North Atlantic Coast Fisheries: Proceedings in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration Before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Under the Provisions of the General Treaty of Arbitration of April 4, 1908, and the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909, Between the United States of America and Great Britain. (In Twelve Volumes) ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 - Fisheries |
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Adams American fishermen argument Attorney-General Award bait Britain British Case Appendix British subjects citizens claim coast of Newfoundland colonies common contention contract course custom deal document dominions effect England enjoyed entitled exclusive exercise express favour fishery fishing-vessels foreigners Fortune Bay France French give Government grant ground inhabitants instance international law JUDGE GRAY jurisdiction Justice Gray Labrador legislation letter liberty limitation Lord Bathurst Lord Castlereagh Lord Salisbury Magdalen Islands Majesty's Majesty's Government matter meaning ment nation negotiators Nova Scotia obligation parties persons prædium PRESIDENT privilege proposition purpose question reason reference regard regulations relation right to fish ROBSON Roman law SENATOR ROOT servitude ships shore SIR CHARLES FITZPATRICK Sir Robert Bond sovereign right sovereignty statute take fish territory thing tion treaty coast treaty of 1783 treaty of 1818 Tribunal Turner United vessel waters WILLIAM ROBSON
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Page 1843 - Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both Countries used at any time heretofore to fish ; and also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) ; and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 2174 - 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 harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 1998 - In each individual case the High Contracting Parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration shall conclude a special Agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the Arbitrators, and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure.
Page 2017 - 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...
Page 2025 - ... and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation respectively shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.
Page 2030 - The Government of Her Britannic Majesty engages to urge upon the Government of the Dominion of Canada to secure to the citizens of the United States the use of the Welland, St. Lawrence, and other canals in the Dominion on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion...
Page 2183 - King shall not be permitted to exercise the said fishery but at the distance of fifteen leagues from the coasts of the island of Cape Breton...
Page 2184 - 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 1945 - The Commissioners so named shall meet at Washington at the earliest convenient period after they shall have been respectively named, and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 1928 - 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, Harbours, 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, without prejudice, however, to any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company...