 | United States - Constitutional law - 1796 - 508 pages
...pointed by the collector of the diftrict to mea- vtffcL fure the fame, fhall, if the faid fhip or veffel be .'. double decked, take the length thereof from . ; ,the fore part of the main ftem to the after, part of the ftern poft above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadefl... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1810 - 222 pages
...261-1?. tons answer.. To find the Government Tonnage. '.'-." • • '." • . • ' . .:'•' ^ " If the vessel be double decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the majn stem, to the after part of the stern post, above th? upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest... | |
 | John Brice - Commercial law - 1814 - 606 pages
...shall be appointed by the collector of the district to measure-the same, shall, if the said ship or vessel be double decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem, to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck, the breadth thereof at the broadest... | |
 | James Maginness - Arithmetic - 1821 - 378 pages
...the former depth, gives the depth to be used in calculating the tonnage. TO FIND GOVERNMENT TONNAGE. If the vessel be double decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem, to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck; the breadth thereof, at the broadest... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...shall be appointed by the collector of the, district to measure the same, shall, if the said ship or vessel be double decked, take the length thereof, from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck, the breadth thereof, at the broadest... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1824 - 224 pages
...P As 95 : 26 Xl3=half the breadth :: 80 : 284f|tons answer. To find the' Government Tonnage. • " If the vessel be double decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem, to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest... | |
 | Charles Potts - Arithmetic - 1835 - 202 pages
...and 1 ft. 10 in. ; what is the solid content? Ans. 44 ft. 8 in. 3". SHIPS> TONNAGE. BY a law of the Congress of -the United States of America, the tonnage...of a ship is to be found in the following manner. RULE. If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof, from the fore part of the main stem... | |
 | Thomas Francis Gordon - Commercial law - 1837 - 886 pages
...the district in which she may be. To ascertain the tonnage of the vessel, such measurer shall, if she be double decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck, the breadth thereof, at the broadest... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 216 pages
...whose length is 80 feet, and breadth 26 feet ? Ans. 284}| tons. To find the- Government tonnage. " If the vessel be double decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem, to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest... | |
 | United States - Law - 1840 - 864 pages
...shall be appointed .by the collector of the district lo measure the same, shall, if the said ship or vessel be double decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main sletn, to the after pari of the stern post above the upper deck; (he breadlh ihereof at ihe broadest... | |
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... vessel be double decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted... 
