The Portland daily press., 1900-03-29

shall net have been eompletsd and in sx-
istenee untii after the nrss dsy Of Janu-
AIRY. ammo Domini ninstsen hundred, for
q period of twenty years, Of the sums fol-
lowing, nAmsJs
"(al. ON each entry Of sail or steam
vessel, not exossding sixteen entries n
any twelve consecutive months, one and
onc-hslf cents per sross ton for each one
hundred nautical miles not exceeding one
thousand fve hundred nautical miles
sailed outward bound, and one and one
half osnts per gross ton for each one hun
dred nautical miles not exceeding one
thousand nve hundred nautical miles
sailed homsward bound, and one cont
per gross ton for each addi ional one
hundred nauii ,al miles siiled.
"No vessel shall be esti led 10 the full
compensal IN under this clause unless
she shall have cleared from port Of the
Unitsd States win cargo to the amount
Of fifty FER cen.um Of her gross tonnage.
except as herti lsfser IL this CLAUSE
| stated. in asoertli iag the psrcentags
of the requ -ed cargo two thousand TWO
hundred and forty pounds, or cargo
measure ,g forty outi, feet. according TO
the custom OF trade, shall be deemed one
gross ton; and IL cargo space In any
vessel q Il L. olaute desoi bed be sold BY
the year or for any pei ID Of time, each
forty cuti, feet of such space shall be
reckoned and deemed a gross ton on each
outward voyage duriug the peri, Tor
wi icb ssii space shall have been sold;
and In ascert log the percsntase OF
the csrgo required for passenger and mail
steamer the tonnage measurement CT the
space rermansntly devoted to tte carry
iag Of passengers and mails shall nrst
be deducted from the groes tonnage OF
suoh steamers; and no such steamer shall
TO entitled to the full compensation IN for
any voysgs under tti CLAUSE unless she
shall have cleared from q PORT OF the
u tied States with cargo to the amount
Of fifty per csntum Of the difference be-
tween her gross tonnage and the tonnage
meas uremsnt OF the space within her
perman .tly devoted to the carrying of
passengers and msils as aforessii; and
any shortage in the amount Of cargo re-
qrired and defined as Aforesaid shall
dia icilh the amount Of the compensa-
ton in this paragraph provided for In the
proport IN that such shortage bears to
the total cargo or lis equivalent 30 re-
quirsd."
In class (b) whi,h prov ides an addition
to the compensation OF the above CLAUSE,
there IL qrise q difference between the
two ti'ls, The Senate iin prosi ies that
the add ional compensation shall be per
gross ton for each one hundred nautioal
N lies allied. The House hi sigss the
speciisd increase for each one hundred
Iauti ,sl mile outward bound, and sigh-
ty per cent. of the spseiue increase for
each hundred ni'ss homeward bound,
The Senate / ill does not rsquirs condi-
fions as to the construction Of the YES
sells, but the Hoase bill siipuiatss that
they must bs suitable for carrying the
msils and as auxi ilriss to our navy In
time Of war.
In the stipulations Of tonnage and
speed tor this additional com peneation
the two bills differ as shown below In
respect to vessels over two thousand gross
tons:
First. Twelve knots and less than
fourteen knots, dve-tenths Of one cent per
gross ton. (The House bill has eleven
to twelve knots, and four-tsnths OF one
per cent?
second. Fourteen knots and less than
fifteen knots, one cent per gross ton.
blouse bill-Twelvs to thirteen, and six
tenths of one per cent.
"Third. Fifteen knots and lsfs than
sixteen knots, one and ene-tenth cents
per gross ton. (Houss bill-Thirtsen to
fourteen, and eight-tsnths of one per
oent.)
Fourth. Sixteen knots, or over, enc
and two-tsnths cents per grosa ton.
(House bill-FouItssn to fifteen and one
per cent?
The Houss bill In addition provides
two additional classes not contained In
the Senate bill:
Fifth. Fifteen knots and less than
sixteen knots, one and ons-tenth cents
per gross ton.
"Sixth. Sixteen knots or over. one and
two-tsnths cents par gross ton."
:: The above olassihoations apply to ves-
sells over two thousand tons and under
four Thousand. For larger vessels the two
bills provide identioally IS followsi.
'Vessels over four thousand gross tons:
"Eifth. Seventeen knots ana less than
eighteen knots, one and four-tenths cents
per gross ton.
"Sixth. Eighteen knots and less than
nineteen knots, one and six-tenths csnts
per gross ten.
Seventh. Nineteen knots or over. one
and eight-tsnths cents per gross ton.
"Vessels over ten thousand gross tons:
"Eighth. Twenty knots and less than
twenty -ons knots, two cents per gross
ton.
"Ninth. Twenty -one knots or over, two
and thrss-tsnths cents per gross ton.
"No vessel shall be entitled to oompsn-
sation under more than one OF the ton
mage ard speed olasSihoations In this
CLAUSE spscified.