Annual Report of the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce, of the State of New York, for the Year ..., Volume 54Press of the Chamber of Commerce, 1912 |
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... interest . There has been extensive comment upon it in the leading newspapers of the country and a number of other important commercial organizations have followed the lead of this Chamber in taking steps to establish similar committees ...
... interest . There has been extensive comment upon it in the leading newspapers of the country and a number of other important commercial organizations have followed the lead of this Chamber in taking steps to establish similar committees ...
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... interest in the subject in the United States which has developed into one of the great commercial nations competing for the trade of the world , and particularly in New York through which one - half of the commerce of the country passes ...
... interest in the subject in the United States which has developed into one of the great commercial nations competing for the trade of the world , and particularly in New York through which one - half of the commerce of the country passes ...
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... interest in the subject ordered that a special meeting be held on February 15th , to be devoted to a Conference on Commercial Education . This conference was held at the date named , over four hundred members of the Chamber being ...
... interest in the subject ordered that a special meeting be held on February 15th , to be devoted to a Conference on Commercial Education . This conference was held at the date named , over four hundred members of the Chamber being ...
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... interest and significance to this question is the fact that the near approach of the opening of the Panama Canal constitutes an invitation to the United States to take advantage of this supreme opportunity to create a merchant marine ...
... interest and significance to this question is the fact that the near approach of the opening of the Panama Canal constitutes an invitation to the United States to take advantage of this supreme opportunity to create a merchant marine ...
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... interest that was taken in the proposed new charter . This interest was signally typified by the action taken by the Chamber on the subject . Although it was midsummer when multi- tudes of citizens are absent from the city , a special ...
... interest that was taken in the proposed new charter . This interest was signally typified by the action taken by the Chamber on the subject . Although it was midsummer when multi- tudes of citizens are absent from the city , a special ...
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Page 182 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
Page 180 - ... likely to become a public charge; professional beggars; persons afflicted with tuberculosis or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease; persons not comprehended within any of the foregoing excluded classes who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective, such mental or physical defect being of a nature which may affect the ability of such alien to earn a living...
Page 181 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of as just and equitable ; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms...
Page 181 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection, or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said Canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the...
Page 10 - And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, grant and...
Page 24 - Two of the original members shall be appointed for a term of one year, two for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years...
Page 23 - The President shall preside at the meetings of the Board of Trustees when present, and shall perform the usual duties of that office. The Secretary shall keep true and careful minutes of the meetings, and perform such other duties as shall be assigned to him by the Board. The Treasurer...
Page 239 - The expense of any such improvements shall be apportioned on the public and private property and municipalities benefited to the extent of the benefits received. Any such reservoir shall always be operated by the state and the legislature shall provide for a charge upon the property and municipalities benefited for a reasonable return to the state upon the value of the rights and property of the state used and the services of the state rendered...
Page 181 - And the contracting parties likewise agree that each shall enter into treaty stipulations with such of the Central American States as they may deem advisable, for the purpose of more effectually carrying out the great design of this convention, namely, that of constructing and maintaining the said canal as a ship communication between the two oceans for the benefit of mankind, on equal terms to all, and of protecting the same...
Page 239 - A violation of any of the provisions of this section may be restrained at the suit of the people or, with the consent of the supreme court in appellate division, on notice to the attorney-general at the suit of any citizen.