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Twelve Miles. Outside the three-mile limit (indisputedly U. S. domain) lies the twelve-mile limit, claimed by the U. S. for "search & seizure" under the 1922 Tariff Act. Forty-eight hours after the Josephine K. shelling, F. A. Bierkett, executive officer of the Coast Guard cutter Sebago, was ordered by Washington to determine the point at which the chase ended. His findings narrowly justified Mate Schmidt; the spot was fixed at 11.7 mi. from nearest land...
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