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... depth : by retain- ing in huge reservoirs the surplus of high stages , and letting it out in low ones , and by ... depth for navi- gation is frequently but 12 inches . Whatever improvement may be made here it is manifestly impossible to ...
... depth : by retain- ing in huge reservoirs the surplus of high stages , and letting it out in low ones , and by ... depth for navi- gation is frequently but 12 inches . Whatever improvement may be made here it is manifestly impossible to ...
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... depth on several gravel bars at low water was only 5 feet . To navigate this portion of the river it was , therefore , necessary to await the spring freshets , and the large class of ships could not get up at all . After several of the ...
... depth on several gravel bars at low water was only 5 feet . To navigate this portion of the river it was , therefore , necessary to await the spring freshets , and the large class of ships could not get up at all . After several of the ...
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... depth of water is not great ; but if the depth exceeds 6 feet , it becomes very difficult , and is often deceptive . " The trestles , even if they are perfectly lowered , remain entirely uncovered ; they and their chains may be struck ...
... depth of water is not great ; but if the depth exceeds 6 feet , it becomes very difficult , and is often deceptive . " The trestles , even if they are perfectly lowered , remain entirely uncovered ; they and their chains may be struck ...
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... depth of water . When the overflow attains a depth that ought not to be exceeded on account of the lowness of the banks , or the existence of bridges and mills above , the weir - wickets are partly lowered by making use of the notched ...
... depth of water . When the overflow attains a depth that ought not to be exceeded on account of the lowness of the banks , or the existence of bridges and mills above , the weir - wickets are partly lowered by making use of the notched ...
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... depth was occasionally exceeded . The first thing is to construct the main body of masonry , which con- tains a cavity 7 feet wide , with a cross - section composed of a quadrant adjoining a rectangle , and extending from one end of the ...
... depth was occasionally exceeded . The first thing is to construct the main body of masonry , which con- tains a cavity 7 feet wide , with a cross - section composed of a quadrant adjoining a rectangle , and extending from one end of the ...
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account of moneys acknowledge the receipt act approved agency amount of taxes assay August 13 average Boston Boutwell bullion Cañon cent certificate of deposit claims clerks contract County Creek day deposited December depth district drift due the Government E. C. BANFIELD east executor expenses F. E. SPINNER galena gate gold gravel herewith inches inclose Indian James January John D judicial appropriation act July July 14 June June 30 L. R. TUTTLE ledge legacy and succession lode miles mill miners moneys received Mountain October October 30 Office opened ounces pounds quartz Railroad Company received and paid respectfully rich RICHARDSON River Sanborn Secretary Secretary of War Sept shaft silver smelting Special Agent John street tons Total TREASURY DEPARTMENT trestles tunnel United States Attorney vein Washington weir wickets width William yield York City
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Page 10 - Whereas the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 10 - ... that this war is not prosecuted upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired ; that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 10 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired...
Page 10 - In testimony, whereof I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Page 10 - States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida (except the inhabitants of that part of the State of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany Mountains...
Page 3 - The President may, at any time, order a survey of the reservation, and, when so surveyed, Congress shall provide for protecting the rights of said settlers in their improvements, and may fix the character of the title held by each. The United States may pass such laws on the subject of alienation and descent of property between the Indians and their descendants as may be thought proper.
Page 11 - ... people who have revolted and who have been overcome and subdued must either be dealt with so as to induce them voluntarily to become friends or else they must be held by absolute military power or devastated so as to prevent them from ever again doing harm as enemies, which last-named policy is abhorrent to humanity and to freedom; and Whereas the President did in the...
Page 3 - ... been recorded, shall be delivered to the party entitled to it, by the agent, after the same shall have been recorded by him in a book to be kept in his office, subject to inspection, which said book shall be known as the "Sioux Land Book.
Page 7 - That the writ of habeas corpus is suspended in respect to all persons arrested, or who are now, or hereafter during the Rebellion shall be, imprisoned in any fort, camp, arsenal, military prison, or other place of confinement, by any military authority, or by the sentence of any court-martial or military commission.
Page 10 - That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the Southern States now in revolt against the constitutional Government and in arms around the capital; that in this national emergency Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged...