I've been digging in the "Political Constitution of the United Mexican States,"
and I think I've arrived at the bottom of the question!
More just as soon as I get it translated and sorted out...
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 3:37 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Mexican internal maritime allocation
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus" <
mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> At www.funcionpublica.gob.mx/unaopspf/dgapi/lgbn_c4.htm is the text of Ar=
ticle
> 49 of Mexico's General Law of National Goods, in which is delimited the Z=
oFeMaT.
>
> Section I says:
>
> "When the coast presents beaches, the federal maritime land zone will be
> constituted by the strip of twenty meters of width of firm land, passable=
and
> contiguous to these beaches or, in their case, to the shores of the river=
s, from
> their mouths in the sea, unto one hundred meters upriver;"
>
> [Mike, this somewhat rearranges your concept of the "boca chica" of the R=
ío
> Grande.]
hahaha
beautiful
& no wonder i wasnt sure if it was 10 meters or 20 meters
for it is 100 meters in some cases
so mxus2mxtatx is 100 meters rather than 20 meters up the boca chica
& mxus2bccamx is 20 meters above the high tide line at tijuana beach
thank you for these advances in punctological science
but then you would take them right away by seeking these very points
elsewhere
say at the high tide line
or the low tide line
or 3 leagues out to sea with texas
or 1 league out with california
but good luck again
for you have already found a truer truth
>
> Furthermore, Section II includes in the ZoFeMaT "the totality of the surf=
ace of
> the keys and reefs located in the territorial sea." Section III deals wi=
th a
> 20-meter strip from the annual high-water mark in "lakes, lagoons, estuar=
ies or
> natural deposits of sea water that communicate directly or indirectly wit=
h the
> sea." Section IV deals with the special cases of artificial marinas or
> acquicultural facilities, and I'll let you translate those for yourself i=
f
> interested.
>
> Whenever land is gained from or lost to the sea by natural or artificial =
causes,
> the boundaries of the ZoFeMaT move to conform to the new physical configu=
ration
> of the land.
>
> Nowhere does this particular article of the law deny state territorial
> sovereignty or jurisdiction over the ZoFeMaT, but it does place it in the=
> federal public domain and place its regulation, management, and exploitat=
ion
> exclusively under the Secretariat of Urban Development and Ecology (since=
> succeeded by the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources).
>
> I'm still looking for other clarification on the question of the actual s=
eaward
> territorial extent of the states.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/