Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 53William B. Dana F. Hunt, 1865 - Commerce |
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Page 86 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States...
Page 466 - The coin deposited for or representing the certificates of deposit shall be retained in the Treasury for the payment of the same on demand. Said certificates shall be receivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues, and when so received may be reissued...
Page 85 - States heretofore declared in insurrection, reserving and excepting only those relating to contraband of war, as hereinafter recited, and also those which relate to the reservation of the rights of the United States to property purchased in the territory of an enemy, heretofore imposed in the territory of the United States east of the Mississippi river are annulled, and I do hereby direct that they be forthwith removed...
Page 369 - They are simultaneous, if said to be so in the policies, which is common ; or if made on the same day, and bearing the same date, and there is no evidence as to which was, in fact, first made. SECTION V. DOUBLE INSURANCE AND RE-INSURANCE. IF there be double insurance, either simultaneously or by successive policies in which priority of insurance is not provided for, we have seen that all are insurers, and liable each in proportion ; thus, if all the policies cover twice the value of the property...
Page 87 - Without waiving in any degree the rights of the government in respect to taxes that have heretofore accrued, or assuming to exonerate the tax-payer from his legal responsibility for such taxes, the department does not deem it advisable to insist at present upon their payment, so far as they were payable prior to the establishment of a collection district embracing the territory in which the tax-payer resides.
Page 21 - The Attorney- General will instruct the proper officers to libel and bring to judgment, confiscation, and sale property subject to confiscation and enforce the administration of justice within said State in all matters within the cognizance and jurisdiction of the Federal courts. Sixth. That the Secretary of the Navy take possession of all public property belonging to the Navy Department within said geographical limits and put in operation all...
Page 92 - Resolved, That this Convention do respectfully request the President of the United States to enter into negotiations with the Government of Great Britain having in view the execution of a Treaty between the two Countries for...
Page 42 - ... confinement and closeness of the ship, the merchant must bear the loss as well as pay the freight; as the master and owners are in no fault, nor does their contract contain any insurance or warranty against such an event.
Page 41 - Under the usual bill of lading, the goods are to be delivered to the consignee or his assigns, on the payment of freight. If goods are accepted under this bill of lading, the party receiving them, whether the consignee or his assignee, becomes liable for the freight. If the master delivers goods to any one, saying that he...
Page 42 - For, it has been held, if the damage has proceeded from an intrinsic principle of decay naturally inherent in the commodity itself, whether active in every situation, or only in the confinement and closeness of the ship, the merchant must bear the loss as well as pay the freight...