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... necessary to secure the performance of such conditions and the enforcement of penalties for the non- observance of them would be certain to lead to disputes with the United States . With respect to the question , what is a Bay or Creek ...
... necessary to secure the performance of such conditions and the enforcement of penalties for the non- observance of them would be certain to lead to disputes with the United States . With respect to the question , what is a Bay or Creek ...
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... necessary in case of the cession of those rights to any Foreign Power . I think it right however to add that the responsibility of determining what is the true construction of a Treaty , made by Her Majesty with any foreign power , must ...
... necessary in case of the cession of those rights to any Foreign Power . I think it right however to add that the responsibility of determining what is the true construction of a Treaty , made by Her Majesty with any foreign power , must ...
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... necessary , therefore , to and the mere discussion of such points as the correct definition of bays could not lead to a really friendly agreement with the United States . endeavour to find an equivalent which the United States might be ...
... necessary , therefore , to and the mere discussion of such points as the correct definition of bays could not lead to a really friendly agreement with the United States . endeavour to find an equivalent which the United States might be ...
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... necessary to bring the Fishery Articles into operation . I find that , on the conclusion of the Reciprocity Treaty , in June . 1851 , and previous to its ratification , the then American Secretary of State ( Mr. Marcy ) expressed the ...
... necessary to bring the Fishery Articles into operation . I find that , on the conclusion of the Reciprocity Treaty , in June . 1851 , and previous to its ratification , the then American Secretary of State ( Mr. Marcy ) expressed the ...
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... necessary to give effect to the Treaty were not passed till late in the autumn . It is evidently most desirable that a similar course should be pursued on the present occasion ; and you will perceive from the notes which have passed ...
... necessary to give effect to the Treaty were not passed till late in the autumn . It is evidently most desirable that a similar course should be pursued on the present occasion ; and you will perceive from the notes which have passed ...
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acts committed admitted agreed Alabama American Commissioners replied American fishermen amicable appointed Arbitrator Article XXXIII assent Assessors award behalf boundary Britain Britannic Majesty British Commissioners proposed British Commissioners replied British subjects Canadian Canals Canadian Government cession citizens coasts Colonial Committee of Council concession consent consider consideration copy countries desire discussion Dominion of Canada Dominion Parliament Earl Granville Earl of Kimberley expressed February Fenian raids further give effect HAMILTON FISH High Contracting Parties honor Honourable Order inshore fisheries instructions Joint High Commission Kimberley's Despatch Lawrence Lord Lisgar Lordship lumber Majesty's Government Majesty's Possessions manner ment Montague Bernard named negotiations neutral North America opinion Plenipotentiaries ports Possessions in North presented President Privy Council Protocol of Conference questions ratification Reciprocity Treaty referred right of fishing River St Secretary Signed Sir Edward Thornton Stafford Henry Northcote TENTERDEN terms of equality territory thereof transhipment Treaty of 1818 Treaty of Washington trusty and well-beloved vessels
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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...