Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶70

The fourth section directs the proper officer to grant to a vessel qualified to receive it, “ a license for carrying on the coasting tradeand prescribes its form. After reciting the compliance of the applicant with the previous requisites of.the law, the operative words of the instrumentare, “license is hereby granted for the said steam-boat, Beilona, to be employed in carrying on the coasting trade for one year from the date hereof, and no longer.”

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 22, at 1 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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