Measurement of Vessels Using the Panama Canal: Joint Hearings Before the Committee on Interoceanic Canals and a Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, 74th Congress, First Session, on S. 2288, a Bill to Provide for the Measurement of Vessels Using the Panama Canal and for Other Purposes, April 4 and 5, 1935 |
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... believe it is their right to have entire control of the transit of vessels and the collection of tolls on vessels transiting the Canal , and they have sought from time to time to change existing law so as to place the jurisdiction in ...
... believe it is their right to have entire control of the transit of vessels and the collection of tolls on vessels transiting the Canal , and they have sought from time to time to change existing law so as to place the jurisdiction in ...
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... believe , are paid by foreign vessels , 55 percent , and 45 percent by American vessels . If we can by some chance with invested billions and billions each year , spending more than we take in , require these foreign vessels using this ...
... believe , are paid by foreign vessels , 55 percent , and 45 percent by American vessels . If we can by some chance with invested billions and billions each year , spending more than we take in , require these foreign vessels using this ...
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... believe that the control of the merchant marine should be so centralized , because the Department of Commerce has for many years exercised jurisdiction over mer- chant - marine affairs , it is ship - minded , and more familiar with the ...
... believe that the control of the merchant marine should be so centralized , because the Department of Commerce has for many years exercised jurisdiction over mer- chant - marine affairs , it is ship - minded , and more familiar with the ...
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... believe that it is fair to our industry to provide a return on an increasing capital structure that is composed of items of national defense and civil administration , as well as a 3 - percent interest charge on these combined items ...
... believe that it is fair to our industry to provide a return on an increasing capital structure that is composed of items of national defense and civil administration , as well as a 3 - percent interest charge on these combined items ...
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... believe it has been a wonderful thing from start to finish and I don't know of any other Government function that has done as well as they have . We think they ought to be satisfied and not go on and crowd us to the wall , add to our ...
... believe it has been a wonderful thing from start to finish and I don't know of any other Government function that has done as well as they have . We think they ought to be satisfied and not go on and crowd us to the wall , add to our ...
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90-cent rate aggregate American ships American vessels amount of tolls assessing basis bill Bureau of Navigation CHAIRMAN classification societies closed-in spaces Commissioner of Navigation committee deadweight deck loads Department of Commerce dual system earning capacity Empress of Britain EWERS exemption figures foreign ships foreign vessels freeing ports Government gross tonnage hull increase intercoastal trade legislation limitation lumber MCCARTHY measurement of vessels merchant marine MORRISON net registered tonnage Panama Canal authorities Panama Canal rules Panama Canal tolls Panama Canal tonnage passenger ships passenger vessels PETERSEN present President proposed reduced registered tonnage registry rules regulations revenue rules of measurement Secretary of War Senator DUFFY Senator FLETCHER Senator Gore shelter deck shipowners SILL SMITH statement Steamship Suez Canal tankers tion toll charges toll collections tonnage opening tons transiting the Canal United States registry United States rules vessels in ballast WARLEY
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Page 73 - No part of any vessel shall be required by the preceding section to be measured or registered for tonnage that is used for cabins or state-rooms, and constructed entirely above the first deck, which is not a deck to the hull.
Page 67 - Provided, That nothing shall be added to the gross tonnage for any sheltered space above the upper deck which is under cover and open to the weather; that is, not inclosed.
Page 6 - ... 2. On vessels in ballast without passengers or cargo forty (40) per cent less than the rate of tolls for vessels with passengers or cargo.
Page 5 - ... cents per net registered ton as nearly as the same may be determined, nor be less than the equivalent of seventy-five cents per net registered ton.
Page 70 - If there be a break, a poop, or any other permanent closed-in space on the upper deck, available for cargo or stores, or for the berthing or accommodation of passengers or crew...
Page 73 - ... having its hatchways or other openings provided with means for closing them against the action of the sea and weather upon the space below enclosed by the sides of the vessel, making the said space a fit place for the stowage of general cargo, is to be considered the upper deck to the hull.
Page 52 - Without objection, the committee will stand in recess until 2 o'clock this afternoon. (Thereupon, at 12.20 o'clock pm, the committee took a recess until 2 o'clock pm of the same day.) AFTER RECESS. The committee resumed its session at 2.30 o'clock pm, pursuant to the taking of recess.
Page 66 - ... and the quotient shall be deemed to be the tonnage of such space, and shall be added to the other tonnage of the vessel, ascertained as above directed.
Page 66 - And if the vessel has more than three decks, the tonnage of each space between decks, above the tonnage deck, shall be severally ascertained in the manner above described, and shall be added to the tonnage of the vessel, ascertained as aforesaid.
Page 67 - Opening not to be enclosed. The middle line tonnage opening in a shelter deck must not be within a superstructure of any type. (f) Tonnage openings in shelter deck space. When the permanent deck opening is situated aft, there must be at least two openings, each 3 feet wide by 4 feet high in the clear, in each of the transverse bulkheads within the shelter deck space forward of said deck opening; or should the deck opening be forward, the same requirements apply to transverse bulkheads abaft such...