Treaties and Acts of Congress Relating to the Panama Canal, 1917 |
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... direction , two hundred and ninety and five - tenths ( 290.5 ) meters to a point on the present boundary line ; thence north forty - nine degrees , thirteen minutes and ten seconds west ( N. 49 ° 13 ' 10 " W. ) and one hundred and sixty ...
... direction , two hundred and ninety and five - tenths ( 290.5 ) meters to a point on the present boundary line ; thence north forty - nine degrees , thirteen minutes and ten seconds west ( N. 49 ° 13 ' 10 " W. ) and one hundred and sixty ...
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... direction to the point of beginning , except that at the site of the old Colon lighthouse a detour is made , as shown on the map , to ex- clude an area of land to be used as the site for a United States battery , which site shall be ...
... direction to the point of beginning , except that at the site of the old Colon lighthouse a detour is made , as shown on the map , to ex- clude an area of land to be used as the site for a United States battery , which site shall be ...
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... direction the line runs parallel with the above mentioned center line and at a distance of three hundred and thirty ( 330 ) meters easterly there- from until it meets an imaginary straight line drawn through the lighthouse on Toro Point ...
... direction the line runs parallel with the above mentioned center line and at a distance of three hundred and thirty ( 330 ) meters easterly there- from until it meets an imaginary straight line drawn through the lighthouse on Toro Point ...
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... direction and control of the President , and shall make to the President annually and at such other periods as may be required , either by law or by the order of the President , full and complete reports of all their actings and doings ...
... direction and control of the President , and shall make to the President annually and at such other periods as may be required , either by law or by the order of the President , full and complete reports of all their actings and doings ...
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... of the Commission created by that Act , remaining unexpended , may be expended by said Com- A 1904 . XIV . STE Cee 27 mission under the direction of the chairman of said Commission TREATIES AND ACTS OF CONGRESS RELATING TO PANAMA CANAL .
... of the Commission created by that Act , remaining unexpended , may be expended by said Com- A 1904 . XIV . STE Cee 27 mission under the direction of the chairman of said Commission TREATIES AND ACTS OF CONGRESS RELATING TO PANAMA CANAL .
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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...