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From: acroorca2002 [mailto:
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Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 10:06 AM
To:
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American State Boundaries
> It is
> really silly to say that a river that courses, e.g., 10 miles must
be
> regarded as infinite in shorelineand equal to the Nile.
yes i agree
if infinity doesnt equal infinity
but doesnt it
i forget
The Nile isn't infinitely long.
but also why not be really silly
& why couldnt the shorelines of unequal rivers be equal
Because they are different lengths.
> Regarding Ellis Island, while you are correct about the origin of
the legal
> matter (NJ's claim regarding the filled portion of the island on
formerly
> submerged ground) NJ didn't dispute NY jurisdiction on the
original 1834
> defined island. The 1834 compact is the "lesser" instrument I
refer to,
> which appears to me to be something less than actually
conferring NY
> statehood to the island, but is merely a NJ concession of NY's
right to
> authority over the original island.
the 1834 is the original & definitive agreement
& possibly the only completely ratified agreement to date
i have the telling parts if you want excerpts
Yes, I would like to read them. Can you post them or give a link? Also, is
there any written record of the practices prior to 1834 that led to the
Compact having to be written? IIRC, the compact was to memorialize and
standardize a set of past practices and customs regarding the islands in NY
Bay.