 In which they lie. For this purpose they are the public property of the nation, and subject to all the requisite legislation by congress. This necessarily Includes the power to keep them open and free from any obstruction to their navigation, Interposed...  Hearings Held Before the Committee... - Página 12por United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors - 1914Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Water Power - 1919 - 906 páginas
...free from any obstrucr>ns to their navigation. Interposed by the States or otherwise; to remove ten obstructions when they exist, and to provide, by such sanctions as they WATER POWER. may deem proper, against the occurrence of the evil and for the punishment of offenders.... | |
 | 1922 - 830 páginas
...free from any obstruction to their navigation, interposed by the States or otherwise ; to remove any obstructions when they exist ; and to provide, by...Constitution, and which have always existed in the Parliament of England.4 The contention here is that there is no reason to think that the power of Congress in... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Select committee on reforestation - 1923 - 1490 páginas
...them open and free from any obstructions " and " to remove such obstructions," and having the power "to provide by such sanctions as they may deem proper against the occurrence of the evil," and also " to determine when its full power shall be brought into activity," and also to determine " us... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Reforestation - 1923 - 1502 páginas
...them open and free from any obstructions " and " to remove such obstructions," and having the power " to provide by such sanctions as they may deem proper against the occurrence of the evil," and also " to determine when its full power shall be brought into activity," and also to determine " as... | |
 | United States U.S. Congress. House. Committee on rivers and harbors - 1924 - 1078 páginas
...them open and free from any obstructions to their navigation, interposed by the States or otherwise ; to remove such obstructions when they exist ; and...such sanctions as they may deem proper, against the recurrence of the evil and for the punishment of offenders. For these purposes Congress possesses all... | |
 | United States - 1924 - 940 páginas
...expressly granted in the Constitution, but is a power incidental to the express power to regulate commerce. All the powers which existed in the States before the adoption of the Constitution are the powers possessed by Congress over navigable waters under its authority to regulate... | |
 | Charles Willis Needham - 1925 - 772 páginas
...them open and free from any obstruction to their navigation, interposed by the States or otherwise ; to remove such obstructions when they exist ; and...have always existed in the Parliament in England." * * * Indeed, the obstruction of a highway is a public nuisance, 4 Bl. Com. 167, and a public nuisance... | |
 | 1898 - 1020 páginas
...them open and free from any obstruction to their navigation, Interposed by the states or otherwise; to remove such obstructions when they exist; and to...have always existed in the parliament In England. It is for congress to determine when its full power shall be brought Into activity, and as to the regulations... | |
 | United States - 1928 - 750 páginas
...states. Jolly v. Terre Haute Draw-Bridge Co. (CC Ind. 1853) 6 MoLean (US) 237, 13 Fed. Cas. No. 7,441. All the powers which existed in the states before...Constitution, and which have always existed in the Parliament of England, are the powers possessed by Congress over navigable waters under its authority to regulate... | |
 | 1928 - 858 páginas
...purpose of regulating commerce, navigable waters are the public property of the Nation, over which Congress possesses all the powers which existed in...before the adoption of the National Constitution. When the United States proceeds to exercise this power, the voice of the State is not recognized and... | |
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