Sponsor: ADAMSON, William Charles (D-GA)
Description: TO CONCUR IN A SENATE 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 OPERATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE CANAL ZONE," APPROVED AUG. 24, 1912, WITH THE PROVISO THAT THE PASSAGE OF THIS ACT SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED OR HELD AS A WAIVER OF ANY RIGHT THE U. S. MAY HAVE UNDER TREATY WITH GREAT BRITIAN OR THE TREATY WITH THE REP. OF PANAMA, TO DISCRIMINATE IN FAVOR OF ITS VESSELS BY EXEMPTING THE U. S. VESSELS OR ITS CITIZENS FROM PAYMENT OF TOLLS OR PASSAGE THROUGH THE CANAL. (P. 10328-1,2)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 51-10, p. 10341; House Journal vol. 63-2, p. 646;