Annual Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor

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Page 9 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
Page 158 - Act shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not more than five thousand dollars, and any such fine shall be a lien upon such vessel, and such vessel may be libeled therefor in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such vessel shall arrive or depart, and the leaving or attempting to leave each and every port of the United States shall constitute a separate offense.
Page 64 - An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes.
Page 64 - That a tonnage duty of two cents per ton, not to exceed in the aggregate ten cents per ton in any one year, is hereby imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall be entered in any port of the United States from any foreign port or place in North America, Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the coast of South America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, or Newfoundland, and a duty of six cents per ton, not to exceed...
Page 64 - ... any port of the United States from any foreign port or place in North America, Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the coast of South America Iwrdering on the Caribbean Sea, or the Sandwich Islands, or Newfoundland...
Page 158 - That from and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and eleven, it shall be unlawful for any common carrier, its officers or agents subject to this act, to use any locomotive engine propelled by steam power in moving interstate or foreign traffic, unless the boiler of said locomotive and appurtenances thereof are in proper condition and safe to operate in the service to which the same is put...
Page 8 - March third, eighteen hundred and ninetyone, in vessels of the second class on routes to South America, to the Philippines, to Japan, to China, and to Australasia...
Page 64 - Vessels entering otherwise than b; sea from a foreign port at which tonnage or lighthouse dues or other equivalent tax or taxes are not Imposed on vessels of the United States shall be exempt from the tonnage duty of 2 cents per ton, not to exceed in the aggregate 10 cents per ton in any one year.
Page 8 - An act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce,' so long as such vessels shall in all respects comply with the provisions and requirements of said Act.
Page 39 - That it shall be lawful for any seaman to stipulate in his shipping agreement for an allotment of all or any portion of the wages which he may earn to his wife, mother, or other relative, or to an original creditor...

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