Panama Canal Treaty (disposition of United States Territory): Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - Canal Zone |
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... correct . Senator SCOTT . I just wanted that established for the record . Mr. LEONARD . On considering the facts of the acquisition of the Canal Zone the courts have unanimously recognized that the Canal Zone has become a territory of ...
... correct . Senator SCOTT . I just wanted that established for the record . Mr. LEONARD . On considering the facts of the acquisition of the Canal Zone the courts have unanimously recognized that the Canal Zone has become a territory of ...
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... correct ? Mr. LEONARD . That is quite true . It has many times in the past . As I say , there are a number of instances in which a small matter of a few acres here and here - for example , certain Indian lands and others the Executive ...
... correct ? Mr. LEONARD . That is quite true . It has many times in the past . As I say , there are a number of instances in which a small matter of a few acres here and here - for example , certain Indian lands and others the Executive ...
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... correct ? Mr. LEONARD . The treaty proposal to the Senate , if this is not a proper subject for treaty , is in fact void and the action of the Senate on it would be equally void . I hope I make myself clear here , because when this ...
... correct ? Mr. LEONARD . The treaty proposal to the Senate , if this is not a proper subject for treaty , is in fact void and the action of the Senate on it would be equally void . I hope I make myself clear here , because when this ...
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... correct . I think that is the way it would be viewed . Senator ALLEN . The Constitution , of course , requires a two - thirds vote in the Senate for approval of a treaty . Mr. LEONARD . This is correct . Senator ALLEN . Would we have ...
... correct . I think that is the way it would be viewed . Senator ALLEN . The Constitution , of course , requires a two - thirds vote in the Senate for approval of a treaty . Mr. LEONARD . This is correct . Senator ALLEN . Would we have ...
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... correct . Senator HATCH . Do you believe that that is going to be made by the executive branch ? Mr. LEONARD . I believe that is the expressed intent of the executive branch - I do not believe there will be any argument . I do believe ...
... correct . Senator HATCH . Do you believe that that is going to be made by the executive branch ? Mr. LEONARD . I believe that is the expressed intent of the executive branch - I do not believe there will be any argument . I do believe ...
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Page 214 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers, be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil, any partial or -transient benefit which the use can at...
Page 214 - ... that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Page 145 - Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State or Territory...
Page 216 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Page 12 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States. VIII. That by way of further assurance the government of Cuba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States.
Page 6 - States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal...
Page 143 - The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights, as the undisputed possessors of the soil, from time immemorial...
Page 12 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 143 - treaty" and " nation" are words of our own language, selected in our diplomatic and legislative proceedings, by ourselves, having each a definite and well understood meaning. We have applied them to Indians as we have applied them to the other nations of the earth. They are applied to all in the same sense.
Page 7 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States all rights which it now has or hereafter may acquire to the property of the New Panama Canal Company and the Panama Railroad Company as a result of the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Colombia to the Republic of Panama over the Isthmus of Panama and authorizes the New Panama Canal Company to sell and transfer to the United States its rights, privileges, properties and concessions...