Panama Canal Miscellaneous: Canal Zone biological area

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Seite 139 - But when, as in this case, a ship at the time of a collision is in actual violation of a statutory rule intended to prevent collisions, it is no more than a reasonable presumption that the fault, if not the sole cause, was at least a contributory cause of the disaster. In such a case the burden rests upon the ship of showing not merely that her fault might not have been one of the causes, or that it probably was not, but that it could not have been.
Seite 101 - It is the duty of the master to interfere in cases of the pilot's intoxication or manifest incapacity, in cases of danger which he does not foresee, and in all cases of great necessity. The Argo, 1 Swab.
Seite 14 - Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere...
Seite 3 - Area. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That section 7 of the Act of July 2, 1940 (20 USC 79e), is 4 amended by striking out ", not to exceed $750,000,".
Seite 101 - . . . [I]n well-conducted ships the master does not regard the presence of a duly-licensed pilot in compulsory pilot waters as freeing him from every obligation to attend to the safety of the vessel; but that, while the master sees that his officers and crew duly attend to the pilot's orders, he himself is bound to keep a vigilant eye on the navigation of the vessel, and, when 70 exceptional circumstances exist, not only to urge upon the pilot to use every precaution, but to insist upon such being...
Seite 101 - Nor are we satisfied with the conduct of the master in leaving the pilot in sole charge of the vessel. While the pilot, doubtless, supersedes the master, for the time being, in the command and navigation of the ship, and his orders must be obeyed in all matters connected with her navigation, the master is not wholly absolved from his duties while the pilot is on board, and may advise with him, and even displace him in case he is intoxicated or manifestly incompetent.
Seite 343 - States. (b) The Commission shall not adjust and pay any claim for damages for injuries arising by reason of the presence of the vessel in the Panama Canal or adjacent waters outside the locks where the amount of the claim exceeds $120,000 but shall submit the claim to the Congress in a special report containing the material facts and the recommendation of the Commission thereon.
Seite 102 - Panama at the same time as the instruments of ratification of the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal, signed this date, are exchanged.
Seite 39 - Defendant has appealed from a judgment in favor of plaintiff for damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of the...