The Panama Canal: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Sixty-second Congress, Second Session. [Dec. 18, 1911-March 13, 1912]. |
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... its agents or employees , or by reason of the construction , maintenance , operation , sanitation and protection of the said Canal or of the works of sanitation and protection herein provided for , shall be appraised and settled by ...
... its agents or employees , or by reason of the construction , maintenance , operation , sanitation and protection of the said Canal or of the works of sanitation and protection herein provided for , shall be appraised and settled by ...
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... or their officers or employees , situated within the cities of Panama and Colon , and that there shall not be imposed ... employees , laborers , and other individuals in the service of the Canal and railroad and auxiliary works .
... or their officers or employees , situated within the cities of Panama and Colon , and that there shall not be imposed ... employees , laborers , and other individuals in the service of the Canal and railroad and auxiliary works .
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... nineteen hundred and two : Provided , That no part of the sums herein appropriated shall be used for the construction of a canal of the so- called sea - level type , as follows : For salaries of members , officers , and employees of ...
... nineteen hundred and two : Provided , That no part of the sums herein appropriated shall be used for the construction of a canal of the so- called sea - level type , as follows : For salaries of members , officers , and employees of ...
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For salaries of members , officers , and employees of the Isthmian Canal Commission , including assistant purchasing and shipping agents , and all other employees in the United States , one hundred and eighty - four thousand dollars ...
For salaries of members , officers , and employees of the Isthmian Canal Commission , including assistant purchasing and shipping agents , and all other employees in the United States , one hundred and eighty - four thousand dollars ...
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... for the departments of construction and engineering , accounting , disbursing , and labor , quarters and sub- sistence , five hundred and fifty - eight thousand dollars ; For pay of officers and employees other than skilled and ...
... for the departments of construction and engineering , accounting , disbursing , and labor , quarters and sub- sistence , five hundred and fifty - eight thousand dollars ; For pay of officers and employees other than skilled and ...
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Page 23 - ... the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 3 - The governments of the United States and Great 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...
Page 3 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the citizens or subjects of the one, any rights or advantages in regard to commerce or navigation through the said canal which shall not be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of the other.
Page 33 - Columbia or any of the states or 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, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee; and, if none, then of such employee's parents, and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee...
Page 32 - An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes.
Page 41 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.
Page 15 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States. VIII. That by way of further assurance the government of Cuba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States.
Page 23 - ... any case where the violation by such common carrier of any statute enacted for the safety...
Page 7 - ... 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with...
Page 7 - Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof , and by His Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London at the earliest possible time within six months from the date hereof.
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| Title | The Panama Canal: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Sixty-second Congress, Second Session. [Dec. 18, 1911-March 13, 1912]. Issue 680 of House document |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 23 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 1127 pages |
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