Treaties and Acts of Congress Relating to the Panama Canal, 1917 |
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... ship canal connect- ing Atlantic and Pacific Oceans , April 19 , 1850 . 9 Treaty between the United States and Great Britain to facilitate the construc- tion of a ship canal , November 18 , 1901 .. 11 Treaty between the United States ...
... ship canal connect- ing Atlantic and Pacific Oceans , April 19 , 1850 . 9 Treaty between the United States and Great Britain to facilitate the construc- tion of a ship canal , November 18 , 1901 .. 11 Treaty between the United States ...
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... ships to American registry for the foreign trade , and for other purposes , approved August 18 , 1914 .. An act to present the steam launch Louise , now employed in the construction of the Panama Canal , to the French Government ...
... ships to American registry for the foreign trade , and for other purposes , approved August 18 , 1914 .. An act to present the steam launch Louise , now employed in the construction of the Panama Canal , to the French Government ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... ship - communication between the two Oceans , for the benefit of mankind , on equal terms to all , and of protecting the same ; and they , also , agree that , the good offices of either shall be employed , when requested by the other ...
... ship - communication between the two Oceans , for the benefit of mankind , on equal terms to all , and of protecting the same ; and they , also , agree that , the good offices of either shall be employed , when requested by the other ...
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... Ship- Canal may pass , a contract for the construction of such a canal as that speci- fied in this Convention , to the stipulations of which contract neither of the contracting parties in this convention have any just cause to object ...
... Ship- Canal may pass , a contract for the construction of such a canal as that speci- fied in this Convention , to the stipulations of which contract neither of the contracting parties in this convention have any just cause to object ...
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38 Stat Act approved Act entitled Act Making appropriations alien property custodian ally of enemy America in Congress American seamen Army Canal Zone centum commerce commissioner common carrier compensation Congress assembled District of Columbia duty enacted ending June thirtieth enemy or ally entitled An Act equipment expenses fiscal year ending fiscal year nineteen following sums fortifications Government hereafter hospitals House of Representatives hundred and fifteen hundred and fourteen hundred and nine hundred and seventeen imprisonment injury Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus Isthmus of Panama jurisdiction license maintenance naval necessary nineteen hundred operation otherwise appropriated Pacific oceans paid Panama Canal Zone Panama Railroad Company Panama-Pacific International Exposition payment person Philippine Islands President purchase purposes repair Republic of Panama salaries sanitation Secretary Senate and House skilled and unskilled supplies Territory thereof thereto thousand dollars tion Treasury not otherwise United unskilled labor vessel violation
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Page 49 - person" as used in this Act shall be construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case demands, and shall include corporations, companies, societies, and associations. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any...
Page 35 - Territories and any foreign nation or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or, in case of the death of such employee, to his or her personal representative...
Page 1 - An Act to establish a United States Shipping Board for the purpose of encouraging, developing, and creating a naval auxiliary and naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet the requirements of the commerce of the United States with its Territories and possessions and with foreign countries ; to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and interstate commerce of the United States ; and for other purposes.
Page 9 - States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal...
Page 35 - That in any action brought against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this Act, such common carrier may set off therein any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee, or the person entitled thereto, on account of the injury or death for which said action was brought.
Page 23 - ... and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or registered bonds of the United States in such form as he may prescribe, and in denominations of twenty dollars or some multiple of that sum, redeemable in gold coin at the pleasure of the United States after ten years from the date of their issue, and payable thirty years from such date...
Page 35 - ... any case where the violation by such common carrier of any statute enacted for the safety...
Page 35 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.
Page 3 - 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...