Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-22

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payment Of light or harbor or other dues.
or cnt"r.ni 'T i"i O. Ting at customs house
or any similar conditions?
Answer IL decided and award ed
that such restrictions arc not permissible
unless Americas fishermen entering such
bays for any OF The four purposes ufore-
said and remaining more than forty eight
hours therein should be required II
thought necessary by Great Britain or
the colonial government to report either
In person or by teleeraph .nt n customs
house or to customs official. II reas-
onably convenient opportunity therefor
Is afforded, and It is SO decided and
awarded.
Question five.-From where must be
measured the three mariuo miles of any
referred TO in tho said article?
Answcr.-rhc tribunal decides and
awards that In case of bays and three
marine miles are to Ne measured from II
straight line drawn across the body Of
water at the place where II ceases to
have the configuration and character
istics or bay. At all other places the
three marine miles arc TO be measured
following the sinuoslties OF tho coast.
RULES OF Procedure.
Now this tribunal hereby recommends
for the nsideration and acceptance Of
the high contracting parties the following
rules nnd methods Of procedure for de-
terminng the limits Of the bays herein
before enumerated: % IN every bay not
hereinafter specifically provided for the
limits OF exclusion shall be drawn three
miles scawnrd from straight line across
the bay in the part nearest tho entrance
At the first point where The width does
not exceed ten miles. ~ In the following;
bays where the CONFEDERATION or coaSt
and tho local cimntic conditions are
such that FOREIGN fishermen when within
the geographic headlands might reason
ably and bona fidc believe themselves on
the high seas. the limits OF exclusion
shall be drawn in each case between the
headlands hereinafter specified rs being
those at and within which such fisher
men might be reasonably expected to
recognize the bay under average condi-
tons. For the Bale des Chaleurs the line
from the light at Birch Point on Mscou
Island to Macqucrcau Point light; for
the Bay Of Miramichi, the line from tho
light at Point Escuminac to the light on
the eastern point of Tabusintac Gully:
for EEmont Bay. In Prince Edward
Island. the line from the light at Cane
EEmont to the light at West Point, and
off St Anne Bay. In the Province OF
Nova Scotia the line from the light at
Point Anconi to the nearest point on the
opposite shore of the mainland. For For
tune Bay, In Newfoundland the line from
Connaigre Head to the light on the south
On - or c,,1 nfI ,,,
Fortune Head; for or near the following
bays the limits Of exclusion shall b.
three marine miles sea ward from the fol-
lowing lines. namely: For or near Bar
rinston Bay. In Nova Scotia, r,u line
from the line on Stoi1art I-%a "a to the
light on the south point of Cape Sable
thence to the light at Raccaro Point. ut
Chedabucto and st. Peters Bay: the line
from Cranberry Island light thence TO
Point Rouge for Mira Bay: the line from
the light on the east point of Scatarie
Island to the northeasterly point of Cane
Morien, and at Placenta Bay In New
foundland. the line between from Lathe
Point ct the eastern mainland to the most
southerly point Of Red Island. thence by
the most southerly point Of Mcrashepn
Island to the mainland. Long Island and
Dryer Island. on ST. Mary's Bay. IN Nova
Scotia. shall, for the purpose of del!mi-
tation. be taken as the coasts OF such
bays.
BAY OF FUNDY EXCLUDED.
1t Is understood that nothing In these
rules refers either to the Bay Of FUND.-.
considered as whole apart from its bays
and creeks. or as to the Innocent Pass
ages through the Gut of Canso, which
were excluded by the agreement made by
exchange of notes between Mr.. Bacon and
MIR, Bryce, dated February y. 1900. ana
March 4, 1900, or to Conception Bay, which
was provided for by the decision of the
privy council In the case Of the direct
United States cable company agt the
Anglo-Amercan telegraph company in
which decision the United States ac-
guessed
Question siX.--!iaVe the inhabitants of
the United States the liberty to take fish
in the bays harbors and creeks on that
part of the southern coast. of Newfound-
land which extends from Cape Race to
Rameau Islands, or on the western and
northern coasts Of Newfoundland from
Cape Race TO Quirpon Island. or on the
Masdaen Islands?
Answer.-'This tribunal is of opinion that
American Inhabitants are entitled to fish
In the bays, creeks and harhors of tho
treaty coasts Of Newfoundland and the
Magdalen Islands. and It is so decided
and awarded
Question soVen.-Are the inhabitants Of
the United States, whose vessels resort to
the treaty coasts, entitled to have for
those vessels when duly authorized by tho
United States on that behalf. the COM
mercial privileges on treaty coast accord
ed by agreement or otherwise to United
States trading vessels generally:
Answcr.-For these reasons this trb-
unal Is of the opinion that the inha bi-
tants of the United States arc so entitled
In so Ia as concerns this treaty. there
being nothing in It's provisions to olsen
Title thcm, provided the treaty liberty of
Fishing and the commercial privileges are
not exercised conc2rrcn,ly. and It is SO
decided and awarded
The decision is sigrcd ny the whole
tribunal, but notice of dissent from The
majority report is filod by Luis NJ. DaGra
with respect to question five.
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