Chamizal Arbitration: Argument of the United States of America Before the International Boundary Commission, United States-Mexico, Hon. Eugene Lafleur Presiding Under the Provisions of the Convention Between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico, Concluded June 24, 1910U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 - 117 Seiten |
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... sand easily moved by the currents . The river is a silt - bearing stream , carrying at times an excessively large proportion of solid matter . At the lowest stage the water ceases to flow and except in detached pools the bed becomes ...
... sand easily moved by the currents . The river is a silt - bearing stream , carrying at times an excessively large proportion of solid matter . At the lowest stage the water ceases to flow and except in detached pools the bed becomes ...
Seite 97
... sand , and that character of soil produced only by alluvion . I think therefore that I have sufficiently demonstrated the loss of terri- tory suffered by the Mexican side . Señor Garfias also , at page 777 , asserts that on the American ...
... sand , and that character of soil produced only by alluvion . I think therefore that I have sufficiently demonstrated the loss of terri- tory suffered by the Mexican side . Señor Garfias also , at page 777 , asserts that on the American ...
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... sand . A portion of the year there is little or no water in the channel of the river , and when the water rises so as to spread across the river bottom it works up to a point where it washes against and erodes the fine sand . It gnaws this ...
... sand . A portion of the year there is little or no water in the channel of the river , and when the water rises so as to spread across the river bottom it works up to a point where it washes against and erodes the fine sand . It gnaws this ...
Seite 102
... sand and alluvium ? —A . Yes , sir . As the river moved toward Mexico it was leaving land in the United States . Q. In the changes of the river that were made in the way you have described , did you ever know land that you had seen ...
... sand and alluvium ? —A . Yes , sir . As the river moved toward Mexico it was leaving land in the United States . Q. In the changes of the river that were made in the way you have described , did you ever know land that you had seen ...
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... sand bank and undermining by picks and shovels , etc. , enough gravel or sand to make the upper bank too heavy and give away and fall into the river . Q. You have often seen these banks falling into the river , have you not ? —A . Yes ...
... sand bank and undermining by picks and shovels , etc. , enough gravel or sand to make the upper bank too heavy and give away and fall into the river . Q. You have often seen these banks falling into the river , have you not ? —A . Yes ...
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alluvium alterations America Article Attorney General Cushing Attorney General Cushing's avulsion avulsive change belong boundary line boundary treaties Caleb Cushing Chamizal channel convention of 1884 convention of November countries cours course Cushing's opinion December decision dividing line Droit International El Paso elimination engineers established fleuve fluvial boundary Foreign Affairs Frelinghuysen frontière Government of Mexico Guadalupe Hidalgo International Boundary Commission International Law interpretation Joint Commission Joint Journal Juarez June 24 jusqu'à land letter ligne limite maps Mexican Commissioner Mexican Countercase Mexican Government Mexican Minister Mexican side November 12 opinion of Attorney parties prescription President of Mexico principles questions referred Republic Rhine Rio Bravo rive rive droite rive gauche river bed rivière sand Secretary Señor Mariscal Señor Romero sera submitted survey territory Texas thalweg tion treaty of 1884 Treaty of Guadalupe U. S. Case App U. S. Case Appendix U. S. Countercase Appendix
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Seite 27 - The boundary line between the two republics shall commence in the gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea : from thence up the middle of that river...
Seite 30 - But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and...
Seite 28 - ... north latitude crosses the same, thence due west one hundred miles, thence south to the parallel of 31° 20...
Seite 27 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
Seite 30 - In order to designate the boundary line with due precision, upon authoritative maps, and to establish upon the ground landmarks which shall show the limits of both republics, as described in the present article, the two governments shall each appoint a commissioner and a surveyor, who, before the expiration of one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, shall meet at the port of San Diego, and proceed to run and mark the said boundary in its whole course to the mouth of...
Seite 93 - Any other change, wrought by the force of the current, whether by the cutting of a new bed, or when there is more than one channel by the deepening of another channel than that which marked the boundary at the time of the survey...
Seite 12 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river; thence straight to the head of St Mary's river; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic ocean.
Seite 24 - The boundary line between the two countries, west of the Mississippi, shall begin on the Gulph of Mexico, at the mouth of the river Sabine, in the sea, continuing north, along the western bank of that river to the 32d degree of latitude; thence, by a line due north...
Seite 28 - Californias as already defined and established, according to the 5th article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the limits between the two republics shall be as follows: Beginning in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, as provided in the...
Seite 90 - Within the part of the Rio Grande comprised between its mouth and its confluence with the San Juan River the boundary line between the two countries shall be the broken red line shown on the said maps — that is, it shall follow the deepest channel of the stream — and the dominion and jurisdiction...