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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... effect on the date of its enactment , except that section 1 shall take effect on September 1 , 1936 . We have assembled for the purpose of having hearings on S. 2288 , which is identical with H. R. 5292 , and I will insert at the begin ...
... effect on the date of its enactment , except that section 1 shall take effect on September 1 , 1936 . We have assembled for the purpose of having hearings on S. 2288 , which is identical with H. R. 5292 , and I will insert at the begin ...
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... effect of the bill will be to increase tolls ? Mr. SMITH . The general effect will not be to change the aggregate amount of tolls at all . It merely changes the method of collection between different types of vessels to some extent ...
... effect of the bill will be to increase tolls ? Mr. SMITH . The general effect will not be to change the aggregate amount of tolls at all . It merely changes the method of collection between different types of vessels to some extent ...
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... effect since before the Panama Canal was opened , in about 1914 . Before the measurement rules were issued this report was pre- pared by Dr. Johnson . It is entitled " Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal " , by Emory R. Johnson ...
... effect since before the Panama Canal was opened , in about 1914 . Before the measurement rules were issued this report was pre- pared by Dr. Johnson . It is entitled " Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal " , by Emory R. Johnson ...
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... effect upon the amount of measurement when the vessel passes through the Canal . The CHAIRMAN . Under United States rules . Mr. SMITH . Certain vessels go through the Canal one way with their hatches closed a certain way , which ...
... effect upon the amount of measurement when the vessel passes through the Canal . The CHAIRMAN . Under United States rules . Mr. SMITH . Certain vessels go through the Canal one way with their hatches closed a certain way , which ...
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... effect at the time the Panama Canal Act was passed , and then changes in the structure of vessels following since that date . Senator FLETCHER . Just at that point , may I ask , in the first place the law authorized the President to fix ...
... effect at the time the Panama Canal Act was passed , and then changes in the structure of vessels following since that date . Senator FLETCHER . Just at that point , may I ask , in the first place the law authorized the President to fix ...
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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...