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Show -76- III SINCE 1789 (1) Connecticut and Rhode Island Attempted Settlement of 1840: Commissioners were appointed by both States in 1839 *^ and an agreement was reached between them on April 27 9 1840 This was confirmed by Connect- icut during the same year. 46 Though the agreement was reported to the Rhode Island legislature, they refused to confirm it.24"' The controversy was fin- ally settled through compact in 1883. 48 (2) Massachusetts and Rhode Island Attempted Settlement of 1848 S Commissioners were appointed by Rhode Island in 1844. ^' and by Massa- chusetts on February 27, 1844 .5^ They were given full powers of arbitration a year later.2-*- Two agreements were reached between them relating to diff- erent portions of the boundary lines. Massachusetts gave its assent to the first agreement on April 19* 1847 ,52 but on May 10* 1848* repealed this Act of assent.53 Both agreements were assented to and ratified by Rhode Island in 1847 *"'¦ Massachusetts, however, refused its assent 55 a final unsuccess- ful attempt was made by Massachusetts to appoint another commission on May 10, 1848 56 The provision in this resolution., that upon failure the matter should be submitted to the courts for determination, took effect when Rhode Island instituted suit in the Supreme Court of the United States. However, before decision the matter was settled by a compact between the two States.?' to the Massachusetts Assembly by Governor Bowdoin on Feb. 1$., 1787« See Mass. Laws, 1786-1787 oh. 21. A report of the later agreement was laid before the Massachusetts Assembly by Governor Hancock on. November 8, 1787* See Mass. Laws, 1786-1787, p* 995* 451839 R. I. Acts, 555 Conn, Priv. Acts, 1839* 27, 46 conn. Priv Acts, 1840 4* 47 R I. Acts 1846, 10 48 See supra Appx. A* III* (l4)« 49 R* 1. Acts, 1844 69* 50 Mass. Acts, 181+3-1845, oh. 41* p. 30l+. 51 See R.-I. Acts, 181+5, 3? See Mass. Acts, I8I43-I8U5P oh. 10* 587; Mass. Acts, 181+6-18U8, ch. 115, p. 239. 52see Mass. Acts, 18U6~i8U8, oh. 51, p. 522, 53See Mass. Acts, 181+6-18i|8, Ch. 75, p. 839. The effect of this repeal was never judicially determined* CF. Virginia v« Uest Virginia (I87O, U* S. ) 11 Wall. 39. 5l+.see R. I. Acts, 181+7, 85-9I+. See also R« I. Acts, 181+8, 68-78. 55See Mass* Sen. Doc» 181+8, No. ll+, passim. 56»See Mass. Acts, 181+6-181+8, ch. 75* p* 839. 57See supra Appx. A* III, (7)« |