Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session, Volume 16 |
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China , correspondence of the commissioner and acting commissioner to the empire of China relative to the regulations for the consular courts of the United States in ..... China , and other papers respecting the privileges to be ...
China , correspondence of the commissioner and acting commissioner to the empire of China relative to the regulations for the consular courts of the United States in ..... China , and other papers respecting the privileges to be ...
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10 27 President of the United States , communicating a report and correspondence relative to the regulations with China , in conformity with the 6th section of the act of August 11 , 1848 , message from the ... President of the United ...
10 27 President of the United States , communicating a report and correspondence relative to the regulations with China , in conformity with the 6th section of the act of August 11 , 1848 , message from the ... President of the United ...
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14 92 1 14 94 1 President of the United States , communicating a copy of a letter from the United States Commissioner in China and other papers , respecting the privileges to be exercised in that government by the United States ...
14 92 1 14 94 1 President of the United States , communicating a copy of a letter from the United States Commissioner in China and other papers , respecting the privileges to be exercised in that government by the United States ...
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Communicating a report and correspondence relative to the regulations with China , in conformity with the 6th section of the act of August 11 , 1848 .. Recommending a special appropriation of three millions of dollars for mili- tary ...
Communicating a report and correspondence relative to the regulations with China , in conformity with the 6th section of the act of August 11 , 1848 .. Recommending a special appropriation of three millions of dollars for mili- tary ...
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Communicating a copy of a letter , from the United States Commissioner in China , and other papers , respecting the privileges to be exercised by the United States therein .... Communicating a report of the proceedings of a council held ...
Communicating a copy of a letter , from the United States Commissioner in China , and other papers , respecting the privileges to be exercised by the United States therein .... Communicating a report of the proceedings of a council held ...
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Page 8 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 5 - Privateering is, and remains abolished. 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag.
Page 7 - DECLARATION RESPECTING MARITIME LAW, SIGNED BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRIA, FRANCE, PRUSSIA, RUSSIA, SARDINIA, AND TURKEY, ASSEMBLED IN CONGRESS AT PARIS, APRIL 16, 1856.
Page 7 - That free ships make free goods' — that is to say, that the effects or goods belonging to subjects or citizens of a Power or State at war are free from capture and confiscation when found on board of neutral vessels, with the exception of articles contraband of war. 2* That the property of neutrals on board an enemy's vessel is not subject to confiscation, unless the same be contraband of war.
Page 5 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 3 - The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred a resolution of the House of Representatives...
Page 13 - It is, in the opinion of this Government, to be seriously apprehended that if the use of privateers be abandoned, the dominion over the seas will be surrendered to those Powers which adopt the policy and have the means of keeping up large navies. The one which has a decided naval superiority would be potentially the mistress of the ocean, and by the abolition of privateering that domination would be more firmly secured.
Page 22 - An act to provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801," which was presented to me on the 6th instant, with my objections to its becoming a law.
Page 129 - Wherefore I, the said notary, at the request aforesaid, have protested, and by these presents do solemnly protest, as well against the...
Page 4 - ... who had agreed, and those who should afterwards accede to it, should, after the adoption of the same, enter into no arrangement on the application of maritime law in time of war without stipulating for a strict observance of the four points resolved by the declaration. The...
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| Title | Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session, Volume 16 United States congressional serial set |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate |
| Published | 1856 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2006 |
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