The loading and unloading of all other goods has to be performed by senders and consignees respectively, unless the service is undertaken by the railway company, for which a charge of 10d.
Goods sent in full truck loads may be loaded and unloaded at option by Senders and Consignees respectively, but if loaded by Senders they must be unloaded and carted by Consignees.
The loading and unloading of animals, whether carried by Goods or Passenger Trains, is effected at the expense and entire responsibility of Senders and Consignees respectively.
At Boston, a town meeting appointed a committee to wait on the consignees to request their resignation.
The consignees were, generally, compelled to relinquish their consignments; and, in most instances, the ships bringing the tea were obliged to return with it.
The consignees asked for time to prepare their answer; and "out of great tenderness" the body postponed receiving it to the next morning.
But hours were precious; let the tea be entered, and it would be beyond the power of the consignees to send it back.
Will it be safe for the consignees to appear in the meeting?
He chose the latter, and in the mean time the consignees of the tea were all forced to resign.
It was ascertained that the consignees had imported the tea, and that Anthony Stewart, proprietor of the vessel, had paid the duty upon it.
While these conditions prevailed the milk manifest at any station where a large amount of milk was loaded contained so many names of shippers and consignees that it resembled the poll list of an election district.
While the list of consignees has not decreased to the same extent, still it is very short as compared with the former period.
Agents orconsignees were appointed in the several colonies to receive it, and the ministry fondly imagined that they had at last outwitted the vigilant patriots.
This was ominous; the consignees were alarmed, for it was evident that the people had determined to stop talking, and henceforth to act.
They adopted as their own the sentiments of eight resolutions passed at a public meeting in Philadelphia a month before, and appointed a committee to wait upon the consignees and request them to resign.
In Boston the consignees were known to the public; they were all friends of Governor Hutchinson.
They were on their way to see the consignees of their boats.
He sought him vainly for many days and visited in Naples the consignees who thought that the captain had returned to his country some time ago.
He had inquired among the consignees of the Mare Nostrum, hunting everywhere for news of his father.
But if the consignees and the authorities were resolved that the tea should be landed, the citizens of Boston were equally resolved that it should {160} not.
In many cases the consignees were persuaded, not wholly without menace, to make public engagement to relinquish their appointments.
The consignees insisted that the tea should be delivered to them, and neither the Custom House nor the Governor would grant the captains permission to return.
The meeting adjourned till Tuesday morning to hear what the consignees would do.
The consignees in the Colonies, of course, will add the amount in their sales, and so the revenue will be collected without any agency on the part of the Custom Houses.
The consignees were assembled in Richard Clark's store.
The consigneeswere in Richard Clark's store, and the door was locked.
Turn over command second mate, call consignees your wages immediately.
The consignees asked for time to prepare their answer; and, "out of great tenderness," the body postponed proceeding with it till the next morning.
The consignees engaging to place on board of each prow one or two men of confidence, to see that the goods are safely delivered on board of the ship, to prevent pilfering, which is often practiced by those who conduct the lighter.
The consigneesof said cargo should follow the same line of conduct, and if properly attended to by yourself and them, I am convinced that the cargo of coffee can be purchased ten per cent.
Against this it was urged that the consignees were hostile only by reason of domicile, and that neither the owners of the ship nor the captain had any intention to trade with the enemy.
He urged that the question of the justice of indemnification should be settled, leaving the respective rights of consignors or consignees to the proceeds to be settled afterward.
He suggested that where the title to property was doubtful both shipper and buyer might unite in the sale, since this course was preferable to incurring questions as between consignors and consignees in the prize courts.
The greater freedom from detention and seizure which was confidently expected to result from consigning shipments to definite consignees rather than "to order" is still awaited.
The consignees paid me for all the freight, and threw the loss of the damaged sugar upon the underwriters in Providence, who insured a considerable amount in the cargo.
On my arrival at that place my consigneessold to the administrator all the timber he wanted, and the remainder at an under price to individuals.
He soon made his appearance, when I took him to the store of my consignees and made out an account of his time, allowing him wages at the rate of fourteen dollars per month, according to agreement.
I notified my consignees of our arrival and then landed the cargo.
The next day I called at the store of my consignees and got the clerk to accompany me to the court.
Again those gentlemen refused compliance, and when the committee reported to the meeting, it was voted that the answer of the consignees was "unsatisfactory and highly affrontive.
The consignees were alarmed, for it was evident that the people were determined to talk only, no more, but henceforth to act.
The consignees were summoned at an early hour in the morning, to appear under Liberty Tree (a huge elm, which stood at the present junction of Washington and Essex streets), and resign their commissions.
The Company had appointed consignees in various seaport towns, and these being generally known to the people, were warned to resign their commissions, or hold them at their peril.
On the 18th, another meeting was held in Faneuil Hall, and a committee was again appointed to wait upon the consignees and request them to resign.
The flight of the consignees allayed the excitement for a few days.
During their session the frightened consignees presented a petition to the council, asking leave to resign their commissions into the hands of the governor and his advisers, and praying them to adopt measures for the safe landing of the teas.
Sometimes theconsignees are obliged to send their vessels to the Sandwich islands or Valparaiso until a change of administration will enable them to avoid the exorbitant demands of some petty governor or collector of customs.
Besides, the consignees are liable to send you a bill for the shortage; you can gamble your head they'll deduct it from the freight bill.
I lost the lower topsail and the consignees are going to find a shortage in those hardwood logs; but that's all--except that I haven't had a decent meal in God knows when.
The consignees asked time for consideration, and 'out of great tenderness' their request was granted.
At Philadelphia, the consignees were forced to resign and send the tea back to England.
The answer of theconsignees was given in the morning (November 30); and after declaring that it was out of their power to send back the teas, they expressed their readiness to store them until otherwise advised.
Hutchinson permitted the merchants to reduce the consignees to submission, and even to compel an English adventurer to re-embark his goods.
The tea consignees appointed by the East India Company were in several places compelled to relinquish their appointments, and no others could be found hardy enough to act in their stead.
In all cases, except in Boston, the consignees were prevailed upon to resign; and in all cases except two, Boston and Charleston, the tea was sent back to England without having been landed.
But four men could not safely work the schooner to Boston, nor in season to keep his contract with the consignees of freight which the Seamew carried.
Tunis had to see his consignees while the freight was being discharged; when he got back to the wharf there was nobody aboard the schooner save Horry and Zebedee.
And there were always full or part cargoes to be had at Boston for certain single consignees along the Cape, which would pay a fair profit on the upkeep of the schooner.
The Consignees have behaved like Scoundrels in refusing to take the consignment, or indemnify the owner of the ship which conveyed this detestable commodity to this port.
In New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston mass-meetings of the people voted that the consignees should be ordered to resign their offices, and they did so.
Ships laden with tea were accordingly sent in the autumn of 1773 to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston; and consignees were appointed to receive the tea in each of these towns.
By sunrise next morning the revenue officers would board the ships and unload their cargoes, the consignees would go to the custom-house and pay the duty, and the king's scheme would have been crowned with success.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "consignees" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
