The Extent of the Marginal Sea: A Collection of Official Documents and Views of Representative PublicistsThe present volume of views and documents bearing upon the extent of the marginal sea is divided into two sections: Part I contains excerpts from the publications of representative publicists; Part II is a compilation of official documents. The documents in Part II are printed in chronological order under countries in alphabetical order.--Publisher's description. |
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... United States , comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States .. Page . 538 538 539 539 1784 , October 1. — An Act for the more effectual prevention of smuggling in this Kingdom ...
... United States , comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States .. Page . 538 538 539 539 1784 , October 1. — An Act for the more effectual prevention of smuggling in this Kingdom ...
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... United States of February 8 , 1853 ...... 1855 , January 13. - Award of the tribunal in the case of the " Washington , " . arbitration with the United States , in which the marginal sea is defined at three marine miles ..... 1857 ...
... United States of February 8 , 1853 ...... 1855 , January 13. - Award of the tribunal in the case of the " Washington , " . arbitration with the United States , in which the marginal sea is defined at three marine miles ..... 1857 ...
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... United States , to Mr. Olney , Secretary of State of the United States , suggesting that six miles be set as the limit of the ter- ritorial sea ... 606 606 606 1897 , February 13 / 25. - Award of the arbitrator in the case of the ...
... United States , to Mr. Olney , Secretary of State of the United States , suggesting that six miles be set as the limit of the ter- ritorial sea ... 606 606 606 1897 , February 13 / 25. - Award of the arbitrator in the case of the ...
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... United States , comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States ..... Page . 538 538 539 539 1784 , October 1. - An Act for the more effectual prevention of smuggling in this Kingdom ...
... United States , comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States ..... Page . 538 538 539 539 1784 , October 1. - An Act for the more effectual prevention of smuggling in this Kingdom ...
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... United States of February 8 , 1853 ... 1855 , January 13. - Award of the tribunal in the case of the " Washington , arbitration with the United States , in which the marginal sea is defined at three marine miles ..... Page . 546 547 547 ...
... United States of February 8 , 1853 ... 1855 , January 13. - Award of the tribunal in the case of the " Washington , arbitration with the United States , in which the marginal sea is defined at three marine miles ..... Page . 546 547 547 ...
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Page 369 - 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 647 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 502 - In the cases contemplated in the preceding paragraph, the said Government shall inform them at the same time of the date on which it received the notification.
Page 369 - That the American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbors for the purpose of shelter, and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever...
Page 668 - ... all those lands, countries, and territories, situate, lying, and being, in that part of America called Virginia, from the point of land called Cape or Point Comfort, all along the...
Page x - Third, intituled an Act for granting certain duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, for continuing, amending and making perpetual an Act passed in the sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for the better securing and encouraging the trade of his Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America...
Page 681 - In case of bays the three marine miles are to be measured from a straight line drawn across the body of water at the place where it ceases to have the configuration and characteristics of a bay. At all other places the three marine miles are to be measured following the sinuosities of the coast.
Page 646 - Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river...
Page 643 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the coasts, bays, harbors, and creeks from Mount Joly on the southern coast of Labrador, to and through the Straits of Belleisle, and thence northwardly indefinitely along the coast...
Page 443 - When private individuals of one nation spread themselves through another, as business or caprice may direct, mingling indiscriminately with the inhabitants of that other, or when merchant vessels enter for the purposes of trade, it would be obviously inconvenient and dangerous to society, and would subject the laws to continual infraction, and the Government to degradation, if such individuals or merchants did not owe temporary and local allegiance, and were not amenable to the jurisdiction of the...