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Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Oscar S. Straus

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Oscar S. Straus

Attorney General Bonaparte provides legal counsel for Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus regarding the British steamer Ferndene, which transported coal for the Navy from the East Coast to the West Coast. Bonaparte informs Straus that, so long as the ship carried nothing else but the coal, she does not have to pay the associated tonnage tax and Straus’s other questions are moot.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-09

Extract from the report of the commissioner of navigation for 1897

Extract from the report of the commissioner of navigation for 1897

Under United States law, the president is able to exempt certain vessels from tonnage taxation at ports of entry. German ships were exempted from taxation in 1888 and it was assumed that American ships were receiving the same exemption in German ports of entry. However, due to the structure of the German constitution, American ships were not exempted from all tonnage taxation. As such, the exemption for German ships was ended.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897