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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... North and South America ; and , especially to the interoceanic communications - should the same prove to be practicable , whether by canal or railway — which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec , of Panama .
... North and South America ; and , especially to the interoceanic communications - should the same prove to be practicable , whether by canal or railway — which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec , of Panama .
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actual additional American amount approximately ballast basis bill Bureau Canal authorities Canal tolls capital cargo carrying cents charges collected commercial committee concerned Congress consideration construction cost course CRESAP deck determined difference earning capacity effect EWERS exemption expenses figures fixed follows foreign give going Government Governor SCHLEY gross included increase interest investment laden less limit load LUCKENBACH matter maximum McCARTHY mean measurement ment Navigation operation paid Panama Canal rules passenger passing percent period PETERSEN PETTENGILL ports practical present President proposed question reason reduced referred registered tonnage registry regulations represents result rules of measurement Secretary shelter deck ships SILL SMITH space statement steamship Suez Canal tion toll charges tolls tons trade transit understand United States rules vessels 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...
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| Title | 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 ... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 163 pages |
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