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... proceedings and results of the mixed commission under the twelfth article of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of May 8 , 1871 , I beg to express my profound sense of obligation to yourself for the uniform kindness ...
... proceedings and results of the mixed commission under the twelfth article of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of May 8 , 1871 , I beg to express my profound sense of obligation to yourself for the uniform kindness ...
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... proceedings and results of that commission : Articles 12 to 17 , inclusive , of the treaty above referred to , contain the provisions establishing the commission and regulating its jurisdiction , powers , and methods of proceeding ...
... proceedings and results of that commission : Articles 12 to 17 , inclusive , of the treaty above referred to , contain the provisions establishing the commission and regulating its jurisdiction , powers , and methods of proceeding ...
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... proceedings before it , including the manner of presentation , prosecu- tion , and defense of claims , the taking of testimony , and the printing and presentation of the evidence and arguments , a copy of which rules , with such slight ...
... proceedings before it , including the manner of presentation , prosecu- tion , and defense of claims , the taking of testimony , and the printing and presentation of the evidence and arguments , a copy of which rules , with such slight ...
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... proceedings of the com- mission , kept by the secretary and certified from day to day by the pre- siding commissioner . The entire number of cases , American and British , decided by the commission ( after deducting the eight claims ...
... proceedings of the com- mission , kept by the secretary and certified from day to day by the pre- siding commissioner . The entire number of cases , American and British , decided by the commission ( after deducting the eight claims ...
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... proceedings . These questions , so far as relates to the jurisdiction of the commission as to the persons entitled to claim under the treaty , may be summed up as follows : 1. The question early arose in several cases as to the sense in ...
... proceedings . These questions , so far as relates to the jurisdiction of the commission as to the persons entitled to claim under the treaty , may be summed up as follows : 1. The question early arose in several cases as to the sense in ...
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Page 279 - Magdalen Islands, and 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 279 - 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 412 - First, 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 282 - 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 harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 282 - American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours, for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying, or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to . them.
Page 398 - A neutral Government is bound — First, 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...
Page 176 - In case of the death, absence, or incapacity of any Commissioner, or in the event of any Commissioner omitting or ceasing to act, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided for making the original appointment, the period of three months in case of such substitution being calculated from the date of the happening of the vacancy.
Page 299 - The said commissioners, before proceeding to any business, shall make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to juslice and equity, without fear, favor, or affection to their own country...
Page 295 - States and of the islands aforesaid, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that in so doing they do not interfere with the rights of private property or with the fishermen of the United States, in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.
Page 412 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the high contracting parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...