Boundaries of the United States and the Several States: With Miscellaneous Geographic Information Concerning Areas, Altitudes, and Geographic CentersU.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 - 191 Seiten |
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... Constitution . The boundaries of these States were not defined in the Acts of ratification , but in general the States maintained their claim to their colonial boundaries which had been established by 1 The word " conterminous " is used ...
... Constitution . The boundaries of these States were not defined in the Acts of ratification , but in general the States maintained their claim to their colonial boundaries which had been established by 1 The word " conterminous " is used ...
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... Constitution of the United States . The conditions under which ratification by Congress is essential are described at length in 148 U.S. 520-522 . See also an excellent review of this question in the opinion , dated June 17 , 1929 ...
... Constitution of the United States . The conditions under which ratification by Congress is essential are described at length in 148 U.S. 520-522 . See also an excellent review of this question in the opinion , dated June 17 , 1929 ...
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... Constitution of the United States ( Brown , 1920 ; Baldwin , 1894 , p . 369-389 ) . The treaty of cession ( Malloy , 1910 , v . 1 , p . 508 ) de- scribes the territory only as being the same as that ceded by Spain to France by the ...
... Constitution of the United States ( Brown , 1920 ; Baldwin , 1894 , p . 369-389 ) . The treaty of cession ( Malloy , 1910 , v . 1 , p . 508 ) de- scribes the territory only as being the same as that ceded by Spain to France by the ...
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... Constitution of 1852 , " if indispensable to free it from insults and oppression of any foreign powers . " Annexation was again under consideration in 1854 , and a draft of a treaty was pre- pared whereby the islands would be ceded to ...
... Constitution of 1852 , " if indispensable to free it from insults and oppression of any foreign powers . " Annexation was again under consideration in 1854 , and a draft of a treaty was pre- pared whereby the islands would be ceded to ...
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... constitution of Puerto Rico on July 3 , 1952. It was established as a " commonwealth " at that time , and has most of the powers and responsi- bilities of a State of the Union . Major exceptions are that Puerto Rico's residents are not ...
... constitution of Puerto Rico on July 3 , 1952. It was established as a " commonwealth " at that time , and has most of the powers and responsi- bilities of a State of the Union . Major exceptions are that Puerto Rico's residents are not ...
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Seite 27 - River; then, following the course of the Rio Roxo westward to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington; then, crossing the said Red River, and running thence, by a line due north, to the river Arkansas; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source, in latitude 42 north; and thence, by that parallel of latitude, to the South Sea.
Seite 113 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Seite 38 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of said canal...
Seite 12 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Seite 105 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Seite 136 - States, in all respects whatever; and the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri where the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude crosses the same ; thence west on said parallel to the eastern boundary of.
Seite 28 - 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, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico...
Seite 14 - ... a line drawn from the said point due north or south as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude...
Seite 29 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of west longitude, (meridian of Greenwich.) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Seite 28 - Gila, where it unites with the Colorado, to a point on the coast of the Pacific ocean distant one marine league due south of the southernmost point of the port of San Diego, according to the plan of said port made in the year 1782 by Don Juan Pantoja, second...