Navigation Laws Of The United States 1911 Classic Reprint

Author : United States Laws
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ISBN 13 : 9781330933121
Total Pages : 536 pages
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Download or read book The Navigation Laws of the United States (Classic Reprint) written by United States Laws and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Navigation Laws of the United States Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be printed 5,000 copies of the navigation and customs collection laws relating to vessels, including the laws relating to merchant seamen, and the regulation of steam vessels, compiled by the Bureau of Navigation in the Treasury Department, of which 1, 000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 2,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and 2,000 copies for the use of the Bureau of Navigation. In compliance with the foregoing resolution I have prepared this volume, comprising the navigation laws of the United States, with such statutes as relate to the customs and to merchant seamen. In order to make the book concise and render the different subjects more easy of reference, the matter is classified in twelve parts, as below. Part I. - (1) Vessels: their measurement and documents; (2) entry and clearance; (3) yachts and pleasure vessels; (4) tonnage duties; (5) Bureau of Navigation; (6) abolishment of certain fees. Part II. - (1) Regulation of vessels in foreign trade; (2) regulation of vessels in domestic trade;(3) regulation of vessels in the fisheries; (4) drawbacks on shipbuilding materials, &c. Part III. - (1) Transportation of passengers and merchandise; (2)liability of shipowners; (3) transportation by steam-vessels; (4)inspection, &c.; (5) general pilot laws. Part IV. - (1) Immigration and coolie trade; (2) guano islands; (3) timber shipments; (4) carrying the mail. Part V. - (1) Navigation rules and vessels' lights; (2)collisions - revised international regulations; (3) wrecks and life-saving stations; (4) storm and weather signals; (5) fixing a common meridian. Part VI. - (1) Lights and buoys; (2) Coast Survey; (3)navigable rivers; (4) rivers and harbors. Part VII. - (1) Public health; (2) quarantine; (3) hospitals, &c. Part VIII. - (1) Merchant seamen and their shipment and discharge; (2) logbooks. Part IX. - Miscellaneous acts, amendments, and corrections of the foregoing laws. Part X. - (1) Foreign relations; (2) consular service; (3) extradition;(4) neutrality. Part XI. - (1) Insurrections and unlawful trade; (2) crimes; (3) remission of penalties; (4) piracy and trials; (5) slave trade; (6)prize. Part XII. - (1) Customs laws; (2) collection of duties; (3) coins, weights, and measures. The navigation laws proper are embraced in the first nine parts. The laws relating to customs and other subjects intimately connected with shipping are included so far as practicable in Parts X, XI, and XII. An explanatory table precedes the laws and a fully classified index is appended, in which all the laws adopted since the issue of the last edition of the Revised Statutes down to 1886 (first session of the Forty-ninth Congress) may be found by reference to the leading topic alphabetically arranged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.