American and British Claims ArbitrationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - Great Britain |
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alleged ammunition amount appears arrived Article August August 26 authority Behring Sea Award Bering Sea boats Britain British officers British Schooner Kate British vessels Captain cargo charter claim collision Coquitlam court cruise damages demurrage detained district of Alaska Dora Sieward Dutch Harbor evidence EXHIBIT fact firearms firearms and explosives forfeiture four leagues fur seals fur-seal fishing hunting injury instructions island jurisdiction justices liable libel Lieut Lord Gough Lord Hannen loss Majesty Majesty's Government master Memorial ment merchant shipping act Munsie naval offence Order in Council owners Pacific Ocean party penalty Perry person plaintiff Port Etches Pribilof Islands proceedings profits proof provisions question reasonable grounds regulations released Revenue Cutter sail schedule Sea Award Act Sea smooth sealing vessels sealskins Secretary seizing officer seizure shot skins on board statutes steamer submitted taken thereof tion Tonki bay treaty Unalaska United unlading Victoria violation voyage Washington waters
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Page 32 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
Page 50 - Sea, so as to pass midway between the northwest point of the island of St. Lawrence and the southeast point of Cape...
Page 39 - In nny action, suit, or other proceeding in relation to such injury, the person so giving security as aforesaid shall be made defendant or defender, and shall be stated to be the owner of the ship that has occasioned such damage ; and the production . of the order of the judge made in relation to such security shall be conclusive evidence of the liability of such defendant or defender to such action, suit, or other proceeding.
Page 31 - ... government from which the orders proceeded, and would be a proper subject for negotiation. But I have been convinced that I was mistaken, and I have receded from this first opinion. I acquiesce in that of my brethren, which is, that the instructions cannot change the nature of the transaction, or legalize an act which, without those instructions, would have been a plain trespass.
Page 22 - Britain, and carrying on fur-seal fishing in canoes or undecked boats not transported by or used in connection with other vessels and propelled wholly by paddles, oars, or sails, and manned by not more than five persons each in the way hitherto practised by the Indians, provided such Indians are not in the employment of other persons...
Page 20 - ... of protection or property in the fur seals frequenting the islands of the United States in Bering Sea when such seals are found outside the ordinary three-mile limit?
Page 34 - ... and may be prosecuted accordingly in a summary manner, instead of being prosecuted as a misdemeanor : (3.) Every offence hereby made punishable by imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour...
Page 32 - This exemption shall not be construed to affect the Municipal law of either country, nor shall it extend to the waters of Behring Sea or the waters of the Aleutian Passes. Nothing herein contained is intended to interfere with the employment of Indians as hunters or otherwise in connection with fur-sealing vessels as heretofore.
Page 111 - If the determination of the foregoing questions as to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall leave the subject in such position that the concurrence of Great Britain is necessary to the establishment of Regulations...
Page 30 - An act further to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France and the dependencies thereof...