Venezuela-British Guiana Boundary Arbitration: The Case of the United States of Venezuela Before the Tribunal of Arbitration to Convene at Paris Under the Provisions of the Treaty, Volumes 1-2 |
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... persons so nominated , or in the event of their failure to agree within three months from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the present Treaty , to be se- lected by His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway . The Jurist so ...
... persons so nominated , or in the event of their failure to agree within three months from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the present Treaty , to be se- lected by His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway . The Jurist so ...
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... persons deputed might be greater or smaller , for in any case each city had but one vote . The States of the province of Holland may best be selected as an illustration . That body consisted of nineteen members ; the nobility of the ...
... persons deputed might be greater or smaller , for in any case each city had but one vote . The States of the province of Holland may best be selected as an illustration . That body consisted of nineteen members ; the nobility of the ...
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... persons , from whom the Company may receive more service and more edifying withal . And Confraters Lonissen and Van Pere are by a majority vote made a committee to engage the aforesaid per- sons , being requested to look for the ...
... persons , from whom the Company may receive more service and more edifying withal . And Confraters Lonissen and Van Pere are by a majority vote made a committee to engage the aforesaid per- sons , being requested to look for the ...
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... persons , have tried , not only to increase its trade and commerce from here to the coasts and islands situate under the charter , but also and especially have made it their aim to further the colonization and agriculture of the ...
... persons , have tried , not only to increase its trade and commerce from here to the coasts and islands situate under the charter , but also and especially have made it their aim to further the colonization and agriculture of the ...
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... persons , arrived in the Essequibo . * Whether it was that this small number of colonists was not sufficient to insure success , or that for other reasons the Zeeland Chamber felt discouraged at the prospects , the fact is that it ...
... persons , arrived in the Essequibo . * Whether it was that this small number of colonists was not sufficient to insure success , or that for other reasons the Zeeland Chamber felt discouraged at the prospects , the fact is that it ...
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Common terms and phrases
Abraham Beekman aforesaid colony annatto Appendix Barima Berbice Blue Book boats British Guiana Cajoeny canoes Captain Capuchin Caraibans Caribs coast colonists colony of Essequibo Commandant Commandeur in Essequibo Company Zeeland Chamber Company's Court of Policy creek Cumaná Cuyuni river Cuyuni-Mazaruni Demerara Director Director-General in Essequibo Dutch Esquivo Essequibo river established Extract from letter Father Governor Guayana High Mightinesses Hollanders honor India Company Zeeland Indians inform inhabitants islands letter from Storm letter from West Lord Lordships Majesty mandeur Maroco matter Mazaruni Missions Moruca mouth negroes Note by Prof Orinocque plantations Pomeroon possession Postholder present Province of Guayana quibo Remonstrance Reprinted from Blue Reprinted from U. S. request river Cuyuni river Orinoco sail sent settlement ships slaves soldiers Spaniards Spanish States-General Storm van's Gravesande Surinam territory tion trade Treaty of Munster Trinidad U. S. Commission Report Venezuela vessels voyage Waini West India Company
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Page 1 - ARTICLE III The written or printed case of each of the two parties, accompanied by the documents, the official correspondence, and other evidence on which each relies, shall be delivered in duplicate to each of the Arbitrators and to the Agent of the other party as soon as may be after the organization of the tribunal, but within a period not exceeding six months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty.
Page 10 - The decision of the Tribunal shall, if possible, be made within three months from the close of the argument on both sides. It shall be made in writing and dated, and shall be signed by the Arbitrators who may assent to it.
Page 3 - Who after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in...
Page 5 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Page 55 - Netherlands, with the exclusive privilege to traffic and plant colonies on the coast of Africa from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good Hope ; on the coast of America, from the straits of Magellan to the remotest north.
Page 9 - ARTICLE v. It shall be the duty of the Agent of each party, within two months after the expiration of the time limited for the delivery of the counter case on both sides, to deliver in duplicate to each of the said Arbitrators and to the Agent of the other party a written or printed argument showing the points and referring to the evidence upon which his Government relies...
Page 1 - The tribunal shall investigate and ascertain the extent of the territories belonging to or that might lawfully be claimed by the United Netherlands or by the Kingdom of Spain, respectively, at the time of the acquisition by Great Britain of the colony of British Guiana, and shall determine the boundary line between the colony of British Guiana and the Republic of Venezuela.
Page 4 - In case of the death, absence, or incapacity to serve of any or either of the said Arbitrators, or, in the event of...
Page 8 - Within four months after the delivery on both sides of the written or printed case, either party may, in like manner, deliver in duplicate to each of the said arbitrators, and to the agent of the other party, a counter case and additional documents, correspondence, and evidence, in reply to the case, documents, correspondence, and evidence so presented by the other party.
Page 11 - In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.