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394 U.S. 836 (1969)
UNITED STATES
v.
LOUISIANA ET AL. (TEXAS BOUNDARY CASE).
No. 9, Orig.
Supreme Court of United States.
Decided May 31, 1960, December 4, 1967, and March 3, 1969.
Decree Entered December 12, 1960.
Supplemental Decree Entered May 5, 1969.
For the purpose of giving effect to the conclusions of this Court as stated in its opinions announced December 4, 1967, and March 3, 1969, supplementing the decree entered herein on December 12, 1960, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed as follows:
1. As against the State of Texas, the United States is entitled to
(a) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico that are more than three marine leagues gulfward from the present or future coastline as referred to in § 2 (c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 67 Stat. 29, 43 U.S. C. § 1301 (c); and
(b) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, more than three geographical miles gulfward from the present or future coastline as referred to in § 2 (c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S. C. § 1301 (c), that are gulfward of the following line:
Beginning at a point on the international boundary with Mexico (wherever that boundary may be located), three marine leagues gulfward from the point x = 2,447,033, y = 105,994 (Texas Plane Coordinate System, South Zone), latitude 25°57'05.90" N., longitude 97°08'22.85" W., and proceeding thence northwardly and eastwardly as follows:

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                                       South Zone
        Course                      ____________________          Latitude                    Longitude
                                    x y
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   1. By arc centered at__________  2,447,033   105,994   25°57'05.90"   97°08'22.85"
      to__________________________  2,498,223   125,226   26°00'10.59"   96°58'59.59"
   2. By straight line to_________  2,498,068   126,760   26°00'25.80"   96°59'01.09"

*837
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                                       South Zone
        Course                      ____________________          Latitude                    Longitude
                                    x y
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   3. By arc centered at__________  2,443,661   121,256   25°59'37.4"    97°08'58.0"
      to__________________________  2,497,383   131,474   26°01'12.56"   96°59'07.98"
   4. By straight line to_________  2,497,076   135,704   26°01'54.49"   96°59'10.78"
   5. By straight line to_________  2,497,119   137,947   26°02'16.70"   96°59'10.02"
   6. By straight line to_________  2,497,240   139,652   26°02'33.58"   96°59'08.47"
   7. By arc centered at__________  2,442,693   143,530   26°03'18.1"    97°09'06.0"
      to__________________________  2,496,942   150,421   26°04'20.26"   96°59'10.32"
   8. By straight line to_________  2,496,723   152,145   26°04'37.36"   96°59'12.50"
   9. By arc centered at__________  2,442,474   145,254   26°03'35.2"    97°09'08.2"
      to__________________________  2,496,370   154,510   26°05'00.83"   96°59'16.06"
  10. By straight line to_________  2,495,553   159,267   26°05'48.04"   96°59'24.39"
  11. By arc centered at__________  2,441,657   150,011   26°04'22.4"    97°09'16.6"
      to__________________________  2,495,161   161,316   26°06'08.37"   96°59'28.42"
  12. By straight line to_________  2,494,875   162,668   26°06'21.79"   96°59'31.38"
  13. By straight line to_________  2,494,746   163,636   26°06'31.39"   96°59'32.67"
  14. By straight line to_________  2,492,451   182,957   26°09'43.01"   96°59'55.32"
  15. By arc centered at__________  2,438,148   176,509   26°08'45.2"    97°09'52.0"
      to__________________________  2,492,330   183,907   26°09'52.44"   96°59'56.52"
  16. By straight line to_________  2,490,612   196,490   26°11'57.26"   97°00'13.74"
  17. By arc centered at__________  2,436,430   189,092   26°10'50.0"    97°10'09.4"
      to__________________________  2,490,574   196,764   26°11'59.99"   97°00'14.12"
  18. By straight line to_________  2,488,714   209,890   26°14'10.20"   97°00'32.84"
  19. By arc centered at__________  2,434,570   202,218   26°13'00.2"    97°10'28.3"
      to__________________________  2,488,423   211,722   26°14'28.37"   97°00'35.80"
  20. By straight line to_________  2,486,399   223,191   26°16'22.20"   97°00'56.54"
  21. By arc centered at__________  2,432,546   213,687   26°14'54.0"    97°10'49.2"
      to__________________________  2,486,322   223,615   26°16'26.40"   97°00'57.33"
  22. By straight line to_________  2,484,084   235,738   26°18'26.73"   97°01'20.36"
  23. By arc centered at__________  2,430,308   225,810   26°16'54.3"    97°11'12.4"
      to__________________________  2,483,535   238,353   26°18'52.69"   97°01'26.05"
  24. By straight line to_________  2,478,947   257,823   26°22'06.05"   97°02'13.99"
  25. By arc centered at__________  2,425,720   245,280   26°20'07.6"    97°12'00.6"
      to__________________________  2,478,775   258,531   26°22'13.09"   97°02'15.79"
  26. By straight line to_________  2,475,739   270,687   26°24'13.83"   97°02'47.63"
  27. By arc centered at__________  2,422,684   257,436   26°22'08.3"    97°12'32.6"
      to__________________________  2,475,708   270,811   26°24'15.06"   97°02'47.96"
  28. By straight line to_________  2,472,116   285,051   26°26'36.50"   97°03'25.67"
  29. By arc centered at__________  2,419,092   271,676   26°24'29.7"    97°13'10.5"
      to__________________________  2,471,287   287,990   26°27'05.71"   97°03'34.42"
  30. By straight line to_________  2,466,585   303,033   26°29'35.22"   97°04'24.28"
  31. By straight line to_________  2,461,419   319,706   26°32'20.92"   97°05'19.08"
  32. By arc centered at__________  2,409,184   303,522   26°29'46.1"    97°14'56.0"
      to__________________________  2,461,209   320,369   26°32'27.52"   97°05'21.31"
  33. By straight line to_________  2,450,926   352,124   26°37'43.15"   97°07'10.71"
  34. By arc centered at__________  2,398,901   335,277   26°35'01.6"    97°16'45.8"
      to__________________________  2,449,710   355,498   26°38'16.70"   97°07'23.71"
  35. By straight line to_________  2,447,122   362,000   26°39'21.38"   97°07'51.45"
  36. By straight line to_________  2,445,524   366,527   26°40'06.38"   97°08'08.52"
  37. By straight line to_________  2,442,108   376,994   26°41'50.42"   97°08'44.95"
  38. By straight line to_________  2,437,787   392,060   26°44'20.08"   97°09'30.83"
  39. By straight line to_________  2,437,079   394,740   26°44'46.70"   97°09'38.32"
  40. By arc centered at__________  2,384,205   380,784   26°42'33.7"    97°19'23.0"
      to__________________________  2,435,953   398,463   26°45'23.70"   97°09'50.30"

*838
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                                       South Zone
        Course                      ____________________          Latitude                    Longitude
                                    x y
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  41. By straight line to_________  2,435,511   399,759   26°45'36.57"   97°09'55.03"
  42. By straight line to_________  2,432,474   410,567   26°47'23.94"   97°10'27.28"
  43. By straight line to_________  2,427,617   431,540   26°50'52.15"   97°11'18.47"
  44. By straight line to_________  2,424,278   447,618   26°53'31.73"   97°11'53.51"
  45. By straight line to_________  2,422,538   459,109   26°55'25.72"   97°12'11.42"
  46. By arc centered at__________  2,368,469   450,923   26°54'09.8"    97°22'09.6"
      to__________________________  2,422,177   461,213   26°55'46.59"   97°12'15.17"
  47. By straight line to_________  2,421,519   468,580   26°56'11.43"   97°12'22.16"
  48. By arc centered at__________  2,367,051   463,714   26°66'16.6"    97°22'24.0"
      to__________________________  2,421,383   469,914   26°57'12.85"   97°12'22.95"
  49. By straight line to_________  2,420,872   474,392   26°57'57.25"   97°12'28.09"
  50. By arc centered at__________  2,366,540   468,192   26°57'01.0"    97°22'29.2"
      to__________________________  2,420,613   476,347   26°58'16.64"   97°12'30.73"
  51. By straight line to_________  2,419,889   487,832   27°00'10.46"   97°12'37.44"
  52. By straight line to_________  2,419,593   493,822   27°01'09.82"   97°12'40.04"
  53. By straight line to_________  2,419,571   498,661   27°01'57.74"   97°12'39.73"
  54. By arc centered at__________  2,364,887   498,418   27°02'00.5"    97°22'44.5"
      to__________________________  2,419,564   499,351   27°02'04.57"   97°12'39.74"
  55. By straight line to_________  2,419,442   506,501   27°03'15.40"   97°12'40.28"
  56. By straight line to_________  2,419,750   514,047   27°04'30.10"   97°12'36.02"
  57. By straight line to_________  2,419,951   517,831   27°05'07.56"   97°12'33.36"
  58. By straight line to_________  2,420,165   521,009   27°05'39.01"   97°12'30.64"
  59. By arc centered at__________  2,365,603   524,676   27°06'20.5"    97°22'34.0"
      to__________________________  2,420,260   522,916   27°05'57.88"   97°12'29.38"
  60. By straight line to_________  2,420,367   526,247   27°06'30.86"   97°12'27.81"
  61. By straight line to_________  2,421,336   538,406   27°08'31.18"   97°12'15.70"
  62. By arc centered at__________  2,366,824   542,751   27°09'19.4"    97°22'18.7"
      to__________________________  2,421,429   539,789   27°08'44.87"   97°12'14.52"
  63. By straight line to_________  2,421,449   540,167   27°08'48.61"   97°12'14.25"
  64. By straight line to_________  2,421,591   540,986   27°08°56.71"   97°12'12.59"
  65. By arc centered at__________  2,367,705   550,301   27°10'34.1"    97°22'08.2"
      to__________________________  2,422,109   544,769   27°09'34.13"   97°12'06.42"
  66. By straight line to_________  2,422,522   548,828   27°10'14.28"   97°12'01.39"
  67. By straight line to_________  2,422,909   550,953   27°10'35.28"   97°11'56.86"
  68. By arc centered at__________  2,369,110   560,755   27°12'17.5"    97°21'51.6"
      to__________________________  2,423,074   551,906   27°10'44.71"   97°11'54.92"
  69. By straight line to_________  2,423,600   555,114   27°11'16.42"   97°11'48.73"
  70. By straight line to_________  2,425,604   565,501   27°12'59.09"   97°11'25.35"
  71. By straight line to_________  2,425,955   567,201   27°13'15.88"   97°11'21.27"
  72. By straight line to_________  2,430,188   585,397   27°16'15.65"   97°10'32.26"
  73. By straight line to_________  2,435,271   602,898   27°19'08.44"   97°09'33.87"
  74. By straight line to_________  2,437,860   611,265   27°20'31.02"   97°09'04.17"
  75. By straight line to_________  2,440,773   619,882   27°21'56.05"   97°08'30.84"
  76. By straight line to_________  2,443,622   627,687   27°23'13.04"   97°07'58.31"
  77. By straight line to_________  2,449,412   641,292   27°25'27.14"   97°06'52.41"
  78. By straight line to_________  2,455,945   656,139   27°27'53.45"   97°05'38.08"
  79. By straight line to_________  2,459,158   662,847   27°28'59.52"   97°05'01.59"
  80. By straight line to_________  2,400,858   666,346   27°29'33.99"   97°04'42.27"
  81. By arc centered at__________  2,419,058   701,605   27°35'27.6"    97°12'22.4"
      to__________________________  2,468,926   679,163   27°31'40.01"   97°03'11.05"
  82. By straight line to_________  2,473,113   688,467   27°33'11.66"   97°02'23.35"
  83. By arc centered at__________  2,423,245   710,909   27°36'59.3"    97°11'34.8"
      to__________________________  2,477,118   701,518   27°35'20.43"   97°01'37.17"

*839
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       South Zone
        Course                      ____________________          Latitude                    Longitude
                                    x y
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  84. By straight line to_________  2,477,226   701,748   27°35'22.70"   97°01'35.93"
  85. By straight line to_________  2,484,830   715,453   27°37'37.53"   97°00'09.62"
  86. By straight line to_________  2,492,830   728,654   27°39'47.30"   96°58'38.91"
  87. By straight line to_________  2,503,178   744,730   27°42'25.23"   96°56'41.63"
  88. By straight line to_________  2,511,491   757,057   27°44'26.26"   96°55'07.44"
  89. By straight line to_________  2,515,272   762,240   27°45'17.11"   96°54'24.63"
  90. By arc centered at__________  2,471,092   794,467   27°50'41.5"    97°02'32.2"
      to__________________________  2,522,680   776,327   27°47'35.66"   96°53'00.17"
  91. By straight line to_________  2,523,498   778,651   27°47'58.57"   96°52'50.74"
  92. By straight line to_________  2,523,986   779,631   27°48'08.21"   96°52'45.16"
  93. By straight line to_________  2,526,031   782,992   27°48'41.29"   96°52'22.00"
  94. By straight line to_________  2,535,804   796,133   ________________________   _________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                     South Central Zone
              Course                ____________________           Latitude                Longitude
                                    x y
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
       (Repeating two courses)
  93. By straight line to_________  2,687,786    -1,695   ________________________   ________________________
  94. By straight line to_________  2,697,492    11,498   27°50'50.13"   96°50'31.25"
  95. By straight line to_________  2,705,230    21,472   27°52'27.43"   96°49'03.01"
  96. By straight line to_________  2,710,958    28,002   27°53'31.00"   96°47'57.84"
  97. By arc centered at__________  2,669,848    64,063   27°59'35.4"    96°55'28.7"
      to__________________________  2,712,719    30,115   27°53'51.59"   96°47'37.77"
  98. By straight line to_________  2,714,852    32,807   27°54'17.84"   96°47'13.45"
  99. By straight line to_________  2,720,377    38,910   27°55'17.21"   96°46'10.59"
 100. By straight line to_________  2,724,705    43,579   27°56'02.60"   96°45'21.36"
 101. By straight line to_________  2,727,377    46,418   27°56'30.20"   96°44'50.97"
 102. By arc centered at__________  2,691,713    87,873   28°03'27.2"    96°51'20.0"
      to__________________________  2,733,517    52,619   27°57'30.40"   96°43'41.20"
 103. By straight line to_________  2,745,287    64,045   27°59'21.23"   96°41'27.48"
 104. By straight line to_________  2,759,114    76,842   28°01'25.17"   96°38'50.43"
 105. By straight line to_________  2,760,917    78,432   28°01'40.55"   96°38'29.96"
 106. By straight line to_________  2,775,278    90,137   28°03'33.53"   96°35'47.09"
 107. By straight line to_________  2,780,827    94,573   28°04'16.30"   96°34'44.15"
 108. By arc centered at__________  2,746,685   137,290   28°11'26.0"    96°40'55.7"
      to__________________________  2,782,550    96,009   28°04'30.16"   96°34'24.59"
 109. By straight line to_________  2,783,852    97,140   28°04'41.08"   96°34'09.80"
 110. By straight line to_________  2,791,476   102,789   28°05'35.43"   96°32'43.40"
 111. By straight line to_________  2,800,074   109,137   28°06'36.47"   96°31'05.92"
 112. By straight line to_________  2,807,482   114,230   28°07'25.32"   96°29'42.01"
 113. By straight line to_________  2,814,202   118,283   28°08'04.00"   96°28'26.00"
 114. By arc centered at__________  2,785,963   165,112   28°15'53.5"    96°33'30.4"
      to__________________________  2,815,384   119,016   28°08'11.01"   96°28'12.63"
 115. By straight line to_________  2,824,561   124,874   28°09'07.01"   96°26'28.73"
 116. By straight line to_________  2,831,319   128,676   28°09'43.18"   96°25'12.32"
 117. By straight line to_________  2,836,670   131,276   28°10'07.75"   96°24'11.92"
 118. By straight line to_________  2,839,197   132,254   28°10'16.87"   96°23'43.45"
 119. By arc centered at__________  2,819,460   183,253   28°18'46.0"    96°27'11.5"
      to__________________________  2,840,053   132,594   28°10'20.04"   96°23'33.80"
 120. By straight line to_________  2,844,564   134,428   28°10'37.20"   96°22'42.95"
 121. By straight line to_________  2,846,278   135,087   28°10'43.34"   96°22'23.64"

*840
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                                     South Central Zone
              Course                ____________________           Latitude                Longitude
                                    x y
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 122. By arc centered at__________  2,833,368   188,226   28°19'32.2"    96°24'34.7"
      to__________________________  2,864,032   142,947   28°11'57.16"   96°19'03.31"
 123. By straight line to_________  2,865,389   143,866   28°12'05.95"   96°18'47.92"
 124. By arc centered at__________  2,834,725   189,145   28°19'41.0"    96°24'19.3"
      to__________________________  2,879,517   157,775   28°14'20.38"   96°16'06.44"
 125. By straight line to_________  2,880,106   158,616   28°14'28.57"   96°15'59.64"
 126. By arc centered at__________  2,835,314   189,986   28°19'49.2"    96°24'12.5"
      to__________________________  2,883,104   163,406   28°15'15.29"   96°15'24.87"
 127. By straight line to_________  2,885,158   167,099   28°15'51.36"   96°15'00.94"
 128. By arc centered at__________  2,837,368   193,679   28°20'25.3"    96°23'48.6"
      to__________________________  2,886,819   170,332   28°16'22.99"   96°14'41.53"
 129. By straight line to_________  2,890,783   177,022   28°17'28.27"   96°13'55.43"
 130. By arc centered at__________  2,843,740   204,903   28°22'15.0"    96°22'34.5"
      to__________________________  2,893,218   181,614   28°18'13.16"   96°13'26.99"
 131. By straight line to_________  2,899,305   186,971   28°19'04.75"   96°12'17.48"
 131a. By straight line to________  2,899,402   187,052   28°19'05.53"   96°12'16.38"
 132. By straight line to_________  2,908,291   193,515   28°20'07.38"   96°10'35.21"
 133. By straight line to_________  2,912,716   196,355   28°20'34.44"   96°09'44.93"
 134. By straight line to_________  2,927,833   205,781   28°22'04.08"   96°06'53.21"
 135. By straight line to_________  2,936,888   211,198   28°22'55.48"   96°05'10.38"
 136. By straight line to_________  2,950,886   219,194   28°24'11.14"   96°02'31.45"
 137. By straight line to_________  2,961,311   224,721   28°25'03.23"   96°00'33.18"
 138. By straight line to_________  2,978,776   233,372   28°26'24.39"   95°57'15.13"
 139. By straight line to_________  2,987,582   237,367   28°27'01.65"   95°55'35.35"
 140. By arc centered at__________  2,964,991   287,167   28°35'20.4"    95°59'34.0"
      to__________________________  2,988,795   237,935   28°27'06.96"   95°55'21.60"
 141. By straight line to_________  2,998,740   242,743   28°27'51.95"   95°53'28.80"
 142. By straight line to_________  3,002,406   244,493   28°28'08.31"   95°52'47.22"
 143. By straight line to_________  3,005,833   246,002   28°28'22.33"   95°52'08.38"
 144. By arc centered at__________  2,983,797   296,051   28°36'43.5"    95°56'00.5"
      to__________________________  3,007,526   246,783   28°28'29.61"   95°51'49.18"
 145. By straight line to_________  3,026,416   255,881   28°29'54.60"   95°48'14.81"
 146. By arc centered at__________  3,002,687   305,149   28°38'08.6"    95°52'25.9"
      to__________________________  3,028,326   256,847   28°30'03.64"   95°47'53.12"
 147. By straight line to_________  3,047,657   267,108   28°31'39.91"   95°44'13.33"
 148. By arc centered at__________  3,022,018   315,410   28°39'45.0"    95°48'45.9"
      to__________________________  3,048,496   267,563   28°31'44.18"   95°44'03.79"
 149. By straight line to_________  3,059,100   273,431   28°32'39.31"   95°42'03.10"
 150. By arc centered at__________  3,032,622   321,278   28°40'40.2"    95°46'45.1"
      to__________________________  3,060,936   274,494   28°32'49.32"   95°41'42.19"
 151. By straight line to_________  3,078,889   285,359   28°34'31.79"   95°38'17.46"
 152. By arc centered at__________  3,050,575   332,143   28°42'22.8"    95°43'20.2"
      to__________________________  3,080,687   286,496   28°34'42.53"   95°37'56.93"
 153. By straight line to_________  3,084,317   288,890   28°35'05.20"   95°37'15.45"
 154. By straight line to_________  3,092,292   293,735   28°35'50.86"   95°35'44.46"
 155. By arc centered at__________  3,063,896   340,470   28°43'41.5"    95°40'48.0"
      to__________________________  3,092,642   293,950   28°35'52.89"   95°35'40.46"
 156. By straight line to_________  3,110,764   305,148   28°37'38.45"   95°32'13.53"
 157. By arc centered at__________  3,082,018   351,668   28°45'27.2"    95°37'20.9"
      to__________________________  3,111,027   305,312   28°37'39.99"   95°32'10.52"
 158. By straight line to_________  3,128,977   316,545   28°39'25.86"   95°28'45.39"
 159. By arc centered at__________  3,099,968   362,901   28°47'13.2"    95°33'55.6"
      to__________________________  3,129,951   317,169   28°39'31.75"   95°28'34.25"

*841
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                                     South Central Zone
              Course                ____________________           Latitude                Longitude
                                    x y
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 160. By straight line to_________  3,152,081   331,678   28°41'48.68"   95°24'20.95"
 161. By arc centered at__________  3,122,098   377,410   28°49'30.3"    95°29'42.1"
      to__________________________  3,153,769   332,830   28°41'59.57"   95°24'01.60"
 162. By straight line to_________  3,158,904   336,478   28°42'34.10"   95°23'02.71"
 163. By straight line to_________  3,168,664   342,866   28°43'34.32"   95°21'10.91"
 164. By arc centered at__________  3,138,717   388,622   28°51'16.3"    95°26'31.5"
      to__________________________  3,172,530   345,644   28°44'00.62"   95°20'26.53"
 165. By straight line to_________  3,177,771   349,049   28°44'32.69"   95°19'26.48"
 166. By arc centered at__________  3,147,981   394,907   28°52'15.7"    95°24'45.2"
      to__________________________  3,178,426   349,481   28°44'36.76"   95°19'18.98"
 167. By straight line to_________  3,184,351   353,452   28°45'14.21"   95°18'11.04"
 168. By arc centered at__________  3,153,906   398,878   28°52'53.2"    95°23'37.2"
      to__________________________  3,185,298   354,101   28°45'20.34"   95°18'00.17"
 169. By straight line to_________  3,196,291   361,808   28°46'33.16"   95°15'53.96"
 170. By arc centered at__________  3,164,899   406,585   28°54'06.1"    95°21'30.9"
      to__________________________  3,197,099   362,386   28°46'38.61"   95°15'44.67"
 171. By straight line to_________  3,203,248   366,865   28°47'21.00"   95°14'33.99"
 171a.By straight line to_________  3,203,445   366,995   28°47'22.22"   95°14'31.73"
 172. By straight line to_________  3,205,264   368,190   28°47'33.46"   95°14'10.87"
 173. By arc centered at__________  3,182,950   418,115   28°55'54.6"    95°18'03.8"
      to__________________________  3,213,259   372,598   28°48'14.53"   95°12'39.45"
 174. By straight line to_________  3,214,103   373,160   28°48'19.82"   95°12'29.76"
 175. By arc centered at__________  3,183,794   418,677   28°55'59.9"    95°17'54.1"
      to__________________________  3,230,736   390,625   28°51'07.29"   95°09'16.44"
 176. By straight line to_________  3,240,421   399,503   28°52'31.99"   95°07'24.26"
 177. By straight line to_________  3,258,176   414,679   28°54'56.30"   95°03'58.91"
 178. By straight line to_________  3,262,578   418,206   28°55'29.73"   95°03'08.07"
 179. By straight line to_________  3,266,484   420,949   28°55'55.57"   95°02'23.08"
 180. By arc centered at__________  3,239,802   468,683   29°03'56.8"    95°07'05.4"
      to__________________________  3,282,040   433,949   28°57'58.97"   94°59'23.10"
 181. By straight line to_________  3,282,364   434,343   28°58'02.76"   94°59'19.30"
 182. By arc centered at__________  3,240,126   469,077   29°04'00.6"    95°07'01.6"
      to__________________________  3,290,005   446,661   29°00'02.05"   94°57'48.53"
 183. By straight line to_________  3,296,652   452,104   29°00'53.63"   94°56'31.59"
 184. By straight line to_________  3,302,419   456,606   29°01'36.20"   94°55'24.90"
 185. By straight line to_________  3,315,160   466,352   29°03'08.22"   94°52'57.60"
 186. By straight line to_________  3,320,930   470,564   29°03'47.89"   94°51'50.94"
 187. By straight line to_________  3,328,195   475,602   29°04'35.19"   94°50'27.11"
 188. By straight line to_________  3,342,587   484,679   29°05'59.91"   94°47'41.32"
 189. By arc centered at__________  3,313,417   530,934   29°13'47.9"    94°52'51.6"
      to__________________________  3,345,594   486,717   29°06'19.02"   94°47'06.62"
 190. By straight line to_________  3,350,192   490,063   29°06'50.48"   94°46'13.45"
 191. By arc centered at__________  3,318,015   534,280   29°14'19.4"    94°51'58.4"
      to__________________________  3,351,664   491,173   29°07'00.94"   94°45'56.41"
 192. By straight line to_________  3,366,438   502,706   29°08'49.73"   94°43'05.18"
 193. By straight line to_________  3,373,759   508,167   29°09'41.10"   94°41'40.41"
 194. By arc centered at__________  3,341,062   552,000   29°17'06.6"    94°47'31.2"
      to__________________________  3,376,113   510,025   29°09'58.63"   94°41'13.09"
 195. By straight line to_________  3,379,502   512,855   29°10'25.40"   94°40'33.71"
 196. By arc centered at__________  3,344,451   554,830   29°17'33.4"    94°46'51.8"
      to__________________________  3,382,463   515,517   29°10'50.64"   94°39'59.22"
 197. By straight line to_________  3,385,938   518,877   29°11'22.61"   94°39'18.63"

*842
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                                     South Central Zone
              Course                ____________________           Latitude                Longitude
                                    x y
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 198. By arc centered at__________  3,347,926   558,190   29°18'05.4"    94°46'11.2"
      to__________________________  3,393,316   527,691   29°12'47.10"   94°37'51.73"
 199. By straight line to_________  3,394,123   528,892   29°12'58.69"   94°37'42.12"
 200. By arc centered at__________  3,348,733   559,391   29°18'17.0"    94°46'01.6"
      to__________________________  3,399,047   537,969   29°14'26.68"   94°36'42.74"
 201. By straight line to_________  3,399,847   539,848   29°14'44.97"   94°36'32.92"
 202. By arc centered at__________  3,349,533   561,270   29°18'35.3"    94°45'51.8"
      to__________________________  3,401,544   544,379   29°15'29.17"   94°36'11.86"
 203. By straight line to_________  3,402,301   546,710   29°15'51.96"   94°36'02.32"
 204. By arc centered at__________  3,350,290   563,601   29°18'58.1"    94°45'42.3"
      to__________________________  3,404,498   556,395   29°17'26.97"   94°35'33.41"
 205. By straight line to_________  3,404,679   557,758   29°17'40.38"   94°35'30.79"
 206. By straight line to_________  3,405,303   558,363   29°17'46.13"   94°35'23.49"
 207. By straight line to_________  3,407,136   559,951   29°18'01.16"   94°35'02.12"
 208. By straight line to_________  3,409,314   561,570   29°18'16.36"   94°34'36.85"
 209. By straight line to_________  3,413,751   564,517   29°18'43.86"   94°33'45.50"
 210. By straight line to_________  3,421,690   569,297   29°19'28.16"   94°32'13.83"
 211. By straight line to_________  3,429,293   573,476   29°20'06.63"   94°30'46.17"
 212. By straight line to_________  3,447,430   582,437   29°21'28.35"   94°27'17.47"
 213. By straight line to_________  3,466,717   591,592   29°22'51.47"   94°23'35.58"
 214. By arc centered at__________  3,443,267   640,994   29°31'09.3"    94°27'38.8"
      to__________________________  3,467,072   591,762   29°22'53.01"   94°23'31.50"
 215. By straight line to_________  3,480,531   598,270   29°23'52.12"   94°20'56.55"
 216. By straight line to_________  3,497,178   605,998   29°25'01.98"   94°17'44.98"
 217. By arc centered at__________  3,474,153   655,599   29°33'21.8"    94°21'42.9"
      to__________________________  3,497,492   606,145   29°25'03.31"   94°17'41.36"
 218. By straight line to_________  3,512,863   613,399   29°26'08.92"   94°14'44.35"
 219. By arc centered at__________  3,489,524   662,853   29°34'27.5"    94°18'45.7"
      to__________________________  3,513,624   613,765   29°26'12.24"   94°14'35.58"
 220. By straight line to_________  3,530,376   621,990   29°27'26.82"   94°11'22.44"
 221. By straight line to_________  3,554,680   633,780   29°29'13.49"   94°06'42.17"
 222. By arc centered at__________  3,530,811   682,981   29°37'30.0"    94°10'49.1"
      to__________________________  3,555,470   634,171   29°29'17.03"   94°06'33.05"
 223. By straight line to_________  3,571,673   642,357   29°30'31.26"   94°03'25.94"
 224. By straight line to_________  3,579,924   646,355   29°31'07.35"   94°01'50.72"
 225. By arc centered at__________  3,564,669   698,869   29°39'53.2"    94°04'18.2"
      to__________________________  3,583,947   647,695   29°31'18.91"   94°01'04.58"
 226. By arc centered at__________  3,570,700   700,751   29°40'09.3"    94°03'09.0"
      to__________________________  3,583,971   647,701   29°31'18.96"   94°01'04.31"
 227. By arc centered at__________  3,585,544   702,363   29°40'19.0"    94°00'20.1"
      to__________________________  3,587,641   647,718   29°31'17.58"   94°00'22.79"
 228. By arc centered at__________  3,588,465   702,397   29°40'18.1"    93°59'47.0"
      to__________________________  3,597,166   648,409   29°31'20.37"   93°58'34.73"
 229. By arc centered at__________  3,598,298   703,082   29°40'20.7"    93°57'55.3"
      to__________________________  3,611,182   649,936   29°31'29.50"   93°55'55.45"
 230. By arc centered at__________  3,616,758   704,337   29°40'25.2"    93°54'25.6"
      to__________________________  3,617,980   649,666   29°31'23.90"   93°54'38.73"
 231. By straight line to_________  3,622,052   649,757   29°31'23.04"   93°53'52.62"
 232. By straight line to_________  3,628,661   649,851   29°31'21.11"   93°52'37.85"
 233. By arc centered at__________  3,627,884   704,530   29°40'22.3"    93°52'19.5"
      to__________________________  3,632,508   650,041   29°31'21.32"   93°51'54.24"
 234. By straight line to_________  3,634,971   650,250   29°31'22.32"   93°51'26.29"

*843
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                                     South Central Zone
              Course                ____________________           Latitude                Longitude
                                    x y
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 235. By arc centered at__________  3,630,347   704,739   29°40'23.3"    93°51'51.5"
      to__________________________  3,651,368   654,256   29°31'54.77"   93°48'18.84"
 236. By straight line to_________  3,653,430   655,115   29°32'02.36"   93°47'55.08"
 237. By arc centered at__________  3,632,410   705,598   29°40'30.9"    93°51'27.7"
      to__________________________  3,663,602   660,681   29°32'52.93"   93°45'57.22"
 238. By straight line to_________  3,664,862   661,556   29°33'01.02"   93°45'42.53"
 239. By arc centered at__________  3,633,670   706,473   29°40'39.0"    93°51'13.0"
      to__________________________  3,677,669   674,000   29°34'58.40"   93°43'11.30"
 240. By straight line to_________  3,678,810   675,546   29°35'13.18"   93°42'57.60"
 241. By arc centered at__________  3,634,811   708,019   29°40'53.8"    93°50'59.3"
      to__________________________  3,680,595   678,115   29°35'37.80"   93°42'36.08"
 242. By straight line to_________  3,686,069   686,496   29°36'58.24"   93°41'29.83"
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The State of Texas is not entitled to any interest in such lands, minerals or resources, and said State, its privies, assigns, lessees and other persons claiming under it are hereby enjoined from interfering with the rights of the United States in such lands, minerals and resources.
2. As against the United States, with the exceptions provided by § 5 of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S. C. § 1313, the State of Texas is entitled to
(a) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, bounded on the south by the international boundary with Mexico and on the east by the western boundary of Louisiana and an extension thereof, that are within three geographical miles from the present or future coastline as referred to in § 2 (c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S. C. § 1301 (c); and
(b) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, bounded on the south by the international boundary with Mexico and on the east by the western boundary of Louisiana and an extension thereof, less than three marine leagues gulfward from the present or future coastline as referred to in § 2 (c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S. C. § 1301 (c), that are landward of the line described in paragraph 1 (b) hereof.
*844 3. As used herein
(a) "Geographical mile" means a distance of 1852 meters (6076.10333 . . . U. S. Survey Feet or approximately 6076.11549 International Feet);
(b) "Marine league" means a distance of three geographical miles;
(c) Plane coordinates refer to the Texas Coordinate Systems, South Zone or South Central Zone, as indicated.
(d) Latitudes and longitudes refer to the North American 1927 Datum.
(e) All distances referred to herein are expressed at grid scale, Texas Plane Coordinate Systems.
4. The Court retains jurisdiction to entertain such further proceedings, enter such orders, and issue such writs as may from time to time be deemed necessary or advisable to give proper force and effect to this decree, or to the decree of December 12, 1960, herein, or to effectuate the rights of the parties in the premises.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE and MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL took no part in the consideration or formulation of this Supplemental Decree.