...vessels not to engage in coastwise trade on frontiers. — United States Code, title 46, section 883: "No merchandise shall be transported by water, or by land and water, on penalty tf forfeiture thereof, between points in the United States, including Districts, Tsritories, and possessions...

...the instance of and in the interest of the Canadian Steamship Co.? Mr. DUFF. Section 27 stated that no merchandise shall be transported by water or by land and water, under penalty of forfeiture thereof, between points in the United States, either directly or via a...

...or remitted by thé Secretary of Commerce upon a proper représentation of thé facts. SEC. 27. That no merchandise shall be transported by water, or by land and water, on penalty of forfaiture thereof, between points in thé United States, including Districts, Territories, and possessions...

...via a foreign port, and the Act of February 17, 1898, c. 26, 30 Stat. 248, forbade such shipments " either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the voyage." As these restrictions were thought not to include transportation that was partly by water...

...forfeiture thereof, between ports of the United States and ports or places in the Philippine archipelago, directly or via a foreign port or for any part of the voyage in any other vessel than a vessel of the United States, but this does not prohibit the sailing...

...penalty of forfeiture thereof from one port of the United States to another port of the United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the voyage, in any other vessel than a vessel of the United States. * * *" The object of the legislation...

...mitigated or remitled by the secretary of commerce upon proper representation of the facts. Sec. 27. That no merchandise shall be transported by water, or by...on penalty of forfeiture thereof, between points in Ihe United States, including districts, territories and possessions thereof embraced within the coastwise...

...Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, as amended, prohibits the transportation of merchandise by water, or by land and water, on penalty of forfeiture...the United States, including districts, Territories, or possessions thereof embraced within the coastwise laws, either directly or via a foreign port, or...

...and shall be entitled to engage in the coastwise and the fisheries trade and to transport merchandise between points in the United States, including Districts,...possessions thereof embraced within the coastwise laws. REPORTS UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION, Washington, April 20, 19tf). Hon. SO BLAND, Chairman, Committee...

...Merchant Marine Act of 1920), are as follows: "That no merchandise shall be transported by water * * * between points In the United States, including Districts, Territories, and possessions thereof 15 embraced within the coastwise laws, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the...