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 4 OCTOBER 'rEI,M, 1907.  f Psrttm. 0 U. & d  on t 8st . ,     , , norofoem  t the s  a . 15 F. p.  .  f  s  e opon. Foz, s t  e Atmey ne, for e U  The brie, on beh of the United States, of over 280 pee, presented the ce in the followin mnner a appears by the index of the brief: 8tatmnet of the case; manner n wkioh the quedone are raked; tim ques- tone involved; specifications of errors. Aunent, I. The law of the waters; A. Loc of the islands; B. The m. tus of tle waters established by treaties; (1) The treaties of peace (Paris); (2) The treaty of Ghent; (a) Boundary established under Article VI; (b] Bound- sty established under Article VII; (3) The Treaty of Washington (Welter- Ashburton treaty); (4) Other treaty provisions; 0. The status of the waters established by the law of nations; D. The law of riparian nd lttoral owner- ship; (1) Public and prvat waters; (2) The (reat ',1,; (3) The connecting waters between the Great ?,1 (4) Legislative recognition by the State of Michio-- of the public charaoter of the connecting waters between the Great Lakes; (5) icMgau ees dist'mguished; (6) 8rate deeions--how far con- trolling; (7) The distinction betwex inland waters of a State nd iuterna- riohal water; (8) Tle question a poIRicabone; E. Former construction by the Oovermt. II. Title to Islands I and 2 in the United States. III. The island and ijaeet shore land reserved for public uses; A. H torlcal statement and authorities; B. Effeot of order of Dcember 9, 1852, releasing portion of lands previously reserved; (1) The reservation of 1822; (2) The general temporary reservation of April 3, 1847; (3) The specific  vation of September 2, 1847; (4) The specific and final reeertion under the act of 1850; (5) The Indian reserve of an easement; (. Further contempora- neous onstruetion. IV. Land in Chandler patent never surveyed. V. id lsnd not subject to location with Porte, eld scrip; A. Lack of legal survey; B. No price established for said land; 0. Said hm otherwise appropriated at the time of such location; (1) Effect of te military reserva- tion; (2) The land within the limit of an incorporated town. VI. The tnte of the United States in this suit; A. International obliga- tions of the United States; B. The locus needed for works in aid of commerce; C. Refusal by Ciult Oourt to consider the valldlty of appellee's allecl title to djaeet shorn; D. Employmt of  ooun

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