Subject: Re: Mexican internal maritime allocation
Date: Sep 25, 2003 @ 02:18
Author: m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
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> Mike wrote:haha
>
> > you bet
> > & which means it is the law of the land in mexico
> > under the mexican constitution
> >
> > a law doesnt have to be in the constitution to be legal
>
> Of course.
> constitution, the change for which he agitates can and should be accompli=shed.
> Perhaps his point is also that the constitution does not make mention of =any
> such 20 meters of dry land as part of the federal dependency, so therefor=e the
> states and locals should have more authority over it.ales,
>
> > as i understand all the above & below
> > as well as other things i have seen
> > tho i still havent yet read the full law yet
> > yes indeed
> > the 20 meter strip is outside the territory of the states
> > as well as excluded from their jurisdiction
> > basically because it is just part of the much larger & continuous
> > federal maritime territorial zone
> > which includes not just this dry terrestrial margin
> > but all the tidelands as well
> > & moreover continues at least 12nm out to sea beyond the low tide line
>
> But, by the definition of the ZoFeMaT in the Ley General de Bienes Nacion=
> it is ONLY the 20-meter strip coastal strip plus the surfaces of the odd =keys
> and reefs. It does NOT include the sea bed.of course it doesnt
> Terrestre (Federal Maritime LAND Zone), not the Zona Federal MarĂtimad be
> Territorial (Federal Maritime Territorial Zone). Indeed, no statute woul=
> needed to put the tidelands and territorial sea into the federal public d=omain.
> That's already in the constitution.tional
>
> For the reasons that I derived from my earlier recitation of the constitu=
> articles, I believe that the feds can hold the ZoFeMaT in the public doma=in
> under statute, and they can probably manage and control it as much as the=y can
> any federal property, but they cannot deny it as part of the territories =of the
> respective coastal states.& i think they not only can but would & probably even do deny this
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA