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 | José López Baralt - 1999 - 400 sider
...engaging herself to build and keep a lighthouse there. Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock or key, not...within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies the same, such island, rock or key, may at the... | |
 | Jörg Schildknecht - 1999 - 372 sider
...zu den Vereinigten Staaten gehörig anzusehen sei: "when any citizen of the United Staates discovers a deposit of guano on any Island, rock or key, not...within the lawful jurisdiction of any other Government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other Go462 Creasy, S. 66f. 463 Vergl. Halleck' s, I, S. 175.... | |
 | Brij V. Lal, Kate Fortune - 2000 - 710 sider
...Pierce the 1856 Guano Act was adopted. The Act empowered US citizens to take 'peaceable possession' of 'any island, rock or key not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government' for the purpose of obtaining guano. Apparently 'any other government' did not apply to indigenous rule,... | |
 | Gary Lawson, Guy Seidman - 2008 - 284 sider
...the statute books.42 The statute states that "[w]henever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not...within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and... | |
 | Joseph Cummins - 2006 - 390 sider
...law by President James Buchanan, which stated: "Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key not...within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government . . . and takes peaceable possession thereof . . . such island . . . may, at the discretion of the... | |
 | Jeffrey A. Geiger - 2007 - 314 sider
...claiming territory in the name of commercial gains: Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not...within the lawful jurisdiction of any other Government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other Government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and... | |
 | 1908 - 452 sider
...26 Stat. L., 424; 19 1 Supp., 799.) SEC. 5570. Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not...within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and... | |
 | United States - 1903 - 562 sider
...GUANO ISLANDS. 403. Guano Islands. R. s., 6570. Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not...within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and... | |
 | 1868 - 922 sider
...declares that when any citizen or citizens of the United States may have discovered, or shall hereafter discover, a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and shall take peaceable possession... | |
 | 1900 - 948 sider
...directly involved were as follows : SEC. 5570. Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other govern- . ment, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession... | |
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