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... levees on both sides of Old River , extending about thirty - six miles , and had sown large bodies of the same in grain ; and that for the purpose of perfecting and protecting his system of levees he had , at great expense , closed the ...
... levees on both sides of Old River , extending about thirty - six miles , and had sown large bodies of the same in grain ; and that for the purpose of perfecting and protecting his system of levees he had , at great expense , closed the ...
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... levees at or near them , and thus destroy the levees in that vicinity . The importance of the removal of these bars will be more fully understood when it is stated that a bar projecting four feet above the bottom of the river , with a ...
... levees at or near them , and thus destroy the levees in that vicinity . The importance of the removal of these bars will be more fully understood when it is stated that a bar projecting four feet above the bottom of the river , with a ...
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... levee and reclamation questions should have been considered two years ago in order to have been prepared for the floods which are now visiting us , and now is the time to consider the irrigation question . Of the very many efforts which ...
... levee and reclamation questions should have been considered two years ago in order to have been prepared for the floods which are now visiting us , and now is the time to consider the irrigation question . Of the very many efforts which ...
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... levees for the purpose of protecting themselves against the encroachments of the debris , but every season those levees broke , and more or less land continues to be covered over . At least fifty thousand acres are liable to be injured ...
... levees for the purpose of protecting themselves against the encroachments of the debris , but every season those levees broke , and more or less land continues to be covered over . At least fifty thousand acres are liable to be injured ...
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... levee . Q - Well , how was the general tendency of the filling - was it more rapidly of late years ? A. - It has been of late years , yes , sir ; and every heavy winter it would fill more . Probably it won't fill so much next summer ...
... levee . Q - Well , how was the general tendency of the filling - was it more rapidly of late years ? A. - It has been of late years , yes , sir ; and every heavy winter it would fill more . Probably it won't fill so much next summer ...
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A.-Well amount assessed August average Bear River bill Board bottom lands building California carried cents channel Commission committee cost County Crystal Springs Crystal Springs reservoir debris December deposit discharged District dollars an acre dred eight eighteen hundred examination expense Feather River fees feet Female number filled five hundred flood furnished Governor William Irwin Grand larceny gravel harbor hospital hundred and fifty hundred and seventy-seven hydraulic mines institution interest irrigation January July labor Ladies Legislature levees March Marysville miles million Napa Nevada County October one-half opinion Orphan Asylum paid patients portion Pound Prison purchase received Relief Society reservoir respectfully Sacramento River San Francisco San Joaquin San Pablo Bay sand sediment Senate September shoaling Stockton streams Street Suisun Bay thirty thousand dollars three hundred Tide Land tion Total twenty twenty-five Valley wash Yard Yuba River
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Page 85 - ... the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page 15 - SEC. 3. The Legislature shall provide for a system of Common Schools, by which a school shall be kept up and supported in each district at least three months in every year : and any school district neglecting to keep up and support such a school, may be deprived of its proportion of the interest of the public fund during such neglect.