Panama Canal Tolls: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce House of Representatives, Seventy-third Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 7667 to Provide for the Measurement of Vessels Using the Panama Canal, and for Other Purposes, February 8, March 8, and 13, 1934 |
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... navigation of the Suez Canal , that is to say : The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these rules , on terms of entire equality , so that there shall be no discrimination against ...
... navigation of the Suez Canal , that is to say : The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these rules , on terms of entire equality , so that there shall be no discrimination against ...
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... Navigation , now , I believe , the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Navigation . I think that is his title at the present time . Mr. LEA . The Panama Canal rules were prescribed by order of the President , originally . Mr. SMITH ...
... Navigation , now , I believe , the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Navigation . I think that is his title at the present time . Mr. LEA . The Panama Canal rules were prescribed by order of the President , originally . Mr. SMITH ...
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... Navigation and by changes in ships ' structures to take advan- tage of the rulings , but the Panama Canal net measurement which determines interior carrying capacity has not decreased . The percentage which the aggre- gate United States ...
... Navigation and by changes in ships ' structures to take advan- tage of the rulings , but the Panama Canal net measurement which determines interior carrying capacity has not decreased . The percentage which the aggre- gate United States ...
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... Navigation . The remedy needed is to get back to the Panama Canal rules of measure- ment as a basis and to use them uniformly , applying such rates as may be prescribed by Congress and the President . Rates proposed . - As stated , the ...
... Navigation . The remedy needed is to get back to the Panama Canal rules of measure- ment as a basis and to use them uniformly , applying such rates as may be prescribed by Congress and the President . Rates proposed . - As stated , the ...
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... navigation spaces which should not be exempted , the deductions for propelling power and fuel spaces are excessive , and deck loads are exempted from measurement . The United States is the only Nation whose registry measurement rules ...
... navigation spaces which should not be exempted , the deductions for propelling power and fuel spaces are excessive , and deck loads are exempted from measurement . The United States is the only Nation whose registry measurement rules ...
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60 cents 75 cents actual earning capacity August 24 basis bill Bureau of Navigation capital investment Captain Petersen carrying Chairman collected committee Congress CRESAP deck loads determined EWERS exemption figures Government Governor Burgess Governor SCHLEY gross interest laden ships laden vessels less levied lockages LUCKENBACH maximum MCCARTHY measurement of vessels ment MONAGHAN net registered tonnage November 18 Panama Canal Act Panama Canal authorities Panama Canal rules Panama Canal tolls Panama rules passengers or cargo PETTENGILL port prescribed present President proclamation proposed question rate of tolls reduced registered tonnage registry rules regulations result revenue rules of measurement Secretary Secretary of War shelter deck shipowners ships in ballast ships of commerce SILL SMITH Soo Canal statement statute steamship Suez Canal tion toll charges toll rates tons traffic transiting the Canal United States registry United States rules vessels in ballast WOLVERTON
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Page 2 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Housing Amendments of 1957".
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 7 - Provided, That the passage of this Act shall not be construed or held as a waiver or relinquishment of any right the United States may have under the treaty with Great Britain...
Page 9 - 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 for ships of commerce the tolls shall not exceed...