Statutes of the United States of AmericaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 |
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actually addition agent Agreement America amount appraisers appropriation approved authorized bonded Census cents per pound cents per square centum ad valorem chief value collector colored composed condition Congress containing Convention cotton court customs district dollars dozen dutiable entry enumeration exceeding exportation fifteen per centum fifty cents five foregoing foreign forty per centum four free list further Government Group hereby hundred and nine hundred kilos imported imposed inch invoice iron or steel less manufactured March material merchandise metal nineteen hundred officers one-half cents otherwise provided paid paragraph Parties person plates port prepared prescribed President printed production Proviso rate of duty regulations River SCHEDULE Secretary Senate silk similar specially provided square yard thereof thereto thousand threads tion Treasury twenty twenty per centum twenty-five per centum United wares Washington weight wholly wood wool
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Page 40 - Differences which may arise of a legal nature or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy...
Page 40 - In each individual case the High Contracting Parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, shall conclude a special Agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the Arbitrators, and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure...
Page 26 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 5 - America, not included within the abovementioned limits: 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 130 - An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes.
Page 5 - 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...
Page 85 - Act, then upon the importation of any such article or merchandise into the United States, whether the same shall be imported directly from the country of production or otherwise, and whether such article or merchandise is imported in the same condition as when exported from the country of production or has been changed in condition by remanufacture or otherwise, there shall be levied and paid, in all such cases, in addition to the duties otherwise imposed by this Act, an additional duty equal to...
Page 113 - ... provided, however, that nothing in this section contained shall apply to labor, agricultural or horticultural organizations, or to fraternal beneficiary societies, orders, or associations operating under the lodge system, and providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, and other benefits to the members of such societies, orders or associations, and dependents of such members, nor to domestic building and loan associations, organized and operated exclusively for the mutual benefit of their...
Page 79 - Philosophical and scientific apparatus, utensils, instruments, and preparations, including bottles and boxes containing the same, specially imported In good faith for the use and by order of any society or institution incorporated or established solely for religious philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school, or seminary of learning in the United States, or any State or public...
Page 96 - ... there shall be levied, collected, and paid, in addition to the duties imposed by law on such merchandise, an additional duty of 1 per centum of the total appraised value thereof for each 1 per centum that such appraised value exceeds the value declared in the entry...