63rd Congress > House > Vote 127
Description: TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 14385 (38 STAT. 385, 6/15/1914), A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 5 OF "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPENING, MAINTENANCE, PROTECTION AND OPERATIION OF THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE SANITATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE CANAL ZONE, APPROVED AUG. 24, 1912, WHICH AMENDMENT ELIMINATES SENATE AMENDMENT AND SUBSTITUTES THEREFOR," BE IT HEREBY AFFIRMATIVELY DECLARED THAT THE U. S. HAS THE RIGHT TO EXEMPT FROM PAYMENT OF TOLLS FOR PASSAGE THROUGH THE CANAL ITS VESSELS OF EVERY KIND AND ALSO THOSE OF ITS CITIZENS AND THE ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGNITY OF THE U. S. OVER THAT CANAL IS HEREBY SPECIFICALLY AND POSITIVELY AFFIRMED." (P.10339-1)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 51-10, p. 10339; House Journal vol. 63-2, p. 646;
