Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the TreasuryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Merchant marine |
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... increase as much as pos- sible the usefulness of the Bureau of Navigation , hoping it may one day become an arm of the Government and have a voice in the Cabinet with an ever - widening influence among our institutions . The follow- ing ...
... increase as much as pos- sible the usefulness of the Bureau of Navigation , hoping it may one day become an arm of the Government and have a voice in the Cabinet with an ever - widening influence among our institutions . The follow- ing ...
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... increase largely the usefulness of the seamen shipment system , especially in our larger sea - port cities . I would recommend the extension of the act of August 19 , 1890 , to include the waters of the Great Lakes , which now bear more ...
... increase largely the usefulness of the seamen shipment system , especially in our larger sea - port cities . I would recommend the extension of the act of August 19 , 1890 , to include the waters of the Great Lakes , which now bear more ...
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... increase ; and the passage of bills admitting foreign ves- sels to registry is also greatly increasing . This special legislation has opened the registry door so often , and Congress seems so reluctant to pass any measure for the ...
... increase ; and the passage of bills admitting foreign ves- sels to registry is also greatly increasing . This special legislation has opened the registry door so often , and Congress seems so reluctant to pass any measure for the ...
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... increase their visibility one - third . Perhaps the most impor- tant amendment of the law in the public interest is the requirement of name on each bow . Often it is , that the stern cannot be conveniently , or possibly seen , and there ...
... increase their visibility one - third . Perhaps the most impor- tant amendment of the law in the public interest is the requirement of name on each bow . Often it is , that the stern cannot be conveniently , or possibly seen , and there ...
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... increase the number of our merchants and brokers in foreign ports and thus enlarge the field of employment for our ships . The law should also extend to naturalized citizens who had returned to their former countries or moved to others ...
... increase the number of our merchants and brokers in foreign ports and thus enlarge the field of employment for our ships . The law should also extend to naturalized citizens who had returned to their former countries or moved to others ...
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