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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> Yes, but it only has three sentences about the 1970 treaty.
>
> I had not previously found the minutes. Thanks. I am now
beginning to
> investigate them. You might be interested to see 1987
minutes regarding the
> initial monumentation of two new bridges at
> www.ibwc.state.gov/Files/Minutes/Min275.pdf . It cites authority
of the 1970
> treaty and its provisions that the boundary on bridges "shall be
shown by an
> appropriate monument exactly over the international boundary."
aha
& doesnt this wording
whether intended or not
also establish a boundary point exactly under every such marker
as long as that marker exists
regardless of where the rest of international boundary may
subsequently wander
> Interestingly,
> the Commission found that the axis of each bridge was
skewed in relation to the
> boundary, so it required the builders to place two monuments
on each bridge.
aha
i have seen these on bridge railings or edges
& dont they then mark
besides the path of the boundary across the bridge
the paths of its lateral displacements from the living thalweg
precisely along these railings or edges
so i think they have inadvertently given us 2 smoking guns here
settling the matter once & for all
against any possible de jure vertical differentiation of sovereignty
without ever really meaning to address the matter
it just hasnt dawned on them yet
> I will continue to browse the minutes and report on any
interesting morsels.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@c...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:06 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: The IBWC speaks!!!
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> > Maybe you don't have to wait for Mr. Rubio...
> > the commission website has treaties, synopses of them and
minutes of
> > meetings posted at:
> >
> > http://www.ibwc.state.gov/html/treaties.html
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > LN
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