Author : United States. Army. Corps Of Engineers
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Book Synopsis Water-Borne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1988, Vol. 1 by : United States. Army. Corps Of Engineers

Download or read book Water-Borne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1988, Vol. 1 written by United States. Army. Corps Of Engineers. This book was released on 2018-01-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Water-Borne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1988, Vol. 1: Waterways and Harbors, Atlantic Coast Part 5. Waterborne Commerce of the United States (national Summaries) Both the foreign and domestic commerce moved on United States waters are included. Data on the foreign commerce were supplied to the Corps of Engineers by the Bureau of the Census; data for the compilation of the domestic statistics were collected by the several offices of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, in compliance with various acts of Congress. The principal provision governing the collection of these data is included in the River and Harbor Act of September 22, 1922; as amended by Section 919 of the 1986 Water Resources Development Act. Section 11. That owners, agents, masters, and clerks of vessels and other craft plying upon the navigable waters of the United States, and all individuals and corporations engaged in transporting their own goods upon the navigable waters of the United States, shall furnish such statements relative to vessels, passengers, freight and tonnage as may be required by the Secretary of War Provided, that this provision shall not apply to those rafting logs, except upon a direct request upon the owner to furnish specific information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.