Rivers and Harbors: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 6732, an Act Authorizing the Construction, Repair and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for Other Purposes, April 22 to June 4, 1935U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935 - 555 pages |
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... Canal, Vt 27 Connecticut River above Hartford, Conn 511 Connecticut River at East Hartford, Conn 20 Coos Bay, Oreg 25 Erie Canal, N. Y 115,319-445,551 Statement by Chief of Engineers 542 Fivemile River Harbor, Conn 18 Port Everglades ...
... Canal, Vt 27 Connecticut River above Hartford, Conn 511 Connecticut River at East Hartford, Conn 20 Coos Bay, Oreg 25 Erie Canal, N. Y 115,319-445,551 Statement by Chief of Engineers 542 Fivemile River Harbor, Conn 18 Port Everglades ...
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... Erie and Ohio River Canal Board .. Fletcher , W. , Association of American Railroads _-- Forsberg , R. P. , Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railway Co-- Fort , J. Carter , Solicitor , Association of American Railways ---- . Gavin , L. G. ...
... Erie and Ohio River Canal Board .. Fletcher , W. , Association of American Railroads _-- Forsberg , R. P. , Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railway Co-- Fort , J. Carter , Solicitor , Association of American Railways ---- . Gavin , L. G. ...
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... Canal , Vt____ Connecticut River above Hartford , Conn- . Connecticut River at East Hartford , Conn_ . Coos Bay , Oreg- Erie Canal , N. Y Statement by Chief of Engineers . Fivemile River Harbor , Conn- Port Everglades , Fla___ . Fort ...
... Canal , Vt____ Connecticut River above Hartford , Conn- . Connecticut River at East Hartford , Conn_ . Coos Bay , Oreg- Erie Canal , N. Y Statement by Chief of Engineers . Fivemile River Harbor , Conn- Port Everglades , Fla___ . Fort ...
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... Erie Canal project , appearing on line 9 , page 4 , of this bill as " Great Lakes- Hudson River Waterway . " Major ... canals or for the elevation of bridges in connection therewith shall proceed without authoriza- tion of Congress is ...
... Erie Canal project , appearing on line 9 , page 4 , of this bill as " Great Lakes- Hudson River Waterway . " Major ... canals or for the elevation of bridges in connection therewith shall proceed without authoriza- tion of Congress is ...
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... Erie Canal before this section was written , and it was made very plain at the time that the purpose of the Congress was to keep control of this project , it seems to me , pending further action by Congress . Major SOMERVELL . Well ...
... Erie Canal before this section was written , and it was made very plain at the time that the purpose of the Congress was to keep control of this project , it seems to me , pending further action by Congress . Major SOMERVELL . Well ...
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Page 158 - ... and if, in the Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amend-ment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 552 - Parties may adopt rules and regulations governing the use of such canals within its own territory and may charge tolls for the use thereof, but all such rules and regulations and all tolls charged shall apply alike to the subjects or citizens of the High Contracting Parties and the ships, vessels, and boats of both of the High Contracting Parties, and they shall be placed on terms of equality in the use thereof.
Page 125 - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Page 264 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic...
Page 158 - The Legislature shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Erie canal, the Oswego canal, the Champlain canal, the Cayuga and Seneca canal, or the Black River canal; but they shall remain the property of the State and under its management forever.
Page 552 - The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty.
Page 1 - That the following works of improvement of rivers, harbors,and other waterways are hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 496 - ... it must be taken, under the cases cited, and upon principle, not only that the company, when exerting the power conferred upon it by the state, did so with knowledge of the paramount authority of Congress to regulate commerce among the states, but that it erected the bridge subject to the possibility that Congress might, at some future time, when the public interest demanded, exert its power by appropriate legislation to protect navigation against unreasonable obstructions.
Page 552 - Majesty and to the citizens of the United States, subject to any laws and regulations of either country within its own territory, not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation.
Page 158 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the general assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon...