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Show -51- (2) Pennsylvania and New Jersey Agreements of 1783 and 1786: (a) An agreement dealing with the respective claims of the two States to jurisdiction over certain, islands in the Delaware River was concluded be- tween commissioners on April 31* 1783* This was ratified by Pennsylvania on September 20, 1783 41 and by New Jersey on May 27,a 1783 42 Commissioners appointed under the terms of this agreement^ contemplated a further agree- ment between the States looking forward to the improvement of navigation on the Delaware River and its branches.44 Such an agreement was reached on December 2, 1785, and ratified by New Jersey on March 16, 1787 44a Penn- sylvania by the Act of September 25, 1786* made effective those terms of the compact that applied to her. 44b Further legislation under the terms of the agreement of 1783 was undertaken by Pennsylvania in 1786, 45 and by New Jersey in 1856. 46 (b) This agreement was considered in Comm. v. Frazee (1856, Pa.) 2 Phila. 191; State v. Davis (1856, N* J.) 1 Dutch. 386; Att'y. Genl. v. Dela. & Bound Brook R. R. Co. (1876) 27 N. J. Eq. 1. (3) Virginia and Maryland Agreement of 1785 $ (a) This agreement, concluded between commissioners of the two States on March 28, 1785 * dealt with the regulation of navigation and of fishing, and the exercise of jurisdiction over the waters of the Potomac River. It was confirmed by Maryland in November, 1785 ,^' and by Virginia in October, 1785. ^8 (b) This compact was considered in Georgetown v. Alexandria Coal Co. (1838, U. S.) 12 Pet. 91; Wharton v. Wise (1894) 153 U. S. 155, l4 Sup. Ct. 783; Ex Parte Marsh (1813, E. D. Va.) 57 Fed. 719; Hendricks v. Common- wealth (1882) 75 Va. 934. (4) South Carolina and Georgia Agreement of 1788: (a) This agreement concluded on February 1, 1788, dealt with the boun- dary between the two States and the navigation of the Savannah River. It was confirmed by Georgia on February 1, 1788, ^° and by South Carolina on February 27, 1788. 5° 41 ll Pa. Stat. at L. 1782, ch. 1035, P« 151- ^%. J. Rev. Sts. 181+7, tit. Ill, oh. 5, p. 1+1, Nixon, Dig. N. J. Laws, 1709-JL855 (2d ed. 1855) 82l+. y$9 Pa. Archives, 129. ^¦The Pennsylvania Commission was authorized to" cooperate with the Nevr Jersey Commission. See 9 P&» Archives, 710* This authorization was commun- icated by Pennsylvania to the Governor of New Jersey. See 9 ibid. I+58. See also Letter of Pres. Dickinson to Governor of New Jersey, on Dec. llj., 1783- 9 ibid, 366. I^N. J. Rev. Sts. 181+7, tit. Ill, ch. 6, p. 1+3. ^yb12 Pa. Stat. at L. 1786, ch. 121+5, p. 30I4. J*5l2 Pa. Stat. at L. 1736, ch. 12^5* p. 30l+. n. J.' Laws, I856, ch. 123, p. 2l+2. yh. Dorsey, Md. Laws, 1692-1839, I87. 7?12 Hening, Va. Stat. at L. 50. ^Prince, Dig. Ga. Lav;s, 53. 5°Cooper, S. C. Sts. 1+11. |
