| 1966 - 430 pages
...ISLANDS An act of Congress approved August 18, 1856, contains the following provisions : SECTION 5570. Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers...the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies... | |
| 1926 - 604 pages
...anomalous act passed by Congress in 1856, giving the President power to protect the rights of discoverers 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. All acts done on these islets, or in waters adjacent... | |
| Northcutt Ely - 1974 - 90 pages
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| Franklin K. Van Zandt - 1976 - 210 pages
...ISLANDS An act of Congress approved August 18, 1856, contains the following provisions: SECTION 5570. Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers...the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies... | |
| D. W. Bowett - 1978 - 360 pages
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