to exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the state of Maine which is in dispute between the United States and Great Britain; and for that purpose to employ the naval and military forces of the United States, and such portions of the militia as he may... The Works of William H. Seward - Page 345by William Henry Seward - 1853Full view - About this book
| Emory Upton - United States - 1912 - 546 pages
...the President— to resist any attempt on the part of Great Britain to enforce, by arms, her claim to jurisdiction over that part of the State of Maine...United States and Great Britain, and for that purpose he was empowered to employ the naval and military forces of the United States and such portions of... | |
| United States. War Department - 1912 - 540 pages
...the President— to resist any attempt on the part of Great Britain to enforce, by arms, her claim to jurisdiction over that part of the State of Maine which is in dispute between the United States and (ireat Britain, and for that purpose he was empowered to employ the naval and military forces of the... | |
| Henry Sweetser Burrage - Maine - 1919 - 494 pages
...that part of the State of Maine in dispute between the two countries, and to employ, for that purpose, the naval and military forces of the United States and such portions of the militia as he might deem it advisable to call into service; and the sum of ten million dollars * was placed at the... | |
| Panama Canal (Panama) - 1919 - 566 pages
...Royal Austro-Hungarian Government ; that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the : naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Governto carry on war against the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government;... | |
| Herbert Adams Gibbons - Europe - 1924 - 248 pages
...authorizing the President "to resist any attempt on the part of Great Britain to enforce by arms her claim to exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the State of Maine" which was in dispute, and empowering him to employ the army and navy and enroll volunteers. It was a case... | |
| Francis Dunham Wormuth, Edwin Brown Firmage - History - 1989 - 380 pages
...on the part of Great Britain to enforce, by arms, her claim to exclusive jurisdiction over that part of Maine which is in dispute between the United States...as he may deem it advisable to call into service.* The act further authorized the President, if actual invasion of the United States should occur, or... | |
| David P. Currie - Law - 2007 - 341 pages
...and the militia "to resist any attempt on the part of Great Britain, to enforce, by arms, her claim to exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the State...dispute between the United States and Great Britain." 15 A truce negotiated by Secretary of State John Forsyth calmed the waters for the time being. 16 Maine... | |
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