Treaties and Acts of Congress Relating to the Panama Canal, 1917 |
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... deem that the persons or company , undertaking or man- aging the same , adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic there- upon , as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this Convention , either by making unfair ...
... deem that the persons or company , undertaking or man- aging the same , adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic there- upon , as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this Convention , either by making unfair ...
Page 13
... deemed to be part thereof , for the purposes of this Treaty , and in time of war , as in time of peace , shall enjoy complete immunity from attack or injury by belligerents , and from acts calculated to impair their usefulness as part ...
... deemed to be part thereof , for the purposes of this Treaty , and in time of war , as in time of peace , shall enjoy complete immunity from attack or injury by belligerents , and from acts calculated to impair their usefulness as part ...
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... deem necessary to collect duties on importations destined to other portions of Panama and to prevent contraband trade . The United States shall have the right to make use of the towns and harbors of Panama and Colon as places of ...
... deem necessary to collect duties on importations destined to other portions of Panama and to prevent contraband trade . The United States shall have the right to make use of the towns and harbors of Panama and Colon as places of ...
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... include the waters lying south and west of said line , but including the said middle island which shall be deemed to be within the harbor of Ancon . The said middle island 22 TREATIES AND ACTS OF CONGRESS RELATING TO PANAMA CANAL .
... include the waters lying south and west of said line , but including the said middle island which shall be deemed to be within the harbor of Ancon . The said middle island 22 TREATIES AND ACTS OF CONGRESS RELATING TO PANAMA CANAL .
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... deemed to be within the Canal Zone . The site for a United States battery above mentioned , which is to be included within the jurisdiction of the Canal Zone , is described as follows : The initial point is a tack in a stake on Colon ...
... deemed to be within the Canal Zone . The site for a United States battery above mentioned , which is to be included within the jurisdiction of the Canal Zone , is described as follows : The initial point is a tack in a stake on Colon ...
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38 Stat Act approved Act entitled Act Making appropriations alien property custodian ally of enemy America in Congress American seamen Army Canal Zone centum commerce commissioner common carrier compensation Congress assembled District of Columbia duty enacted ending June thirtieth enemy or ally entitled An Act equipment expenses fiscal year ending fiscal year nineteen following sums fortifications Government hereafter hospitals House of Representatives hundred and fifteen hundred and fourteen hundred and nine hundred and seventeen imprisonment injury Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus Isthmus of Panama jurisdiction license maintenance naval necessary nineteen hundred operation otherwise appropriated Pacific oceans paid Panama Canal Zone Panama Railroad Company Panama-Pacific International Exposition payment person Philippine Islands President purchase purposes repair Republic of Panama salaries sanitation Secretary Senate and House skilled and unskilled supplies Territory thereof thereto thousand dollars tion Treasury not otherwise United unskilled labor vessel violation
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Page 49 - person" as used in this Act shall be construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case demands, and shall include corporations, companies, societies, and associations. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any...
Page 35 - 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...
Page 1 - An Act to establish a United States Shipping Board for the purpose of encouraging, developing, and creating a naval auxiliary and naval reserve and a merchant marine to meet the requirements of the commerce of the United States with its Territories and possessions and with foreign countries ; to regulate carriers by water engaged in the foreign and interstate commerce of the United States ; and for other purposes.
Page 9 - States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal...
Page 35 - That in any action brought against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this Act, such common carrier may set off therein any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee, or the person entitled thereto, on account of the injury or death for which said action was brought.
Page 23 - ... and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or registered bonds of the United States in such form as he may prescribe, and in denominations of twenty dollars or some multiple of that sum, redeemable in gold coin at the pleasure of the United States after ten years from the date of their issue, and payable thirty years from such date...
Page 35 - ... any case where the violation by such common carrier of any statute enacted for the safety...
Page 35 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.
Page 3 - 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 ; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...