Word: wheaton
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...United States has exclusive jurisdiction over Behring Sea. It is not contrary to custom for nations to hold unlimited sway over large bodies of water; e. g., Long Island Sound, Bay of Cheleurs, Fortune Bay, Irish Channel; Hall's International Law, p. 140; Halleck 1, 140; Phillimore 1, 216; Wheaton...
...exclusive jurisdiction of seal fisheries alone because a. Wild animals in the high seas are the property of the first taker: Bouvier, Law Dictionary, Vol. 1, p 159; Correspondence of Blaine and Salisbury, p. 62. b. Prescription cannot validate a claim contrary to international law: Boyd's Wheaton, p. 257, 1. c. The rights claimed could only be gained by treaty or armed force: Halleck's Inter. Law., Vol. 1, p. 414 etseq.; ibd. Vol. II, p. 278; Correspondence of Blaine and Salisbury...
...constitutional. a. Precedents; Ware vs. Hylton; Florida Claim Case, etc. b. Authority of writers on International Law: Vattel, Wheaton, Woolsey, etc. c. Decision of U. S. Supreme Court: Chau Chong Ping vs. Collector of the Port of San Francisco...
...bill is constitutional.- Constitution, article 1, section 8; Congressional Record, vol. 17, part II., p. 1470-1475; Von Holst, Congressional Law, section 97, pp. 304-5; McCullough vs. Maryland, 4 Wheaton...