Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the TreasuryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1896 - Merchant marine |
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... parties in this country . It has had the support of nearly all civilized nations , as is shown in Appendix D , giving the navigation articles of our treaties with them of friendship , commerce , and navigation . A policy thus approved ...
... parties in this country . It has had the support of nearly all civilized nations , as is shown in Appendix D , giving the navigation articles of our treaties with them of friendship , commerce , and navigation . A policy thus approved ...
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... parties had been tram- melled , the advances made in them towards the freedom of trade were partial and imperfect . Colonial establishments , chartered companies , 4 and ship building influence , pervaded and encumbered the.
... parties had been tram- melled , the advances made in them towards the freedom of trade were partial and imperfect . Colonial establishments , chartered companies , 4 and ship building influence , pervaded and encumbered the.
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... parties to their treaties , accommo- dated to their existing laws and anterior engagements . " The colonial system by which this whole hemisphere was bound has fallen into ruins ; totally abolished by revolutions , converting colonies ...
... parties to their treaties , accommo- dated to their existing laws and anterior engagements . " The colonial system by which this whole hemisphere was bound has fallen into ruins ; totally abolished by revolutions , converting colonies ...
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... parties agree to adopt . ' It appears to this Bureau that the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury may with propriety be extended by bestowing upon him the general supervision of such regulations . The matters embraced in them ...
... parties agree to adopt . ' It appears to this Bureau that the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury may with propriety be extended by bestowing upon him the general supervision of such regulations . The matters embraced in them ...
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... parties concerned in these various measures , including representatives of the New York and Philadelphia Maritime exchanges , the Pacific , Atlan- tic and Lake Seamen's unions , the Vessel Owners and Captains ' Na- tional Association ...
... parties concerned in these various measures , including representatives of the New York and Philadelphia Maritime exchanges , the Pacific , Atlan- tic and Lake Seamen's unions , the Vessel Owners and Captains ' Na- tional Association ...
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20 tons amended to read American vessels article the produce ATLANTIC AND GULF BARGES bill bounties Bridgeton Bureau Cape Vincent cargo cent Class Congress crew CUSTOMS DISTRICTS discriminating duties duties or charges Empire of Brazil ENROLLED exported or reexported flag foreign country foreign ports foreign vessels Frenchmans Bay Government GROSS TONNAGE Gulf coasts Harbor hereby higher duties Honduras imported in vessels imported or exported imposed Island JUNE 30 kind of produce kind or denomination lawfully imported LICENSED master merchant marine national vessels navigation Northern lakes NUMBER NUMBER AND GROSS Orleans ounces owner Pacific coast payable Perth Amboy pilotage Port Townsend produce or manufacture ratifications exchanged read as follows reciprocally Republic Revised Statutes rubles Sag Harbor sailing vessels San Francisco seamen section forty-five hundred sels shipbuilding SHOWING THE NUMBER STEAM VESSELS steamers steamship subsidy territories Total Treaty concluded United Kingdom voyage wages Waldoboro West Indies Western rivers York
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Page 37 - A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more than one minute, when on the starboard tack one blast, when on the port tack two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam three blasts in succession. (d) A vessel, when at anchor, shall, at intervals of not more than one minute, ring the bell rapidly for about five seconds.
Page 99 - ... exportation, of any articles to the United States, or to his Britannic majesty's territories in Europe, respectively, than such as are payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country...
Page 45 - Vessels built within the United States and belonging wholly to citizens thereof; and vessels which may be captured in war by citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prize, or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States...
Page 48 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look.out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Page 89 - ... collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the one country or of the other.
Page 101 - If either party shall hereafter grant to any other nation any particular favor in navigation or commerce, it shall immediately become common to the other party, freely, where it is freely granted to such other nation, or on yielding the same compensation, when the grant is conditional.
Page 84 - It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, in case either should think fit, at any time after the...
Page 98 - In regard to light-house dtities, pilotage, and port charges, as well as to the fees and perquisites of public officers, and all other duties and charges, of whatever kind or 6353 7 denomination, levied upon vessels of commerce in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishments whatsoever...
Page 78 - ... nation upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported in the same from the United States or from any foreign country, the President is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation declaring that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and impost...
Page 36 - ... (v) A vessel when towing, a vessel engaged in laying or in picking up a submarine cable or navigation mark, and a vessel under way which is unable to get out of the way of an approaching vessel through being not under command or unable to manoeuvre as required by these Rules...