...caused by the decisions of the Supreme Court, it was enacted by Congress, in Section 18, Chapter 121, entitled an Act to remove certain burdens on the American...American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes, approved June 26, 1884 (23 Statutes at Large, 57), as follows : " That the individual liability of...

...follows: "SEC. 4289. The provisions of the seven preceding sections, and of section eighteen of an act entitled 'An act to remove certain burdens on the...merchant marine and encourage the American foreign curry ing-trade, and for other purposes,' approved June twenty-sixth, eight^'n hundred and eighty-four,...

...per centum or over of the total value of the invoice." SEC. 18. That section twenty-nine of the act entitled "An act to remove certain burdens on the...American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes," approved June twenty -sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, is hereby amended by striking out iu...

...clearance from any port of the United States.— Act June 20, 1884. SEC. 3. That section 10 of the act entitled "An act to remove certain burdens on the...American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, be amended by striking out the words...

...that it was not the design of Congress to include fishing vessels within its provisions. Its title is, "An act to remove certain burdens on the American...American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes." The object of the prior legislation which wa* amended, as well as of the act in question, was to promote...

...per centum or over of the total value of the invoice." SEC. 18. That section twenty-nine of the act entitled "An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage t lie American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen...

...apply it to American vessels; and, in the same connection, to section 14 of the act of June 26, 18-34, entitled "An act to remove certain burdens on the...American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes," three copies of which are scut herewith. You will convey to the proper authorities the assurance, under...

...apply it to American vessels; and, in the same connection, to section 14 of the act of June 2(>, 18S1, entitled "An act to remove certain burdens on the...American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes," three copies of which are sent herewith. You will convey to the proper authorities the assurance, \mder...

...requirements of the steamboat inspection law may not have been complied With. The act of Congress, passed June 26, 1884, entitled " An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine," etc., 23 Stat. 53, c. 121, has a section (§ 18) which seems to have Opinion of the Court. been intended...

...Wood, Young— 142. April 80, the Senate took up a measure, reported by the Committee on Commerce, to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine, and encourage the American foreign carrying-trade, and for other purposes. The test vote in the shaping of this measure waa on the adoption...