Preamble
WHEREAS, the Seventy-fourth Congress of the United States enacted Public Act Numbered Five hundred and twenty-one, entitled: "Carriage of Goods by Sea Act"; WHEREAS, the primordial purpose of the said Act is to bring about uniformity in ocean bills of lading and to give effect" to the Brussels Treaty, signed by the United States with other powers; WHEREAS, the Government of the United States has left it to the Philippine Government to decide whether or not the said Act shall apply to carriage of goods by sea in foreign trade to and from Philippine ports; WHEREAS, the said Act of Congress contains advanced legislation, which is in consonance with modern maritime rules and the practices of the great shipping countries of the world; WHEREAS, shipping companies, shippers, and marine insurance companies, and various chambers of commerce, which are directly affected by such legislation, have expressed their desire that said Congressional Act be made applicable and extended to the Philippines; therefore,