Maritime Commission

Maritime Commission
An administrative agency of the United States, dealing with maritime things and activities, many of its duties being those of the former United States Shipping Board. Isbrandtsen-Moller Co. v United States, 300 US 139, 81 L Ed 562, 57 S Ct 407.

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