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... equal force and efficacy , as We Ourselves could do if personally present : Engaging and promising upon Our Royal Word , that whatever things shall be so transacted and concluded by Our said High Commissioners , Procurators , and ...
... equal force and efficacy , as We Ourselves could do if personally present : Engaging and promising upon Our Royal Word , that whatever things shall be so transacted and concluded by Our said High Commissioners , Procurators , and ...
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... equal terms with British subjects ; and they would urge upon the Dominion Parliament and the Legislature of New Brunswick , that it will be most advisable to make the arrangement as to duties on lumber floated down the St. John River ...
... equal terms with British subjects ; and they would urge upon the Dominion Parliament and the Legislature of New Brunswick , that it will be most advisable to make the arrangement as to duties on lumber floated down the St. John River ...
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... equal force and efficacy , as We Ourselves could do if personally present : Engaging and promising upon Our Royal Word , that whatever things shall be so transacted ond concluded by Our said High Commissioners , Procurators , and ...
... equal force and efficacy , as We Ourselves could do if personally present : Engaging and promising upon Our Royal Word , that whatever things shall be so transacted ond concluded by Our said High Commissioners , Procurators , and ...
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... equal moieties . ARTICLE IX . The Arbitrators shall keep an accurate record of their proceedings , and may appoint and employ the necessary officers to assist them . ARTICLE X. In case the Tribunal finds that Great Britain has failed to ...
... equal moieties . ARTICLE IX . The Arbitrators shall keep an accurate record of their proceedings , and may appoint and employ the necessary officers to assist them . ARTICLE X. In case the Tribunal finds that Great Britain has failed to ...
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... equal moieties in a similar manner . ARTICLE XI . The High Contracting Parties engage to consider the result of the proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration and of the Board of Assessors , should such Board be appointed , as a full ...
... equal moieties in a similar manner . ARTICLE XI . The High Contracting Parties engage to consider the result of the proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration and of the Board of Assessors , should such Board be appointed , as a full ...
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Page 28 - To use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 30 - The commissioners, so named, shall meet at London 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 34 - The Commissioners so named shall meet at Washington at the earliest convenient period after they 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 33 - Treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII.
Page 35 - River St. Lawrence, ascending and descending, from the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude, where it ceases to form the boundary between the two countries, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and open for the purposes of commerce to the citizens of the United States, subject to any laws and regulations of Great Britain, or of the Dominion of Canada, not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation.
Page 37 - ... further until the expiration of two years after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same...
Page 36 - And it is further agreed that no export duty, or other duty, shall be levied on lumber or timber of any kind cut on that portion of the American territory in the State of Maine watered by the River St. John and its tributaries, and floated down that river to the sea, when the same is shipped to the United States from the province of New Brunswick.
Page 31 - They shall be bound to receive and consider all written documents or statements which may be presented to them by or on behalf of the respective governments in support of or in answer to any claim, and to hear, if required, one person on each side on behalf of each government, as counsel or agent for such government, on each and every separate claim.
Page 35 - States may from time to time prescribe ; and, under like rules, regulations, and conditions, goods, wares, or merchandise may be conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, from such Possessions through the territory of the United States for export from the said ports of the United States.
Page 36 - States vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or merchandise from one port or place within the possessions of Her Britannic Majesty in North America, to another port or place within the said possessions : Provided, That a portion of such transportation is made through the territory of the United States...