2. Section (Volume 1-30); Ocean Navigation. Reports (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... 16" Proposition to the Civil Engineering Department for works which, for commercial or maritime reasons, should have precedence over those already authorized for the port and the railway; 17 Turning over to the Captain of the Port the finished works, except those assigned to or in use by the railway service; construction and arrangement of additional works; 18 Dredging the port and questions belonging thereto; 19 Arrangement, maintenance of the quays, railway tracks, approaches, &c., outside of the maritime station; 20 Lighting the quays; 21 Temporary occupation of the quays by materials and other things for the needs of construction and maintenance of the port; 22 Operating the bonded warehouses and the free port; 23 Equipment of establishments of any kind, outside of the maritime station, for the needs of commerce or industry, side tracks to the railways directly or by car ferries; 24 Taxes and local expenses relating to the service of the port; 25 Tariffs of shippers, brokers and middle men in the interest of the development of traffic and in accordance with what is done in other home and foreign ports; 26 Studies and propositions for the improvement of the service of the port, in the interest of commerce and the finances of the State; 27" Special questions presented directly to the examination of the Commission by the ministers or by the administrations represented on the said Commission. When the Commission comes to a conclusion on any subject within its jurisdiction, if this conclusion can be carried into effect, it is communicated by the prefect to the administration interested so that the necessary steps can be taken; when, on the contrary, the conclusion goes beyond the powers of the local administrations, it is transmitted, as already said, to t...