Port Series, Issue 7

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938 - Harbors

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Page 204 - And whenever the commission shall be of opinion, after a hearing, had upon its own motion or upon complaint...
Page 204 - ... Commission, or that any rule, regulation, practice, or contract affecting such rate, charge, or classification is unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential, the Commission shall determine the just and reasonable rate, charge, classification, rule, regulation, practice, or contract to be thereafter observed and in force, and shall fix the same by order...
Page ix - ... to investigate any other matter that may tend to promote and encourage the use by vessels of ports adequate to care for the freight which would naturally pass through such ports...
Page 16 - The State of Washington asserts its ownership to the beds and shores of all navigable waters in the State up to and including the line of ordinary high tide in waters where the tide ebbs and flows...
Page 16 - The legislature shall provide for the appointment of a commission whose duty it shall be to locate and establish harbor lines in the navigable waters of all harbors, estuaries, bays and inlets of this state, wherever such navigable waters lie within or in front of the corporate limits of any city or within one mile thereof upon either side.
Page 9 - ... or vessels be so manipulated as to hinder or delay the operation of a drawspan, but all passage over, through, or under a drawbridge shall be prompt, to prevent delay to either land or water traffic.
Page 9 - ... former by night, the latter by day; the person signaling to face the vessel and swing the lantern or flag in front of him at arm's length, in vertical circles. (This signal may also be used by a vessel to countermand its signal to open draw...
Page iii - No. 8. Jacksonville, Fernandina, Miami, Key West, Tampa, and South Boca Grande, Fla.: Part 1, Jacksonville, Fla 1936 Part 2, Miami and Tampa, Fla 1936 No.
Page ix - ... to advise with communities regarding the appropriate location and plan of construction of wharves, piers, and water terminals...
Page 204 - The commission for good cause shown may allow changes without requiring the thirty days' notice under such conditions as it may prescribe. No corporation or municipality shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered than the rates and charges applicable to such...

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