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... cents on the centner , a measure of weight equivalent to 113 pounds , and the reduction of the imposition on tobacco in leaf of about a cent and a third per pound . On a liberal estimate of the addition which might be expected in the ...
... cents on the centner , a measure of weight equivalent to 113 pounds , and the reduction of the imposition on tobacco in leaf of about a cent and a third per pound . On a liberal estimate of the addition which might be expected in the ...
Page 69
... cent ad valorem ; and the same act imposed a duty on coke , or culm of coal , of 5 cents per bushel , equal to about 161.94 per cent ad valorem . By the tariff act of July 30 , 1846 , which went in force December 1 , 1846 , and is now ...
... cent ad valorem ; and the same act imposed a duty on coke , or culm of coal , of 5 cents per bushel , equal to about 161.94 per cent ad valorem . By the tariff act of July 30 , 1846 , which went in force December 1 , 1846 , and is now ...
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... cent on what is received in the United States , a tax equivalent to 65 cents per ton . As there exists no coal formation in all Canada , along a frontier of more than a thousand miles , as the wants of the people increase , as ...
... cent on what is received in the United States , a tax equivalent to 65 cents per ton . As there exists no coal formation in all Canada , along a frontier of more than a thousand miles , as the wants of the people increase , as ...
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... cent ad valorem ) on the importation of all foreign coals , was to repress the introduction of British coals into the United States , and thereby protect and encourage chiefly the domestic coal interests of Pennsylvania , Maryland , and ...
... cent ad valorem ) on the importation of all foreign coals , was to repress the introduction of British coals into the United States , and thereby protect and encourage chiefly the domestic coal interests of Pennsylvania , Maryland , and ...
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... cent interest . Bondholders , 3 per cent interest General claims , say ... -- $ 1,000,000 5,000,000 65,000,000 4,000,000 To France , immediate , say . Convention , Lalance .. Pennaud agreement Claims , general , say To Spain , immediate ...
... cent interest . Bondholders , 3 per cent interest General claims , say ... -- $ 1,000,000 5,000,000 65,000,000 4,000,000 To France , immediate , say . Convention , Lalance .. Pennaud agreement Claims , general , say To Spain , immediate ...
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Page 261 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Page 260 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 261 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on. or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America not included within the above-mentioned limits...
Page 653 - 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 288 - Provided, however, that the American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours, for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever.
Page 651 - ... 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 the least possible delay in accordance with the regulations in force, and with only such intermission as may result from the necessities of the service.
Page 647 - 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...
Page 663 - ... respectively ; also to hire and occupy houses and warehouses for the purposes of their commerce; and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation, respectively, shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce ; subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.
Page 314 - States shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each and every alien so landed or brought in or attempted to be landed or brought in.
Page 288 - Isle, and thence northwardly indefinitely along the coast, without prejudice however, to any of the exclusive rights of the Hudson Bay Company: And that the American fishermen shall also have liberty forever, to dry and cure fish, in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of the southern part of the coast of Newfoundland hereabove described...