United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 5932U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... the United States will agree to them , but it cannot submit to have them imposed upon it without its con- sent . " ( App . , p . 500. ) This despatch appears to concede that effective legislative regula- tion QUESTION ONE . 19.
... the United States will agree to them , but it cannot submit to have them imposed upon it without its con- sent . " ( App . , p . 500. ) This despatch appears to concede that effective legislative regula- tion QUESTION ONE . 19.
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... appears to me that American citizens , while within British juris- diction , would be subject to the penalties attached to the infringe- ment of all legal regulations , local , as well as general , by which Brit- ish subjects are bound ...
... appears to me that American citizens , while within British juris- diction , would be subject to the penalties attached to the infringe- ment of all legal regulations , local , as well as general , by which Brit- ish subjects are bound ...
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... appears to them perfectly sound , and as applicable to the fishery provisions of the Treaty of Washington as to those of the treaty which Mr. Marcy had in view . They cannot , therefore , admit the accuracy of the opinion expressed in ...
... appears to them perfectly sound , and as applicable to the fishery provisions of the Treaty of Washington as to those of the treaty which Mr. Marcy had in view . They cannot , therefore , admit the accuracy of the opinion expressed in ...
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... appear to involve the most extraordinary consequences . They assert that only with the consent of the United States ... appears to be put forward on behalf of the United States , and the point is referred to here only as illustrat- ing ...
... appear to involve the most extraordinary consequences . They assert that only with the consent of the United States ... appears to be put forward on behalf of the United States , and the point is referred to here only as illustrat- ing ...
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... appears , from information recently received by the Govern- ment of the United States , that the provincial authorities assume a right to exclude the vessels of the United States from all their bays ( even including those of Fundy and ...
... appears , from information recently received by the Govern- ment of the United States , that the provincial authorities assume a right to exclude the vessels of the United States from all their bays ( even including those of Fundy and ...
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Page 258 - American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them.
Page 21 - St. Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 21 - Pennsylvania Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign and Independent States ; that he treats with them as such ; and for himself, his Heirs and Successors, relinquishes all claims to the government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 84 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 10 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 648 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 41 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 22 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 606 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 258 - Whereas differences have arisen respecting the Liberty claimed by the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cure Fish on certain Coasts, Bays, Harbours, and Creeks of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America, it is agreed between The High Contracting Parties, that the Inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind...