The Navigation Laws of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1886 - Maritime law |
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... according to law , for carrying on the coasting trade and fisheries , or one of them , shall be deemed vessels of the United States , and entitled to the benefits and privileges apper- taining to such vessels ; but they shall not enjoy ...
... according to law , for carrying on the coasting trade and fisheries , or one of them , shall be deemed vessels of the United States , and entitled to the benefits and privileges apper- taining to such vessels ; but they shall not enjoy ...
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... according to the class in such table to which the vessel belongs : TABLE OF CLASSES . * Class one . Vessels of which the tonnage length according to the above measurement is fifty feet or under : into six equal parts . Class two ...
... according to the class in such table to which the vessel belongs : TABLE OF CLASSES . * Class one . Vessels of which the tonnage length according to the above measurement is fifty feet or under : into six equal parts . Class two ...
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... according to the above measurement is above two hundred and fifty feet : into sixteen equal parts . Then , the hold being sufficiently cleared to admit of the required depths and breadths being properly taken , find the transverse area ...
... according to the above measurement is above two hundred and fifty feet : into sixteen equal parts . Then , the hold being sufficiently cleared to admit of the required depths and breadths being properly taken , find the transverse area ...
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... according to law , the said vessel has been duly registered at the port of ( naming the port where registered ) . Given under my hand and seal , at ( naming the said port ) , this ( insert- ing the particular day ) day of ( naming the ...
... according to law , the said vessel has been duly registered at the port of ( naming the port where registered ) . Given under my hand and seal , at ( naming the said port ) , this ( insert- ing the particular day ) day of ( naming the ...
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... according to law , by the name of ( inserting again the name of the ves- sel ) , and that a certificate thereof was granted by the collector of the district of ( naming the district where registered ) , which certificate has been lost ...
... according to law , by the name of ( inserting again the name of the ves- sel ) , and that a certificate thereof was granted by the collector of the district of ( naming the district where registered ) , which certificate has been lost ...
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Page 423 - That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the Metric System ; and no contract, or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection, because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the Metric System.
Page 184 - States bound from a port in the United States to any foreign port, or being of the burden of seventy-five tons or upward, and bound from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa...
Page 422 - Congress assembled, that the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value ; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the .world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 228 - President, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States...
Page 111 - Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies the same, such island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States.
Page 253 - Act, which is similar, either in material, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied, to any article enumerated in this Act as chargeable with duty, shall pay the same rate of duty which is levied on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned...
Page 128 - ... above mentioned, have at hand, ready for use, a lantern with a green glass on the one side and a red glass on the other, to be used as prescribed above.
Page 125 - Open fishing boats and other open boats shall not be required to carry the side lights required for other vessels ; but shall, if they do not carry such lights, carry a lantern having a green slide on the one side and a red slide on the other side ; and on the approach of or to other vessels, such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side. Fishing vessels and open boats when...
Page 283 - ... in good faith, for the use or by order of any society or institution incorporated or established solely for religious, philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school or seminary of learning in the United States...
Page 227 - ... or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, or who issues or delivers a commission within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, for any vessel, to the intent that she may be so employed, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years. And every such vessel...