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Page vi
... increase and decrease under the before- mentioned different branches of freight , and the increase and decrease on the whole · - - - - - Account of ships built in the United States in 1772 , compared with those building there in 1789 ...
... increase and decrease under the before- mentioned different branches of freight , and the increase and decrease on the whole · - - - - - Account of ships built in the United States in 1772 , compared with those building there in 1789 ...
Page viii
... increased respon- sibility of ship - owners by a recent construction given to the Revenue Acts , and the bonds required ... increase of all articles of outfit , with comparative statements - Letters from the ship - builders liii lv Ivii ...
... increased respon- sibility of ship - owners by a recent construction given to the Revenue Acts , and the bonds required ... increase of all articles of outfit , with comparative statements - Letters from the ship - builders liii lv Ivii ...
Page ix
... increase of the duties on the importation of naval stores , between 1782 and 1802 Memorial to the Board of Trade , respecting the licences and bonds required by the customs , in consequence of the particular construction of ships under ...
... increase of the duties on the importation of naval stores , between 1782 and 1802 Memorial to the Board of Trade , respecting the licences and bonds required by the customs , in consequence of the particular construction of ships under ...
Page xii
... increase of Ame- rican tonnage ; and also an account of the exports and im- ports of the United States of America , with the revenue thereon , as laid before congress in April , 1806 ccvii ccix ссхі No. 26. Extracts from Mr. Alley's ...
... increase of Ame- rican tonnage ; and also an account of the exports and im- ports of the United States of America , with the revenue thereon , as laid before congress in April , 1806 ccvii ccix ссхі No. 26. Extracts from Mr. Alley's ...
Page xiv
... Increase of Shipping and the Improvement of Navigation were objects that had in former days frequently engaged the attention of THE LEGISLA- TURE , and various provisions had been made from time to time , by which it was endeavoured to ...
... Increase of Shipping and the Improvement of Navigation were objects that had in former days frequently engaged the attention of THE LEGISLA- TURE , and various provisions had been made from time to time , by which it was endeavoured to ...
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Page lxxxvi - Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and every of us, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and every of them, firmly by these Presents.
Page 155 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Page lxxxvi - Ireland king, defender of the faith, in the sum of pounds, of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid to...
Page i - It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident ; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change ; and not the desire of change that preteudeth the reformation.
Page ccxv - ... powers. This was to be expected, and was just. But in addition we find in some parts of Europe monopolizing discriminations, which, in the form of duties, tend effectually to prohibit the carrying thither our own produce in our own vessels. From existing amities, and a spirit of justice, it is hoped that friendly discussion will produce a fair and adequate reciprocity.
Page lxxx - ... above or below the main wales, exclusive of all manner of doubling planks that may be wrought upon the sides of the ship ; then multiplying the length of the keel by the breadth so taken, and that product by half the breadth, and dividing the whole by ninetyfour, the quotient shall be deemed the true contents of the tonnage.
Page 155 - An act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States,
Page 155 - SEC. 5. A discount of 10 per cent on all the duties imposed by this act shall be allowed on such goods, wares, and merchandises as shall be imported in vessels built in the United States and which shall be wholly the property of a citizen or citizens thereof...
Page 155 - Upon every gallon of those spirits, more than twenty, and not more than forty per cent. above proof, according to the same hydrometer, twenty cents.
Page lxxxvi - KNOW all Men by these Presents, That we, are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign...