Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-01


entitled to the licenses provided for in this
treaty. Such regulations shall be commune
Gated to Her Majesty's Government previously
to their taking effect
ART. IL The penalties for unlawfully fishing
in the waters, bays, creeks and karbors re-
to forfeiture of boat or vessel and appurte n.
ances,and also of the supplies.and cargo aboard
when the offense was committed: and for pre-
pairing in such waters to unlawfully fish there
in penalties shall be fixed by the court not to
exceed those for unlawfully fishing, and for
any other violation of the laws of Great Britain,
Canada or Newfoundland, relating To
the right of fishery in such waters,
bays, creeks or harbors, penalties shall
be fixed by the court. not exceeding in all three
dollars for every ton of the boat or vessel con.
cerned The boat or vessel may be holden for
such penalties and forfeitures. The proceed
1ngs shall be summary and as inexpensive as
practicable. The trial Except on appeaD
shall be at the place of detention, unless the
judge shall, on request of the defense, order ii
to be held at some other place adjudged by
him more convenient. Security for costs
shall not be required of the defense.
except when bail is offered. Reasonable bail
shall be accepted. There shall be proper ap-
peals available to the defense only. and the
evidence at the trial may be used on appeal.
Judgments of forfeiture shall be reviewed by
the Governor-General of Canada, in council. or
the Governor in council of Newfoundland be-
fore the same are executed.
ART. Is. Whenever the United States shall
remove the duty from fish oil, whale oil,
seal oil and fish of all kinds, except fish pre-
served in oil, being the produce of fisheries
carried on by the fishermen of Canada and
Newfoundland, including Labrador, as well as
from the usual and necessary casks, barrels.
kegs. cans and other usual and necessary
covering containing the pro ducts above men
toned, the like products being the pro-
dtrna - Eeh I1r- q
fishermen of the United States, as well as
the usual and necessary coverings Of the same
as above described, shall be admitted free of
duty into the Dominion OF Canada and New
foundland; and upon such removal of duties,
and while the aforesaid articles are allowed to
be brought into the United States by British
subjects without duty being reimposed thereon,
the privilege of entering the ports, bays and
harbors of the aforesaid coasts Of Canada and
Newfoundland shall be accorded to United
States fishing vessels by annual Ii
censes, free of charge for the fol-
lowing purposes, namely: ], the
purchase of provisions, bait, ice, seines, lines
and all other supplies and outfits; ?, trans
shipment of catch. for transport by any means
of conveyance; 3, shipping of crews. Supplies
shall not be obtained by barter, but bait may
be so obtained. The like privileges shall be
and of Newfoundland ON the Atlantic coasts of
the United States.
ART. 16. This treaty shall be ratified by the
President of the United States, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, and by
Her Britannia Majesty, having received the as
sent of the Parliament of Canada and of the
Legis allure of Newfoundland, and the ratifca-
lions shall be exchanged at Washington as
soon as possible.
In faith thereof we, the respective plenipo-
tentiarIes, have signed this treaty and have
hereunto affixed our seals.
Done in duplicate at Washington this 18th
day of February, 1888.
II F. BAYARD,
WIN. l.. PUTNAM,
JAMES B. ANGEL,
J. CHAMBERLAIN,
L. SACKvILLE WEST,
CHARLES UPPER.
PROTOCOLS.
The following protocols are attached
to the treaty:
WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1887.
The fisheries conference having formally
met, the full powers of the plenipotentiares
were exhibited and found to be in good form.
The British plenipotentiaries proposed that
Mr.. Bayard, Secretary of State of the United
States, should preside. Mr. Bayard, while ex-
pressing appreciation of the proposal, stated
the opinion, in which the other United States
plenipotentiaries concurred, that it was not
necessary that any one should preside, and the
proposal was permitted to rest. Mr.. John B.
Moore, Third Assistant Secretary of State of
the United States, acting as secretary to the
United States plenipotentiaries and Mr.. j. H.
G. Bergne. C. NJ, superintendent of the treaty
department of the British Foreign Office. act
ing as secretary to the British plenipoten-
tiaries, were requested to make the protocols
Of the conference. After some discussion of
questions before the conference, it was ad
journed to twelve o'clock, noon, of the 2Sth of
November.
Protocol 2.-The treaty having been signed,
the British plenipotentiaries desire to state
that they have been considering the position
which will be created by the immediate COM
mencement of the fishing season before the
treaty can possibly be ratified by the Senate of
the United States, by the Parliament of Cana
da. and the Legislature of Newfoundland. In
the absence of such ratification the old condi-
tions which have given rise to much friction
and irritation, might be revived and might in
terfere with the unprejudiced consideration of
the treaty by the legislative bodies concerned.
Under the circumstances, and with the further
object of affording evidence of their anxious de-
sire to promote good feeling and to remove all
possible subjects of controversy, the British
plenipotentiaries are ready to make the follow
ing temporary arrangement for period not ex-
ceeding two years, in order to afford ''modus
vivendi" pending the ratification of the treaty:
1. For period not exceeding two years
from the present date, privilege of entering the
bays and harbors of the Atlantic coasts of
Canada and Newfoundland shall be granted to
United States fishing vessels BY annual licenses
at fee of one dollar and fifty cents per ton
per year for the following purposes: The pur-
chase of bait. lines, ice and all other outfits
transshipment of catch and shipping of crews.
2. II, durng the continuance of these arrange
ments, the United States should remove the
duties on fish, fish oil, whale and seal oil (and
their coverings, packages, etc.,, the said
licenses shall be issued free of charge.
g. United States fishing vessels entering the
hox-c nd har of n IF
Canada or of Newfoundland for any of the
four purposes mentioned in Article 1 of the
convention of October 90 1918, and not remain
ing therein more than twenty-four hours shall
not be required to enter or clear at the custom
house, providing that they do not communicate
with the shore.
T. Forfeiture to be exacted only for the Of
lenses of fishing or preparing to fish in terri
torial waters.
s. This arrangement to take effect as soon as
the necessary measures can be completed by
the colonial authorities.
lSignedl j. G. CHAMBERLAIN,
L. SACKvILLE WEST,
CHARLES TUPPER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 1888.
Protocol 3.-American plenipotenti aries hav-
ing received the communication Of the Brit
ish plenipotentiarieS of this date conveying
their plan for the administration to be OBJ
served by the Governments of Canada and
Newfoundland in respect of the fisheries dur
ing the period which may be requisite for the
consideration by the Senate of the treaty this
day signed, and the enactment of the legisla-
ton by the respective governments therein
proposed, desire to express their satisfaction
with this manifestation of an intention on the
part of the British plenipotentiaries by the
means referred to. to maintain the relations of
good neighborhood between the British posses
sions IN North America and the United States,
and they will convey the communication of the
British plenipotentiaries to the President OF the
United States, with a recommendation that the