Significats de tonnage duty en anglès

No state may lay a tonnage duty without the consent of Congress.

They complain of our tonnage duty, but it is because it is not understood.

Now, what is this but substantially a tonnage duty, under the law of the State?

Now I suppose this matter of tonnage duties is well enough in its own sphere.

Because the States may do enough by the levy and collection of tonnage duties; or if not-Fifth

If I be right in this, how could we make any entirely new improvement by means of tonnage duties?

Liberal bounties were allowed to French ships engaged in commerce, and foreign ships were compelled to pay heavy tonnage duties for using French ports.

We shall never make a canal by tonnage duties until it shall already have been made awhile, so the tonnage can get into it.

Matteson had assumed a quasi-independent position; kept himself non-commital on Nebraska, and opposed Douglas's scheme of tonnage duties to improve Western rivers and harbors.