Lake Michigan Water Diversion: Hearings, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1, February 17-March 3, 1959

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 310 páginas
Committee Serial No. 86-2. Considers H.R. 1, to authorize the Army Corps of Engineers study of Illinois water diversion project from Lake Michigan to improve Illinois waterway navigation and urban areas' sewage management.

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Página 244 - The state of Washington asserts its ownership to the beds and shores of all navigable waters in the state up to and including the line of ordinary high tide, in waters where the tide ebbs and flows, and up to and including the line of ordinary high water within the banks of all navigable rivers and lakes: Provided, That this section shall not be construed so as to debar any person from asserting his claim to vested rights in the courts of the state.
Página 61 - Mr. Chairman, it is a great pleasure for me to appear before this distinguished Committee today to discuss legislation to create a National Land Use Policy.
Página 241 - ... access to the navigable part of the river from the front of his lot, the right to make a landing, wharf or pier for his own use or for the use of the public, subject to such general rules and regulations as the legislature may see proper to impose for the protection of the rights of the public, whatever those may be.
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