Promotion of Trade in China: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Sixty-seventh Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4810, a Bill to Authorize the Incorporation of Companies to Promote Trade in China ... |
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... Trade in China ... United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. whole matter is in China on a different basis from what it is here , where it is easy to consult counsel and find out what the terms of the statute are , and ...
... Trade in China ... United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. whole matter is in China on a different basis from what it is here , where it is easy to consult counsel and find out what the terms of the statute are , and ...
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... Trade in China ... United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Would you think that a Chinaman would be willing to subscribe to stock in a corporation under an act of that character , giving the Secretary of Commerce the ...
... Trade in China ... United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Would you think that a Chinaman would be willing to subscribe to stock in a corporation under an act of that character , giving the Secretary of Commerce the ...
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... Trade in China ... United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. the United States . I can hardly imagine submitting a question of that kind to the court . Senator CHAMBERLAIN . I think the same result might be obtained by ...
... Trade in China ... United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. the United States . I can hardly imagine submitting a question of that kind to the court . Senator CHAMBERLAIN . I think the same result might be obtained by ...
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... Trade in China ... United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Senator BRANDEGEE . No ; I do not care anything about the regulations that they are to make , but I do not see that that touches the question at all as to ...
... Trade in China ... United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Senator BRANDEGEE . No ; I do not care anything about the regulations that they are to make , but I do not see that that touches the question at all as to ...
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... Trade in China ... United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. MACMURRAY . May I go back to the question which was asked in regard to the suspicion with which Chinese would regard this power of the Secretary of ...
... Trade in China ... United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. MACMURRAY . May I go back to the question which was asked in regard to the suspicion with which Chinese would regard this power of the Secretary of ...
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Page 27 - Subjects of China who may be guilty of any criminal act towards citizens of the United States shall be arrested and punished by the Chinese authorities according to the laws of China, and citizens of the United States who may commit any crime in China shall be subject to be tried and punished only by the Consul or other public functionary of the United States...
Page 34 - All questions in regard to rights, whether of property, or person, arising between citizens of the United States in China, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of, and regulated by, the authorities of their own government.
Page 28 - All questions, in regard to rights whether of property or person, arising between citizens of the United States in China, shall be subject to the jurisdiction and regulated by the authorities of their own government. And all controversies occurring in China between citizens of the United States and the subjects of any other government, shall be regulated by the treaties existing between the United States and such governments, respectively, without interference on the part of China.
Page 34 - Subjects of China guilty of any criminal act towards citizens of the United States shall be punished by the Chinese authorities according to the laws of China. And citizens of the United States, either on shore or in any merchant vessel, who may insult, trouble or wound the persons or injure the property of Chinese or commit any other improper act in China, shall be punished only by the Consul or other public functionary thereto authorized according to the laws of the United States. Arrests in order...
Page 36 - ... resulting from other provisions of the Constitution, so far as interstate commerce is concerned, it is not to be doubted that from the beginning Congress has exercised a plenary power in respect to the exclusion of merchandise brought from foreign countries ; not alone directly by the enactment of embargo statutes, but indirectly as a necessary result of provisions contained in tariff legislation. It has also, in other than tariff legislation, exerted a police power over foreign commerce by provisions...
Page 28 - Jurisdiction in both criminal and civil matters shall in all cases be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the United States, which are hereby, so far as is necessary to execute...
Page 34 - When controversies arise in the Chinese Empire between citizens of the United States and subjects of his Imperial Majesty, which need to be examined and decided by the public officers of the two nations, it is agreed between the Governments of the United States and China that such cases shall be tried by the proper official of the nationality of the defendant.
Page 59 - States in their civil rights, and for their vindication, shall be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the United States, so far as such laws are suitable to carry the same into effect; but in all cases where they are not adapted to the object, or are deficient in the provisions necessary to furnish suitable remedies...
Page 34 - The properly authorized official of the plaintiff's nationality shall be freely permitted to attend the trial and shall be treated with the courtesy due to his position. He shall be granted all proper facilities for watching the proceedings in the interests of justice.
Page 36 - Whatever difference of opinion, if any, may have existed or does exist concerning the limitations of the power, resulting from other provisions of the Constitution, so far as interstate commerce is concerned, it is not to be doubted that from the beginning Congress has exercised a plenary power in respect to the exclusion of merchandise brought from foreign countries; not alone directly by the enactment of embargo statutes, but indirectly as a necessary result of provisions contained in tariff legislation.