. Award of the fishery commission [microform] : documents and proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877 under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches. AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 1549 raent of this tribunal or not is not for me to stiy, though to my tniud it i8 a very strong and very forcible one. Keferring to the wording of the treaty itself, and to the Convention of 1818, the first section of the latter states: Whereas dilTcrences have arisen respecting the liberty claimed by the United States, for tlie inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cnre
. Award of the fishery commission [microform] : documents and proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877 under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches. AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 1549 raent of this tribunal or not is not for me to stiy, though to my tniud it i8 a very strong and very forcible one. Keferring to the wording of the treaty itself, and to the Convention of 1818, the first section of the latter states: Whereas dilTcrences have arisen respecting the liberty claimed by the United States, for tlie inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cnre flsh on certain coasts, bays, harburs, mid in k» itants of the said United States shall have for- ever, in common with the sniiji'cts of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take lish ofeverv kind on that part of the southern coast of Nfwfonndland which extends from Cape Ray t" tlie lianieau Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newf(»nndiand, from till! suid Cape Ray to the Quirpou Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, 1111(1 also on tlie coastf bays, harbors, and creeks from Monnt Joly, on the southern coast of Labrador, and to and through the straits of Belle Isle, and thence nortli wardly iiKk'tiniti'ly along the coast, without prejudice, however, to any of the exclusive rinhts of thelliul'soii'sBay Company. And that the American fishermen shall also have liberty, forevi-r, to dry and cure fi^h in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of the smithern ]iart of the coast of Newfoundland hereabove described, and of the coast of Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, bhall be settled, it shall not beliiwfnl for the said fishermen to dry or cure tish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for su'di pnriwse with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of tbe ground. And the United States hereby renounce forevdr any liberty heretofore ciijoyeil or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure
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