St.Lawrence Seaway ... Hearings ... on H.J. Res. 1041953 - 539 pages |
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... figures and on the basis of an overall engineering check , applicable where water facilities are greatly improved ( which proceeded from a minimum computation base of 30 million tons and on an annual increment factor of 5 percent for ...
... figures and on the basis of an overall engineering check , applicable where water facilities are greatly improved ( which proceeded from a minimum computation base of 30 million tons and on an annual increment factor of 5 percent for ...
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... figures have been presented to you ladies and gentlemen , I am sure , before this , so that you know what the facts of life are with respect to the pending deficits on the basis of figures as they are projected . At the present time it ...
... figures have been presented to you ladies and gentlemen , I am sure , before this , so that you know what the facts of life are with respect to the pending deficits on the basis of figures as they are projected . At the present time it ...
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... figure you suggested . I am rather shocked to hear that statement mentioned because it has not been brought to my ... figures , of course , from the Army engineers . Is that true ? Mr. WILLIAMS . Yes . Mr. MCGREGOR . That is the same ...
... figure you suggested . I am rather shocked to hear that statement mentioned because it has not been brought to my ... figures , of course , from the Army engineers . Is that true ? Mr. WILLIAMS . Yes . Mr. MCGREGOR . That is the same ...
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... figures . Mr. McGREGOR . I hope you are right , but I wonder if your subcom- mittee read the report of the Appropriations Committee last year or 2 years ago ? Mr. WILLIAMS . We read a lot of information that came before the committee ...
... figures . Mr. McGREGOR . I hope you are right , but I wonder if your subcom- mittee read the report of the Appropriations Committee last year or 2 years ago ? Mr. WILLIAMS . We read a lot of information that came before the committee ...
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... figures of costs from the Army engineers . Could you give us that figure ? Mr. WILLIAMS . $ 88 million . Then carrying charges of another $ 8 million , making a total cost of $ 96 million . Mr. FALLON . That is our complete ...
... figures of costs from the Army engineers . Could you give us that figure ? Mr. WILLIAMS . $ 88 million . Then carrying charges of another $ 8 million , making a total cost of $ 96 million . Mr. FALLON . That is our complete ...
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Page iv - ... continue free and open for the purposes of commerce to the inhabitants and to the ships, vessels, and boats of both countries equally, subject, however, to any laws and regulations of either country, within its own territory, not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation and applying equally and without discrimination to the inhabitants, ships, vessels, and boats of both countries.
Page 174 - It is further agreed that so long as this treaty shall remain in force, this same right of navigation shall extend to the waters of Lake Michigan and to all canals connecting boundary waters, and now existing or which may hereafter be constructed on either side of the line. Either of the High Contracting 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...
Page xviii - ... to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than three of whom shall be members of one political party ; and a majority, of whom shall be a quorum.
Page 148 - The navigation of the river St. Lawrence, ascending and descending, from the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude, where it ceases to form the boundary between the two countries, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and open for the purposes of commerce to the citizens of the United States...
Page viii - The Department has been informed by the Bureau of the Budget that there is no objection to the submission of this report. Sincerely yours, THRUSTON B. MORTON, Assistant Secretary (For the Secretary of State) . 40102—54 2 OCTOBBB 12, 1953.
Page xviii - Secretary), who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for the heads of executive departments.
Page 358 - Such bonds shall be fully and unconditionally guaranteed both as to interest and principal by the United States...
Page xxiii - Insolvent, or decedents' estates; to determine the character of and the necessity for Its obligations and expenditures, and the manner In which they shall be incurred, allowed, and paid...
Page ii - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, 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 iv - ... and other governmental works for the benefit of commerce and navigation, provided that such works are wholly on its own side of the line and do not materially affect the level or flow of the boundary waters on the other, nor are such provisions intended to interfere with the ordinary use of such waters for domestic and sanitary purposes.