United States Statutes at Large, vol. XXVII, p. 27.
Marvin, p. 421.
Report of The Merchant Marine Commission (1904), vol. I, p. III.
Report of The Merchant Marine Commission, together with the testimony taken at the Hearings, 3 Vols., p. 1985; Senate Report, no. 2755, 58th Cong., 3d sess.