Panama Canal Tolls. Hearing ... on H.R. 7667 ... Feb. 8 - Mar. 13, 1934 |
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... mean the net tonnage of a vessel as measured under the rules prescribed by the statutes of the United States , and directing that the toll rates shall be $ 1.20 per net registered ton as registered by the Panama Canal rules so applied ...
... mean the net tonnage of a vessel as measured under the rules prescribed by the statutes of the United States , and directing that the toll rates shall be $ 1.20 per net registered ton as registered by the Panama Canal rules so applied ...
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... mean the net tonnage of a vessel as measured under the rules prescribed by the statutes of the United States . He does not think it can be interpreted to mean net registered tonnage as measured under the special rules provided for the ...
... mean the net tonnage of a vessel as measured under the rules prescribed by the statutes of the United States . He does not think it can be interpreted to mean net registered tonnage as measured under the special rules provided for the ...
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... mean the net tonnage of a vessel as measured under the rules prescribed by the statutes of the United States . Inasmuch as the act provided that the tolls charges should not exceed $ 1.25 per net registered ton , nor be less than 75 ...
... mean the net tonnage of a vessel as measured under the rules prescribed by the statutes of the United States . Inasmuch as the act provided that the tolls charges should not exceed $ 1.25 per net registered ton , nor be less than 75 ...
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... means that in 1917 all ships going through the Canal , measured under both systems , the total tonnage , United States registry system , was 81.09 percent of the total tonnage measure under the Panama Canal system . In 1918 it was 80.55 ...
... means that in 1917 all ships going through the Canal , measured under both systems , the total tonnage , United States registry system , was 81.09 percent of the total tonnage measure under the Panama Canal system . In 1918 it was 80.55 ...
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... means to pay the interest on borrowed money . Mr. LEA . On what sum is that 3 percent based ? Governor SCHLEY . It is based on the capital , our book set - up , of the capital value , which is $ 539,200,000 , this last June 30 . Mr ...
... means to pay the interest on borrowed money . Mr. LEA . On what sum is that 3 percent based ? Governor SCHLEY . It is based on the capital , our book set - up , of the capital value , which is $ 539,200,000 , this last June 30 . Mr ...
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amount basis bill Bureau of Navigation capital investment Captain Petersen carrying Chairman collected commercial committee Congress CRESAP deck loads determined difference EWERS exemption figures fiscal going Government Governor Burgess Governor SCHLEY gross increase intercoastal trade interest laden ships laden vessels less lockages LUCKENBACH maximum MCCARTHY measurement of vessels ment nage net registered tonnage November 18 operating costs operating expenses Panama Canal Act Panama Canal authorities Panama Canal rules Panama Canal tolls Panama rules passengers or cargo percent PETTENGILL ports prescribed present President proclamation proposed question rate of tolls reduced registered tonnage registry rules regulations revenue rules of measurement Secretary Secretary of War shelter deck shipowners SILL SMITH Soo Canal space statement statute steamship Suez Canal tion toll charges toll rates tons traffic transiting the Canal United States registry United States rules vessels in ballast WOLFENDEN WOLVERTON
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Page 3 - V. The contracting parties further engage, that when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 4 - It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or Corporations, or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the provisions of the present Treaty, the said Government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal.
Page 6 - An Act to provide for the opening, maintenance, protection, and operation of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone,
Page 4 - October, 1888, for the free navigation of the Suez Canal, that is to say: 1. The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules...
Page 4 - April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the Government of the United States, without impairing the "general principle...
Page 4 - The Canal, when constructed, and the entrances thereto shall be neutral in perpetuity, and shall be opened upon the terms provided for by Section I of Article three of, and in conformity with all the stipulations of, the treaty entered into by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain on November 18, 1901.
Page 3 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways, as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain, that the parties constructing or owning the same, shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon, than the aforesaid Governments shall approve of, as just and equitable...
Page 10 - ... dues payable on the ship's tonnage shall be payable as if there were added to the ship's registered tonnage the tonnage of the space occupied by those goods at the time at which the dues become payable.
Page 5 - Tolls may be based upon gross or net registered tonnage, displacement tonnage, or otherwise, and may be based on one form of tonnage for warships and another for ships of commerce. The rate of tolls may be lower upon vessels in ballast than upon vessels carrying passengers or cargo. When based upon net registered tonnage...
Page 6 - Canal, subject, however, to the provisions of article nineteen of the convention between the United States and the Republic of Panama, entered into November eighteenth, nineteen hundred and three.