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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... distance of 3 leagues from all the coasts belonging to Great Britain , as well those of the continent as those of the islands situated in the said Gulf of St. Lawrence . And as to what relates to the fishery on the coasts of the Island ...
... distance of 3 leagues from all the coasts belonging to Great Britain , as well those of the continent as those of the islands situated in the said Gulf of St. Lawrence . And as to what relates to the fishery on the coasts of the Island ...
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... distance from the shore of more than 3 miles . Declaring that the whole of the bay was within its jurisdiction , the United States required the restoration of the frigate . France complied . The bay has a headland width of 10 miles . 9 ...
... distance from the shore of more than 3 miles . Declaring that the whole of the bay was within its jurisdiction , the United States required the restoration of the frigate . France complied . The bay has a headland width of 10 miles . 9 ...
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... distance across the same , or be within 40 fathoms of each other , nor shall they be set within 20 fathoms of the shore at low - water mark . 15. No herrings shall be taken between the 15th of July and 15th of October in any year , on ...
... distance across the same , or be within 40 fathoms of each other , nor shall they be set within 20 fathoms of the shore at low - water mark . 15. No herrings shall be taken between the 15th of July and 15th of October in any year , on ...
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... distance from the shore , with permission to land upon the coasts and shores of those colonies and the islands thereof , and also upon the Magdalen Islands , for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that ...
... distance from the shore , with permission to land upon the coasts and shores of those colonies and the islands thereof , and also upon the Magdalen Islands , for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that ...
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... distance to which we may ultimately insist on the right of protection , but gave instructions to its officers- to consider those heretofore given them as restrained for the present to the distance of 1 sea league . The President of the ...
... distance to which we may ultimately insist on the right of protection , but gave instructions to its officers- to consider those heretofore given them as restrained for the present to the distance of 1 sea league . The President of the ...
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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...