United States Congressional Serial SetU.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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Page 263 - 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 634 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 263 - American fishermen shall also have liberty forever, to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks...
Page 518 - 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 371 - Differences which may arise of a legal nature. or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties. and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy...
Page 247 - ... or owner would have received, and was willing to receive, for such merchandise .when sold in the ordinary ' course of trade in the usual wholesale quantities...
Page 371 - Parties and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be referred to the Permanent Court of Arbitration established at The Hague by the Convention of the...
Page 519 - His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire...
Page 280 - It is agreed that no change of territorial sovereignty or of the international relations of the country or countries traversed by the before-mentioned Canal shall affect the general principle of neutralization or the obligation of the High Contracting Parties under the present Treaty.
Page 277 - An act to provide revenue for the Government and to encourage the industries of the United States...