..."SEC. 3. That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or property to or from any port of the United States of America shall exercise due diligence...manned, equipped, and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent, or charterers shall become or be held responsible for damage or loss resulting...

...section of the act thus referred to, and known as the "Harter Act," is, in part, as follows : "That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise...manned, equipped and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent or charterers, shall become or be held responsible for the damage or loss...

...the hullinterests had the Florida been without cargo." That section is in these words : "Sec. 3. That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise...manned, equipped and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent, or charterers shall become or be responsible for damage or loss re1 suiting...

...of the act of February 13, 1893, (27 Stat. c. 105, p. 445,) which provides as follows: "Sec. 3. That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise...said vessel in all respects seaworthy and properly maimed, equipped, and supplied, (a) neither the vessel, her owner or owners, ugent, or charterers,...

...27 Stat. 445 [US Comp. St. 1901, p. 2946], relying on the third section, as follows: "Sec. 3. That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise...exercise due diligence to make the said vessel in nil respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or...

...the damage or loss. 3 US Comp. St. 1901, p. 2946 (Act Feb. 13, 1893, c. 105, § 3, 27 Stat. 445) : "If the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise...States of America shall exercise due diligence to make his vessel in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped and supplied, neither the vessel...

...227, 228; Gilroy v. Price [1893] App. Cas. 56, 64. The third section of the Harter act provides that, "If the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise...to or from any port In the United States of America ehall exercise due diligence to make the said vessel In all respects seaworthy and properly manned,...

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..."Sec. 3. That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or property to or from any port of the United States of America shall exercise due diligence...manned, equipped, and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent, or charterers shall become or be held responsible for damage or loss resulting...

...relieves the carrier from liability in certain respects, it does so only upon the condition that the owner "shall exercise due diligence to make the said vessel...seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, and supplied," and it also provides in section 2 (section 8030) that — "It shall not be lawful for any vessel transporting...