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, First Session-second SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - Canal Zone |
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... ( Isthmian Canal Convention . November 18 , 1903 ) – – Total payments for the Canal Zone property as a result of the 1903 treaty- Comparison of lock plans ---- Table Assurances for present employees of the Panama Canal Company / Canal ...
... ( Isthmian Canal Convention . November 18 , 1903 ) – – Total payments for the Canal Zone property as a result of the 1903 treaty- Comparison of lock plans ---- Table Assurances for present employees of the Panama Canal Company / Canal ...
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... was constructed . I do ask that it be inserted . Senator ALLEN . Without objection , a copy of the treaty will be in- cluded in the record at this point . [ Material follows : ] ISTHMIAN CANAL CONVENTION . NOVEMBER 18 , 1903 . Convention 3.
... was constructed . I do ask that it be inserted . Senator ALLEN . Without objection , a copy of the treaty will be in- cluded in the record at this point . [ Material follows : ] ISTHMIAN CANAL CONVENTION . NOVEMBER 18 , 1903 . Convention 3.
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... ISTHMIAN CANAL CONVENTION . NOVEMBER 18 , 1903 . Convention between the United States and the Republic of Panama for the construction of a ship canal to connect the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans . Signed at Washington ...
... ISTHMIAN CANAL CONVENTION . NOVEMBER 18 , 1903 . Convention between the United States and the Republic of Panama for the construction of a ship canal to connect the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans . Signed at Washington ...
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... Isthmian or canal zone , which , at the date of the act , was in the Republic of Columbia , passed by an act of secession to the newly formed Republic of Panama . The latter was recognized as a nation by the President . A treaty with it ...
... Isthmian or canal zone , which , at the date of the act , was in the Republic of Columbia , passed by an act of secession to the newly formed Republic of Panama . The latter was recognized as a nation by the President . A treaty with it ...
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... Isthmian Canal Policy - An Evaluation , ' " U.S. Naval Institute Pro- ceedings , 1955_ 166 " Panama Canal , " Encyclopaedia Britannica , 1970 . 175 Principal Trans - Isthmian Canal Routes .. 170 VFW Resolution No. 414 - U.S ...
... Isthmian Canal Policy - An Evaluation , ' " U.S. Naval Institute Pro- ceedings , 1955_ 166 " Panama Canal , " Encyclopaedia Britannica , 1970 . 175 Principal Trans - Isthmian Canal Routes .. 170 VFW Resolution No. 414 - U.S ...
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Page 5 - 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 138 - In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor— the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others— the neighbor who respects his obligations and respects the sanctity of his agreements in and with a world of neighbors.
Page 208 - 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 any time...
Page 10 - 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 141 - States guarantee, positively and efficaciously, to New Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists : and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 181 - It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
Page 5 - States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which mar be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal...
Page 208 - ... 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 - ... and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or registered bonds of the United States in such form as he may prescribe, and in denominations of twenty dollars or some multiple of that sum, redeemable in gold coin at the pleasure of the United States...
Page 141 - The government of New Granada guarantees to the government of the United States that the right of way or transit across the .Isthmus of Panama, upon any modes of communication that now exist or that may be hereafter constructed, shall be open and free to the government and citizens of the United States...