Regional Conservation and Development of the National Resources: Hearings Before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, Seventy-fifth Congress, First[-third] Session, on H.R. 7365 and H.R. 7863, Bills to Provide for the Regional Conservation and Development of the National Resources and for Other Purposes, Volumes 2-4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937 |
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... tion , or hereafter constructed by or on behalf of the United States . The Presid is further authorized and directed , whenever in his judgment the national pu interest or the interests of economy or efficiency will be served thereby ...
... tion , or hereafter constructed by or on behalf of the United States . The Presid is further authorized and directed , whenever in his judgment the national pu interest or the interests of economy or efficiency will be served thereby ...
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... tion of the cause that the complainants were not entitled to permanent inj tive relief against any or all of the acts or conduct enjoined by such tempo or permanent injunction or injunctions ; ( 2 ) That a hearing to assess such loss ...
... tion of the cause that the complainants were not entitled to permanent inj tive relief against any or all of the acts or conduct enjoined by such tempo or permanent injunction or injunctions ; ( 2 ) That a hearing to assess such loss ...
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... tion to the committee of such report on this bill as would not be incon- ith the President's message of June 3 , 1937 , on flood prevention and emergencies ( H. Doc . No. 261 , 75th Cong . ) . " ncerely , HARRY L. BROWN , Acting ...
... tion to the committee of such report on this bill as would not be incon- ith the President's message of June 3 , 1937 , on flood prevention and emergencies ( H. Doc . No. 261 , 75th Cong . ) . " ncerely , HARRY L. BROWN , Acting ...
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... tion authorities of a large part of the work of the Department of Agricultur Let me be specific . The Department of Agriculture is now administer programs for the retirement of submarginal land from cultivation , for soil servation ...
... tion authorities of a large part of the work of the Department of Agricultur Let me be specific . The Department of Agriculture is now administer programs for the retirement of submarginal land from cultivation , for soil servation ...
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... tion 13 ( a ) proposes to authorize the employment of attorneys to carry our n functions of the authorities , and subsection 2 of section 4 would grant the power to bring and defend suits . As it has been the policy that the ney General ...
... tion 13 ( a ) proposes to authorize the employment of attorneys to carry our n functions of the authorities , and subsection 2 of section 4 would grant the power to bring and defend suits . As it has been the policy that the ney General ...
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Page 110 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.
Page 115 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 12 - Such action shall be brought in the district court of the United States for the judicial district in which the plaintiff resides, or has his principal place of business, or, if he does not reside or have his principal place of business within any such judicial district, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Page 672 - ... the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder, and the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall proceed in conformity with such laws, and nothing herein shall in any way affect any right of any State or of the Federal Government or of any landowner, appropriator, or user of water in, to, or from any interstate stream or the waters thereof.
Page 108 - Rate schedules shall be drawn having regard to the recovery (upon the basis of the application of such rate schedules to the capacity of the electric facilities of Bonneville project) of the cost of producing and transmitting such electric energy, including the amortization of the capital investment over a reasonable period of years.
Page 688 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the. public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.
Page 24 - Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway...
Page 23 - In issuing preliminary permits hereunder or licenses where no preliminary permit has been issued and in issuing licenses to new licensees under section 15 hereof the Commission shall give preference to applications therefor by States and municipalities, provided the plans for the same are deemed by the Commission equally well adapted, or shall within a reasonable time to be fixed by the Commission be made equally well adapted, to conserve and utilize in the public interest the water resources of...
Page 24 - Whenever, in the judgment of the Commission, the development of any water resources for public purposes should be undertaken by the United States itself, the Commission shall not approve any application for any project affecting such development...
Page 112 - No temporary restraining order or temporary injunction shall be issued except on condition that complainant shall first file an undertaking with adequate security in an amount to be fixed by the court sufficient to recompense those enjoined for any loss, expense, or damage caused by the improvident or erroneous issuance of such order or injunction, including all reasonable costs (together with a reasonable attorney's fee...