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LIST OF EXHIBITS.

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I. Digest of United States legislation in regard to navigable waters as public highways....

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Laws and rules for the protection and preservation of navigable
waterways.....

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II. Provisions of enabling acts and State constitutions in regard to navigable waters of certain States.....

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III. Provisions of State statutes relating to the organization of canal companies. IV. State statutory provisions relating to records and supervision of canal companies.....

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V. List of four, five, six, and seven masted seagoing schooners..

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VI. References to State constitutions and statutes relating to the organization of navigation companies.

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VII. Selected State statutes relating to the organization of navigation companies......

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VIII. Specimens of charter parties:

1. Charter party used by sailing vessels engaged in the Atlantic
coastwise trade..........

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2. Boston Chamber of Commerce approved grain charter party
of 1900......

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3. Boston Chamber of Commerce approved berth terms grain
charter party of 1900.....

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4. Philadelphia grain charter party.............

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5. Time charter party for steamer and barges on the Great Lakes..
6. Charter parties used on the Pacific coast..

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IX. Port shipping rules:

1. Rules regulating the steamship trade among members of the
Boston Chamber of Commerce..

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2. Rules regulating the delivery and receipt of cargoes of south-
ern pine and cypress lumber at the port of Boston..

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X. Typical bills of lading:

1. New York Produce Exchange steamship bill of lading..

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6. Through bill of lading from Savannah to Bremen via New York.
7. Forms of Lake bills of lading....

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8. Mississippi River bills of lading..

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9. Standard bill of lading approved and recommended by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.......

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XI. Legislation by Congress affecting liability of carriers by water
XII. General notice given by a transportation company that it is not an
initial line.....

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3. Form of interline manibill, with freight bill and delivery

receipt......

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4. Interline way bill.

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XIV. Forms of application for marine insurance:

1. Coastwise application..

2. River application..

3. Cotton application...

XV. Forms of marine insurance policies:

1. Atlantic coastwise policy.....

2. General cargo and hull policy on a North Atlantic coastwise fleet.
3. Lake hull policy....

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XVII. System of classification of the Inland Lloyds.

XVIII. Constitutional and statutory provisions relating to the taxation of ves

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sels and navigation companies:

1. Provisions of the United States Constitution..

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2. Provisions of State constitutions.....

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3. Digest of the provisions of State statutes relating to the taxation
of vessel property..............

574

4. Digest of the provisions of State statutes relating to the taxation
of navigation companies.....

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LIST OF TABLES.

6. Mileage and cost of abandoned canals in the United States, by States..

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1. Length of continental coasts of the United States..

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2. Shore lines in the United States, and length, width, and area of the Great Lakes and connecting waters........

3. Number and mileage of navigable streams in the United States, by districts....

4. Dimensions, locks, cost, etc., of State canals in operation.

5. Dimensions, locks, etc., of private canals in operation.....

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7. Important United States Government canals......

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8. Names, localities, navigable lengths, depths at low water, and traffic statistics of navigable streams of the United States, etc.:

(a) Rivers tributary to the Atlantic Ocean..

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(b) Rivers tributary to the Gulf of Mexico (exclusive of the Mississippi
and its tributaries)... ... ... ... ... ... ....

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9. Number and tonnage of registered, enrolled, and licensed vessels of the United States, in specified years, 1789–1907. . . .

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10. Number and tonnage of documented steam, sailing, and unrigged vessels of the United States in specified years, 1789-1907.

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11. Number and tonnage of documented vessels of the United States in 1907, by classes and districts......

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12. Number and tonnage of documented sailing and steam vessels of the United States in 1907, by size and by districts...

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13. United States Census statistics of vessels and vessel tonnage, 1889 and 1906, by classes and by districts......

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14. Documented steam vessels on western rivers, 1888-1907, by size .
15. Documented steam vessels of less than 100 tons on western rivers, 1889–
1907....

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16. Documented sailing vessels of 100 tons and over on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 1887 and 1907..............

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17. United States Census statistics of vessel ownership in 1906.......

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18. Summary of operating agencies engaged in transportation by water in 1907.. 19. Summary of capitalization of navigation companies reporting to the Bureau of Corporations in 1907.....

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20. Gross earnings and operating expenses in 1905 of navigation companies reporting to the Bureau of Corporations............

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21. Names, owners, class, and sizes of vessels composing operating fleets in 1907: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and rivers

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21. Names, owners, class, and sizes of vessels composing operating fleets-Con. Great Lakes

(a) Packet lines......

(b) Ore, grain, and coal carriers..

(c) Lumber carriers..

(d) Towing lines...

(e) Miscellaneous......... Mississippi River and tributaries

(a) Packet lines.....

(b) Coal carriers...

(c) Towing and miscellaneous.

Pacific coast and rivers

(a) Ocean packet lines....

(b) Bay and river packet lines......

(c) Lumber carriers..

(d) Miscellaneous.

22. Operating agencies of vessels in the United States in 1997:

Atlantic and Gulf coasts and rivers

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23. Organization and finances of navigation companies of the United States in

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