Annual Report of the Governor of the Panama Canal

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938
 

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Page 31 - prescribed are as follows: (1) On merchant vessels, yachts, Army and Navy transports, colliers, hospital ships, and supply ships, when carrying passengers or cargo, ninety (90) cents per net vessel-ton of 100 cubic feet of actual earning capacity—that is, the net tonnage determined in accordance with the Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal;
Page ii - 1912, were invoked as an emergency measure and since that date the Commanding General, Panama Canal Department, United States Army, has exercised final authority and jurisdiction over the operation of the Panama Canal and all its adjuncts, appendants, and appurtenances, including
Page 65 - of the presence of such vessels in the waters of the Canal Zone, other than the locks, when the Governor shall find that the injury was proximately caused by negligence or fault on the part of any officer or employee of the Panama Canal acting within the scope of his employment.
Page 30 - provides as follows: Tolls on merchant vessels, Army and Navy transports, colliers, hospital ships, supply ships, and yachts, shall be based on net vessel-tons of 100 cubic feet each of actual earning capacity determined in accordance with the Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal prescribed by the President as may be modified by him from time to time by proclamation,
Page 75 - may pay cash relief to such employees of the Panama Canal not coming within the provisions of the Canal Zone Retirement Act as may become unfit for further useful service by reason of mental or physical disability resulting from age or disease; and also
Page 85 - the population of the Canal Zone and the cities of Panama and Colon, are set forth in detail in the calendar year report of the health department, which is published annually in booklet form. For this reason, most of the tables are omitted from this report, and the data pertaining to vital
Page 1 - Canal traffic statistics, foreign naval vessels such as transports, supply ships, tankers, etc., with a measurement of 300 net tons (Panama Canal measurement) or more, and vessels of war, dredges, etc., with a displacement of 500 tons or more, are classified as oceangoing commercial
Page 1 - Canal traffic statistics, foreign naval vessels such as transports, supply ships, tankers, etc., with a measurement of 300 net tons (Panama Canal measurement) or more, and vessels of war, dredges, etc., with a displacement of 500 tons or more, are classified as oceangoing commercial vessels. Statistics on these vessels, except as relate to displacement tonnage, have been included in the

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