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Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry washington-treaty-of
the fisheries of the United States, or of the Dominion of Canada, or of Prince Edward's Island, shall be admitted into eachaws and regulations of Great Britain or of the Dominion of Canada, not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation. sty engages to urge upon the government of the Dominion of Canada to secure to the citizens of the United States the use of ion of such transportation is made through the Dominion of Canada by land-carriage and in bond, under such rules and regulatvernment engages to urge the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, and the legislatures of the other colonies, not to impose in case such export duties are imposed by the Dominion of Canada suspend, during the period that such duties are imposed, tannic Majesty, under this article, in case the Dominion of Canada should at any time deprive the citizens of the United Stather engages to urge upon the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and the legislature of New Brunswick that no export or oth
Hungary (Hungary) (search for this): entry washington-treaty-of
hall be appointed in the following manner—that is to say: One commissioner shall be named by the President of the United States, one by her Britannic Majesty, and a third by the President and her Britannic Majesty conjointly; and, in case the third commissioner shall not have been so named within a period of three months from the date when this act shall take effect, then the third commissioner shall be named by the representative at London of his Majesty, the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. 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. The commissioners named shall meet in the city of Halifax, in the province of Nova Scotia, at the earliest convenient period after they have
Geneva (Switzerland) (search for this): entry washington-treaty-of
taly, or the President of the Swiss Confederation, or his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, to name an arbitrator, either to fill the original appointment or in place of one who may have died, be absent, or incapacitated, or who may omit, decline, or from any cause cease to act as such arbitrator, his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway shall be requested to name one or more persons, as the case may be, to act as such arbitrator or arbitrators. Art. 2. The arbitrators shall meet at Geneva, in Switzerland, at the earliest day convenient after they shall have been named, and shall proceed impartially and carefully to examine and decide all questions that shall be laid before them on the part of the governments of the United States and her Britannic Majesty respectively. All questions considered by the tribunal, including the final award, shall be decided by a majority of all the arbitrators. Each of all of the high contracting parties shall also name one person to attend the tribunal
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry washington-treaty-of
d vessels. In case the tribunal find that Great Britain has failed to fulfil any duty or duties asshall be paid in coin by the government of Great Britain to the government of the United States at r copy shall be delivered to the agent of Great Britain for his government. Art. 8. Each governnd what amount or amounts shall be paid by Great Britain to the United States on account of the liashed by or on behalf of the governments of Great Britain and of the United States respectively. The convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London, on Oct. 20, 1818, of taf the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington on June 5, 1854, been passed by the imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Canada, and by the l public agents of the United States and of Great Britain, respectively, who may be actually at Berlher public agents of the United States and Great Britain at Berlin, respectively, shall be consider[4 more...]
Pacific Ocean (search for this): entry washington-treaty-of
een the United States and her Britannic Majesty, that the line of boundary between the territory of the United States and those of her Britannic Majesty, from the point of the 49th parallel of north latitude up to which it had already been ascertained, should be continued westward along the said parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly along the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca Strait to the Pacific Ocean; and whereas the commissioners appointed by the two high contracting parties to determine that portion of the boundary which runs southerly through the middle of the channel aforesaid were unable to agree upon the same; and whereas the government of her Britannic Majesty claims that such boundaryline should, under the terms of the treaty above recited, be run through the Rosario Straits, and the government of the United States claims that it should be run through the Canal De Haro, it
New Brunswick (Canada) (search for this): entry washington-treaty-of
, to take fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the seacoasts and shores, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the colony of Prince Edward's Island, and of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with permissed in Art. 27. Art. 31. The government of her Britannic Majesty further engages to urge upon the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and the legislature of New Brunswick that no export 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; and in case any such export or other duty continues to he levied after the expiration of one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, it is ag
Newfoundland (Canada) (search for this): entry washington-treaty-of
ay be levied. Art. 32. It is further agreed that the provisions and stipulations of Arts. 18 to 25 of this treaty, inclusive, shall extend to the colony of Newfoundland, so far as they are applicable. But, if the imperial Parliament, the legislature of Newfoundland, or the Congress of the United States shall not embrace the cNewfoundland, or the Congress of the United States shall not embrace the colony of Newfoundland in their laws enacted for carrying the foregoing articles into effect, then this article shall be of no effect; but the omission to make provision, by law, to give it effect, by either of the legislative bodies aforesaid, shall not in any way impair any other articles of this treaty. Art. 33. The foregoinNewfoundland in their laws enacted for carrying the foregoing articles into effect, then this article shall be of no effect; but the omission to make provision, by law, to give it effect, by either of the legislative bodies aforesaid, shall not in any way impair any other articles of this treaty. Art. 33. The foregoing articles, 18 to 25, inclusive, and Art. 30 of this treaty, shall take effect as soon as the laws required to carry them into operation shall have been passed by the imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Canada, and by the legislature of Prince Edward's Island, on the one hand, and by the Congress of the Unit
Norway (Norway) (search for this): entry washington-treaty-of
and in the event of refusal or omission, for two months after the receipt of the request, from either of the high contracting parties, of his Majesty the King of Italy, or the President of the Swiss Confederation, or his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, to name an arbitrator, either to fill the original appointment or in place of one who may have died, be absent, or incapacitated, or who may omit, decline, or from any cause cease to act as such arbitrator, his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway shall be requested to name one or more persons, as the case may be, to act as such arbitrator or arbitrators. Art. 2. The arbitrators shall meet at Geneva, in Switzerland, at the earliest day convenient after they shall have been named, and shall proceed impartially and carefully to examine and decide all questions that shall be laid before them on the part of the governments of the United States and her Britannic Majesty respectively. All questions considered by the tribunal, including
Halifax (Canada) (search for this): entry washington-treaty-of
ects of her Britannic Majesty, the liberty, for the term of years mentioned in Art. 33 of this treaty, to take fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the seacoasts and shores, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the colony of Prince Edward's Island, and of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts, and shores, and islands, and alrovided 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. The commissioners named shall meet in the city of Halifax, in the province of Nova Scotia, 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 the matter referred t
Quebec (Canada) (search for this): entry washington-treaty-of
tween the United States and Great Britain, signed at London, on Oct. 20, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on certain coasts of the British North American colonies, therein defined, and inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of her Britannic Majesty, the liberty, for the term of years mentioned in Art. 33 of this treaty, to take fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the seacoasts and shores, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the colony of Prince Edward's Island, and of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts, and shores, and islands, and also upon the Magdalen Islands, 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 British fishermen in the peaceable use of any part of
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