other purposes, namely : *********** MISCELLANEOUS.
Page 524 - Very respectfully, your obedient servant, AA HUMPHREYS, Brigadier General and Chief of Engineers. Hon. WW BELKNAP, /Secretary of War.

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