Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, Volumen1,Parte1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951
Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .
 

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Página 8 - Hereafter, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to prescribe regulations for the use of storage allocated for flood control or navigation...
Página 6 - ... if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected.
Página 808 - Act includes authorization for modification of the original plan as may be advisable from time to time in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers for the purpose of increasing the development of hydroelectric power.
Página 7 - Electric power and energy generated at reservoir projects under the control of the War Department and in the opinion of the Secretary of War not required in the operation of such projects...
Página 311 - ... channels in navigable streams and tributaries thereof when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of flood control: Provided, That not more than $25,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.
Página 507 - That the sum of $25,000,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Página 116 - Improvement measures during the useful life thereof as may be required to serve their intended purpose ; ( 6 ) hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages that may arise before, during, or after prosecution of the work...
Página 100 - Hartford and additional dikes, training walls, and revetments, subject to the provision that local interests shall furnish, free of cost to the United States, suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material during initial construction and for future maintenance as and when needed.
Página 595 - State will hold and save the United States free from damage due to the construction works; maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army; and...
Página 467 - June 22, 1936, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable : Provided, That not more than $100,000 shall be allotted for this purpose at any single locality from the appropriations for any one fiscal year...

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