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 |
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3-mile limit Adams American fishermen argument assertion bait Bay of Islands Britain British Case Appendix Cape Ray citizens claim coast of Newfoundland colony common contention contract course creeks deal Delaware Bay document dominions effect England entitled exclusive exercise fishery fishing rights fishing-vessels foreigners Fortune Bay France French give Government grant harbours inhabitants international law Islands JUDGE GRAY Labrador land legislation letter liberty LOHMAN Lord Bathurst Lord Castlereagh Lord Salisbury Majesty's Majesty's Government maritime jurisdiction meaning miles nation negotiators Nova Scotia obligation Order-in-Council parties persons PRESIDENT privilege proposition purpose question reason reference regard regulations relation right to fish ROBSON SENATOR ROOT servitude ships shore SIR CHARLES FITZPATRICK Sir Robert Bond sovereign right sovereignty statute take fish territory thing tion trading rights treaty coast treaty of 1783 treaty of 1818 treaty right Tribunal Turner United vessel waters word bays
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Page 1837 - 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 1944 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice, excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens, in the several States...
Page 1990 - 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 2016 - Commerce : the inhabitants of the two countries, respectively, shall have liberty freely and securely to come, with their ships and cargoes...
Page 1920 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 1944 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in congress assembled.
Page 2129 - 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 2020 - 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 1920 - Belleisle and thence Northwardly indefinitely along the Coast, without prejudice, however, to any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Page 2017 - The vessels of the United States may also touch for refreshment, but not for commerce, in the course of their voyage to or from the British territories in India, or to or from the dominions of the Emperor of China, at the Cape of Good Hope, the Island of St. Helena, or such other places as' may be in the possession of Great Britain, in the African or Indian Seas; it being well understood that, in all that regards this article, the citizens of the United States shall be subject in all respects to...