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Page xvii
... charge of a depot of supplies at Cape Serdze , returning to his post from Saint Lawrence Bay across the ice in a blinding snowstorm , was carried out to sea and lost , notwithstanding all efforts to rescue him . It appears by the ...
... charge of a depot of supplies at Cape Serdze , returning to his post from Saint Lawrence Bay across the ice in a blinding snowstorm , was carried out to sea and lost , notwithstanding all efforts to rescue him . It appears by the ...
Page xx
... charge for carrying merchandise , which is now only sixteen cents per pound . But even without such an increase I am confident that the receipts under the diminished rates would equal the expenditures after the lapse of three or four ...
... charge for carrying merchandise , which is now only sixteen cents per pound . But even without such an increase I am confident that the receipts under the diminished rates would equal the expenditures after the lapse of three or four ...
Page xlviii
... charges levied under , inclosed . Consular tariff of Spain : Further facts relative to onerous charges under , inclosed . American vessels in Spanish colonial ports : Ar- bitrary and unjust fines imposed on ; cases cited ; recent order ...
... charges levied under , inclosed . Consular tariff of Spain : Further facts relative to onerous charges under , inclosed . American vessels in Spanish colonial ports : Ar- bitrary and unjust fines imposed on ; cases cited ; recent order ...
Page xlix
... Charge of ten cents per ton on all cargoes car- ried by line of steamers between that city and Havana ; letter of J. H. Sypher relation to , in- closed . Consular tariff of Spain : Exorbitant charges by Spanish consul on cargoes cleared ...
... Charge of ten cents per ton on all cargoes car- ried by line of steamers between that city and Havana ; letter of J. H. Sypher relation to , in- closed . Consular tariff of Spain : Exorbitant charges by Spanish consul on cargoes cleared ...
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... charge on importation of ; 8 per ( No. 11 ) . 321 Mr. Wallace to Mr. Freling . Sept. 30 huysen ( No. 129 ) . cent . as warehouse charges in addition to regu lar customs duty ; an exclusive monopoly of maintaining such warehouse given ...
... charge on importation of ; 8 per ( No. 11 ) . 321 Mr. Wallace to Mr. Freling . Sept. 30 huysen ( No. 129 ) . cent . as warehouse charges in addition to regu lar customs duty ; an exclusive monopoly of maintaining such warehouse given ...
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Page 227 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent, without endangering our peace and happiness ; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference.
Page 383 - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Page 260 - Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship-canal ; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...
Page xiii - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes...
Page 229 - Convention their views and intentions with reference to any means of communication by ship canal, which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the River San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean,— The President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Page 94 - In any action for breach of contract to deliver specific or ascertained goods the court may, if it thinks fit, on the application of the plaintiff, by its judgment or decree direct that the contract shall be performed specifically, without giving the defendant the option of retaining the goods on payment of damages.
Page 260 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection, or influence that either may possess with any state or government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the...
Page 220 - States, provided that such renunciation be publicly declared within two years after the exchange of the ratifications of the present convention. Such British subjects as aforesaid who have become and are naturalized as citizens within the United States, shall be at liberty to renounce their naturalization and to resume...
Page 259 - The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the inter-oceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether...
Page 233 - ... and if any persons or company should already have, with any State through which the proposed ship-canal may pass, a contract for the construction of such a canal as that specified in this convention, to the stipulations of which contract neither of the contracting parties in this convention have any just cause to object, and the said persons or company shall, moreover, have made preparations and expended time, money, and trouble on...