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For the purpose of giving effect to the conclusions of this Court as stated in its opinions announced December 4, 1967, and March 3, 1969, supplementing the decree entered herein on December 12, 1960, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed as follows:
1. As against the State of Texas, the United States is entitled to -
(a) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico that are more than three marine leagues gulfward from the present or future coastline as referred to in 2 (c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 67 Stat. 29, 43 U.S.C. 1301 (c); and
(b) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, more than three geographical miles gulfward from the present or future coastline as referred to in 2 (c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1301 (c), that are gulfward of the following line:
Beginning at a point on the international boundary with Mexico (wherever that boundary may be located), three marine leagues gulfward from the point x = 2,447,033, y = 105,994 (Texas Plane Coordinate System, South Zone), latitude 25ø57'05.90" N., longitude 97ø08'22.85" W., and proceeding thence northwardly and eastwardly as follows:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Zone Course --------------- Latitude Longitude x y ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. By arc centered at __ 2,447,033 105,994 25ø57'05.90" 97ø08'22.85" to __________________ 2,498,223 125,226 26ø00'10.59" 96ø58'59.59" 2. By straight line to _ 2,498,068 126,760 26ø00'25.80" 96ø59'01.09" [394 U.S. 836, 837] 3. By arc centered at __ 2,443,661 121,256 25ø59'37.4" 97ø08'58.0" to __________________ 2,497,383 131,474 26ø01'12.56" 96ø59'07.98" 4. By straight line to _ 2,497,076 135,704 26ø01'54.49" 96ø59'10.78" 5. By straight line to _ 2,497,119 137,947 26ø02'16.70" 96ø59'10.02" 6. By straight line to _ 2,497,240 139,652 26ø02'33.58" 96ø59'08.47" 7. By arc centered at __ 2,442,693 143,530 26ø03'18.1" 97ø09'06.0" to __________________ 2,496,942 150,421 26ø04'20.26" 96ø59'10.32" 8. By straight line to _ 2,496,723 152,145 26ø04'37.36" 96ø59'12.50" 9. By arc centered at __ 2,442,474 145,254 26ø03'35.2" 97ø09'08.2" to __________________ 2,496,370 154,510 26ø05'00.83" 96ø59'16.06" 10. By straight line to _ 2,495,553 159,267 26ø05'48.04" 96ø59'24.39" 11. By arc centered at __ 2,441,657 150,011 26ø04'22.4" 97ø09'16.6" to __________________ 2,495,161 161,316 26ø06'08.37" 96ø59'28.42" 12. By straight line to _ 2,494,875 162,668 26ø06'21.79" 96ø59'31.38" 13. By straight line to _ 2,494,746 163,636 26ø06'31.39" 96ø59'32.67" 14. By straight line to _ 2,492,451 182,957 26ø09'43.01" 96ø59'55.32" 15. By arc centered at __ 2,438,148 176,509 26ø08'45.2" 97ø09'52.0" to __________________ 2,492,330 183,907 26ø09'52.44" 96ø59'56.52" 16. By straight line to _ 2,490,612 196,490 26ø11'57.26" 97ø00'13.74" 17. By arc centered at __ 2,436,430 189,092 26ø10'50.0" 97ø10'09.4" to __________________ 2,490,574 196,764 26ø11'59.99" 97ø00'14.12" 18. By straight line to _ 2,488,714 209,890 26ø14'10.20" 97ø00'32.84" 19. By arc centered at __ 2,434,570 202,218 26ø13'00.2" 97ø10'28.3" to _________________ 2,488,423 211,722 26ø14'28.37" 97ø00'35.80" 20. By straight line to _ 2,486,399 223,191 26ø16'22.20" 97ø00'56.54" 21. By arc centered at __ 2,432,546 213,687 26ø14'54.0" 97ø10'49.2" to __________________ 2,486,322 223,615 26ø16'26.40" 97ø00'57.33" 22. By straight line to _ 2,484,084 235,738 26ø18'26.73" 97ø01'20.36" 23. By arc centered at __ 2,430,308 225,810 26ø16'54.3" 97ø11'12.4" to __________________ 2,483,535 238,353 26ø18'52.69" 97ø01'26.05" 24. By straight line to _ 2,478,947 257,823 26ø22'06.05" 97ø02'13.99" 25. By arc centered at __ 2,425,720 245,280 26ø20'07.6" 97ø12'00.6" to _________________ 2,478,775 258,531 26ø22'13.09" 97ø02'15.79" 26. By straight line to _ 2,475,739 270,687 26ø24'13.83" 97ø02'47.63" 27. By arc centered at __ 2,422,684 257,436 26ø22'08.3" 97ø12'32.6" to __________________ 2,475,708 270,811 26ø24'15.06" 97ø02'47.96" 28. By straight line to _ 2,472,116 285,051 26ø26'36.50" 97ø03'25.67" 29. By arc centered at __ 2,419,092 271,676 26ø24'29.7" 97ø13'10.5" to __________________ 2,471,287 287,990 26ø27'05.71" 97ø03'34.42" 30. By straight line to _ 2,466,585 303,033 26ø29'35.22" 97ø04'24.28" 31. By straight line to _ 2,461,419 319,706 26ø32'20.92" 97ø05'19.08" 32. By arc centered at __ 2,409,184 303,522 26ø29'46.1" 97ø14'56.0" to __________________ 2,461,209 320,369 26ø32'27.52" 97ø05'21.31" 33. By straight line to _ 2,450,926 352,124 26ø37'43.15" 97ø07'10.71" 34. By arc centered at __ 2,398,901 335,277 26ø35'01.6" 97ø16'45.8" to __________________ 2,449,710 355,498 26ø38'16.70" 97ø07'23.71" 35. By straight line to _ 2,447,122 362,000 26ø39'21.38" 97ø07'51.45" 36. By straight line to _ 2,445,524 366,527 26ø40'06.38" 97ø08'08.52" 37. By straight line to _ 2,442,108 376,994 26ø41'50.42" 97ø08'44.95" 38. By straight line to _ 2,437,787 392,060 26ø44'20.08" 97ø09'30.83" 39. By straight line to _ 2,437,079 394,740 26ø44'46.70" 97ø09'38.32" 40. By arc centered at __ 2,384,205 380,784 26ø42'33.7" 97ø19'23.0" to __________________ 2,435,953 398,463 26ø45'23.70" 97ø09'50.30" [394 U.S. 836, 838] 41. By straight line to _ 2,435,511 399,759 26ø45'36.57" 97ø09'55.03" 42. By straight line to _ 2,432,474 410,567 26ø47'23.94" 97ø10'27.28" 43. By straight line to _ 2,427,617 431,540 26ø50'52.15" 97ø11'18.47" 44. By straight line to _ 2,424,278 447,618 26ø53'31.73" 97ø11'53.51" 45. By straight line to _ 2,422,538 459,109 26ø55'25.72" 97ø12'11.42" 46. By arc centered at __ 2,368,469 450,923 26ø54'09.8" 97ø22'09.6" to __________________ 2,422,177 461,213 26ø55'46.59" 97ø12'15.17" 47. By straight line to _ 2,421,519 468,580 26ø56'11.43" 97ø12'22.16" 48. By arc centered at __ 2,367,051 463,714 26ø66'16.6" 97ø22'24.0" to __________________ 2,421,383 469,914 26ø57'12.85" 97ø12'22.95" 49. By straight line to _ 2,420,872 474,392 26ø57'57.25" 97ø12'28.09" 50. By arc centered at __ 2,366,540 468,192 26ø57'01.0" 97ø22'29.2" to __________________ 2,420,613 476,347 26ø58'16.64" 97ø12'30.73" 51. By straight line to _ 2,419,889 487,832 27ø00'10.46" 97ø12'37.44" 52. By straight line to _ 2,419,593 493,822 27ø01'09.82" 97ø12'40.04" 53. By straight line to _ 2,419,571 498,661 27ø01'57.74" 97ø12'39.73" 54. By arc centered at __ 2,364,887 498,418 27ø02'00.5" 97ø22'44.5" to __________________ 2,419,564 499,351 27ø02'04.57" 97ø12'39.74" 55. By straight line to _ 2,419,442 506,501 27ø03'15.40" 97ø12'40.28" 56. By straight line to _ 2,419,750 514,047 27ø04'30.10" 97ø12'36.02" 57. By straight line to _ 2,419,951 517,831 27ø05'07.56" 97ø12'33.36" 58. By straight line to _ 2,420,165 521,009 27ø05'39.01" 97ø12'30.64" 59. By arc centered at __ 2,365,603 524,676 27ø06'20.5" 97ø22'34.0" to _________________ 2,420,260 522,916 27ø05'57.88" 97ø12'29.38" 60. By straight line to _ 2,420,367 526,247 27ø06'30.86" 97ø12'27.81" 61. By straight line to _ 2,421,336 538,406 27ø08'31.18" 97ø12'15.70" 62. By arc centered at __ 2,366,824 542,751 27ø09'19.4" 97ø22'18.7" to __________________ 2,421,429 539,789 27ø08'44.87" 97ø12'14.52" 63. By straight line to _ 2,421,449 540,167 27ø08'48.61" 97ø12'14.25" 64. By straight line to _ 2,421,591 540,986 27ø08ø56.71" 97ø12'12.59" 65. By arc centered at __ 2,367,705 550,301 27ø10'34.1" 97ø22'08.2" to __________________ 2,422,109 544,769 27ø09'34.13" 97ø12'06.42" 66. By straight line to _ 2,422,522 548,828 27ø10'14.28" 97ø12'01.39" 67. By straight line to _ 2,422,909 550,953 27ø10'35.28" 97ø11'56.86" 68. By arc centered at __ 2,369,110 560,755 27ø12'17.5" 97ø21'51.6" to __________________ 2,423,074 551,906 27ø10'44.71" 97ø11'54.92" 69. By straight line to _ 2,423,600 555,114 27ø11'16.42" 97ø11'48.73" 70. By straight line to _ 2,425,604 565,501 27ø12'59.09" 97ø11'25.35" 71. By straight line to _ 2,425,955 567,201 27ø13'15.88" 97ø11'21.27" 72. By straight line to _ 2,430,188 585,397 27ø16'15.65" 97ø10'32.26" 73. By straight line to _ 2,435,271 602,898 27ø19'08.44" 97ø09'33.87" 74. By straight line to _ 2,437,860 611,265 27ø20'31.02" 97ø09'04.17" 75. By straight line to _ 2,440,773 619,882 27ø21'56.05" 97ø08'30.84" 76. By straight line to _ 2,443,622 627,687 27ø23'13.04" 97ø07'58.31" 77. By straight line to _ 2,449,412 641,292 27ø25'27.14" 97ø06'52.41" 78. By straight line to _ 2,455,945 656,139 27ø27'53.45" 97ø05'38.08" 79. By straight line to _ 2,459,158 662,847 27ø28'59.52" 97ø05'01.59" 80. By straight line to _ 2,400,858 666,346 27ø29'33.99" 97ø04'42.27" 81. By arc centered at __ 2,419,058 701,605 27ø35'27.6" 97ø12'22.4" to __________________ 2,468,926 679,163 27ø31'40.01" 97ø03'11.05" 82. By straight line to _ 2,473,113 688,467 27ø33'11.66" 97ø02'23.35" 83. By arc centered at __ 2,423,245 710,909 27ø36'59.3" 97ø11'34.8" to __________________ 2,477,118 701,518 27ø35'20.43" 97ø01'37.17" [394 U.S. 836, 839] 84. By straight line to _ 2,477,226 701,748 27ø35'22.70" 97ø01'35.93" 85. By straight line to _ 2,484,830 715,453 27ø37'37.53" 97ø00'09.62" 86. By straight line to _ 2,492,830 728,654 27ø39'47.30" 96ø58'38.91" 87. By straight line to _ 2,503,178 744,730 27ø42'25.23" 96ø56'41.63" 88. By straight line to _ 2,511,491 757,057 27ø44'26.26" 96ø55'07.44" 89. By straight line to _ 2,515,272 762,240 27ø45'17.11" 96ø54'24.63" 90. By arc centered at __ 2,471,092 794,467 27ø50'41.5" 97ø02'32.2" to _________________ 2,522,680 776,327 27ø47'35.66" 96ø53'00.17" 91. By straight line to _ 2,523,498 778,651 27ø47'58.57" 96ø52'50.74" 92. By straight line to _ 2,523,986 779,631 27ø48'08.21" 96ø52'45.16" 93. By straight line to _ 2,526,031 782,992 27ø48'41.29" 96ø52'22.00" 94. By straight line to _ 2,535,804 796,133 ____________ ____________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Central Zone Course ------------------ Latitude Longitude * y ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Repeating two courses)
93. By straight line to _ 2,687,786 -1,695 ____________ ____________ 94. By straight line to _ 2,697,492 11,498 27ø50'50.13" 96ø50'31.25" 95. By straight line to _ 2,705,230 21,472 27ø52'27.43" 96ø49'03.01" 96. By straight line to _ 2,710,958 28,002 27ø53'31.00" 96ø47'57.84" 97. By arc centered at __ 2,669,848 64,063 27ø59'35.4" 96ø55'28.7" to __________________ 2,712,719 30,115 27ø53'51.59" 96ø47'37.77" 98. By straight line to _ 2,714,852 32,807 27ø54'17.84" 96ø47'13.45" 99. By straight line to _ 2,720,377 38,910 27ø55'17.21" 96ø46'10.59" 100. By straight line to _ 2,724,705 43,579 27ø56'02.60" 96ø45'21.36" 101. By straight line to _ 2,727,377 46,418 27ø56'30.20" 96ø44'50.97" 102. By arc centered at __ 2,691,713 87,873 28ø03'27.2" 96ø51'20.0" to __________________ 2,733,517 52,619 27ø57'30.40" 96ø43'41.20" 103. By straight line to _ 2,745,287 64,045 27ø59'21.23" 96ø41'27.48" 104. By straight line to _ 2,759,114 76,842 28ø01'25.17" 96ø38'50.43" 105. By straight line to _ 2,760,917 78,432 28ø01'40.55" 96ø38'29.96" 106. By straight line to _ 2,775,278 90,137 28ø03'33.53" 96ø35'47.09" 107. By straight line to _ 2,780,827 94,573 28ø04'16.30" 96ø34'44.15" 108. By arc centered at _ 2,746,685 137,290 28ø11'26.0" 96ø40'55.7" to __________________ 2,782,550 96,009 28ø04'30.16" 96ø34'24.59" 109. By straight line to _ 2,783,852 97,140 28ø04'41.08" 96ø34'09.80" 110. By straight line to _ 2,791,476 102,789 28ø05'35.43" 96ø32'43.40" 111. By straight line to _ 2,800,074 109,137 28ø06'36.47" 96ø31'05.92" 112. By straight line to _ 2,807,482 114,230 28ø07'25.32" 96ø29'42.01" 113. By straight line to _ 2,814,202 118,283 28ø08'04.00" 96ø28'26.00" 114. By arc centered at __ 2,785,963 165,112 28ø15'53.5" 96ø33'30.4" to __________________ 2,815,384 119,016 28ø08'11.01" 96ø28'12.63" 115. By straight line to _ 2,824,561 124,874 28ø09'07.01" 96ø26'28.73" 116. By straight line to _ 2,831,319 128,676 28ø09'43.18" 96ø25'12.32" 117. By straight line to _ 2,836,670 131,276 28ø10'07.75" 96ø24'11.92" 118. By straight line to _ 2,839,197 132,254 28ø10'16.87" 96ø23'43.45" 119. By arc centered at __ 2,819,460 183,253 28ø18'46.0" 96ø27'11.5" to __________________ 2,840,053 132,594 28ø10'20.04" 96ø23'33.80" 120. By straight line to _ 2,844,564 134,428 28ø10'37.20" 96ø22'42.95" 121. By straight line to _ 2,846,278 135,087 28ø10'43.34" 96ø22'23.64" [394 U.S. 836, 840] 122. By arc centered at __ 2,833,368 188,226 28ø19'32.2" 96ø24'34.7" to __________________ 2,864,032 142,947 28ø11'57.16" 96ø19'03.31" 123. By straight line to _ 2,865,389 143,866 28ø12'05.95" 96ø18'47.92" 124. By arc centered at __ 2,834,725 189,145 28ø19'41.0" 96ø24'19.3" to __________________ 2,879,517 157,775 28ø14'20.38" 96ø16'06.44" 125. By straight line to _ 2,880,106 158,616 28ø14'28.57" 96ø15'59.64" 126. By arc centered at __ 2,835,314 189,986 28ø19'49.2" 96ø24'12.5" to __________________ 2,883,104 163,406 28ø15'15.29" 96ø15'24.87" 127. By straight line to _ 2,885,158 167,099 28ø15'51.36" 96ø15'00.94" 128. By arc centered at __ 2,837,368 193,679 28ø20'25.3" 96ø23'48.6" to __________________ 2,886,819 170,332 28ø16'22.99" 96ø14'41.53" 129. By straight line to _ 2,890,783 177,022 28ø17'28.27" 96ø13'55.43" 130. By arc centered at __ 2,843,740 204,903 28ø22'15.0" 96ø22'34.5" to __________________ 2,893,218 181,614 28ø18'13.16" 96ø13'26.99" 131. By straight line to _ 2,899,305 186,971 28ø19'04.75" 96ø12'17.48" 131a. By straight line to _ 2,899,402 187,052 28ø19'05.53" 96ø12'16.38" 132. By straight line to _ 2,908,291 193,515 28ø20'07.38" 96ø10'35.21" 133. By straight line to _ 2,912,716 196,355 28ø20'34.44" 96ø09'44.93" 134. By straight line to _ 2,927,833 205,781 28ø22'04.08" 96ø06'53.21" 135. By straight line to _ 2,936,888 211,198 28ø22'55.48" 96ø05'10.38" 136. By straight line to _ 2,950,886 219,194 28ø24'11.14" 96ø02'31.45" 137. By straight line to _ 2,961,311 224,721 28ø25'03.23" 96ø00'33.18" 138. By straight line to _ 2,978,776 233,372 28ø26'24.39" 95ø57'15.13" 139. By straight line to _ 2,987,582 237,367 28ø27'01.65" 95ø55'35.35" 140. By arc centered at __ 2,964,991 287,167 28ø35'20.4" 95ø59'34.0" to __________________ 2,988,795 237,935 28ø27'06.96" 95ø55'21.60" 141. By straight line to _ 2,998,740 242,743 28ø27'51.95" 95ø53'28.80" 142. By straight line to _ 3,002,406 244,493 28ø28'08.31" 95ø52'47.22" 143. By straight line to _ 3,005,833 246,002 28ø28'22.33" 95ø52'08.38" 144. By arc centered at __ 2,983,797 296,051 28ø36'43.5" 95ø56'00.5" to __________________ 3,007,526 246,783 28ø28'29.61" 95ø51'49.18" 145. By straight line to _ 3,026,416 255,881 28ø29'54.60" 95ø48'14.81" 146. By arc centered at __ 3,002,687 305,149 28ø38'08.6" 95ø52'25.9" to __________________ 3,028,326 256,847 28ø30'03.64" 95ø47'53.12" 147. By straight line to _ 3,047,657 267,108 28ø31'39.91" 95ø44'13.33" 148. By arc centered at __ 3,022,018 315,410 28ø39'45.0" 95ø48'45.9" to __________________ 3,048,496 267,563 28ø31'44.18" 95ø44'03.79" 149. By straight line to _ 3,059,100 273,431 28ø32'39.31" 95ø42'03.10" 150. By arc centered at __ 3,032,622 321,278 28ø40'40.2" 95ø46'45.1" to __________________ 3,060,936 274,494 28ø32'49.32" 95ø41'42.19" 151. By straight line to _ 3,078,889 285,359 28ø34'31.79" 95ø38'17.46" 152. By arc centered at __ 3,050,575 332,143 28ø42'22.8" 95ø43'20.2" to __________________ 3,080,687 286,496 28ø34'42.53" 95ø37'56.93" 153. By straight line to _ 3,084,317 288,890 28ø35'05.20" 95ø37'15.45" 154. By straight line to _ 3,092,292 293,735 28ø35'50.86" 95ø35'44.46" 155. By arc centered at __ 3,063,896 340,470 28ø43'41.5" 95ø40'48.0" to __________________ 3,092,642 293,950 28ø35'52.89" 95ø35'40.46" 156. By straight line to _ 3,110,764 305,148 28ø37'38.45" 95ø32'13.53" 157. By arc centered at __ 3,082,018 351,668 28ø45'27.2" 95ø37'20.9" to __________________ 3,111,027 305,312 28ø37'39.99" 95ø32'10.52" 158. By straight line to _ 3,128,977 316,545 28ø39'25.86" 95ø28'45.39" 159. By arc centered at __ 3,099,968 362,901 28ø47'13.2" 95ø33'55.6" to __________________ 3,129,951 317,169 28ø39'31.75" 95ø28'34.25" [394 U.S. 836, 841] 160. By straight line to _ 3,152,081 331,678 28ø41'48.68" 95ø24'20.95" 161. By arc centered at __ 3,122,098 377,410 28ø49'30.3" 95ø29'42.1" to __________________ 3,153,769 332,830 28ø41'59.57" 95ø24'01.60" 162. By straight line to _ 3,158,904 336,478 28ø42'34.10" 95ø23'02.71" 163. By straight line to _ 3,168,664 342,866 28ø43'34.32" 95ø21'10.91" 164. By arc centered at __ 3,138,717 388,622 28ø51'16.3" 95ø26'31.5" to __________________ 3,172,530 345,644 28ø44'00.62" 95ø20'26.53" 165. By straight line to _ 3,177,771 349,049 28ø44'32.69" 95ø19'26.48" 166. By arc centered at __ 3,147,981 394,907 28ø52'15.7" 95ø24'45.2" to __________________ 3,178,426 349,481 28ø44'36.76" 95ø19'18.98" 167. By straight line to _ 3,184,351 353,452 28ø45'14.21" 95ø18'11.04" 168. By arc centered at __ 3,153,906 398,878 28ø52'53.2" 95ø23'37.2" to __________________ 3,185,298 354,101 28ø45'20.34" 95ø18'00.17" 169. By straight line to _ 3,196,291 361,808 28ø46'33.16" 95ø15'53.96" 170. By arc centered at __ 3,164,899 406,585 28ø54'06.1" 95ø21'30.9" to __________________ 3,197,099 362,386 28ø46'38.61" 95ø15'44.67" 171. By straight line to _ 3,203,248 366,865 28ø47'21.00" 95ø14'33.99" 171a. By straight line to _ 3,203,445 366,995 28ø47'22.22" 95ø14'31.73" 172. By straight line to _ 3,205,264 368,190 28ø47'33.46" 95ø14'10.87" 173. By arc centered at __ 3,182,950 418,115 28ø55'54.6" 95ø18'03.8" to __________________ 3,213,259 372,598 28ø48'14.53" 95ø12'39.45" 174. By straight line to _ 3,214,103 373,160 28ø48'19.82" 95ø12'29.76" 175. By arc centered at __ 3,183,794 418,677 28ø55'59.9" 95ø17'54.1" to __________________ 3,230,736 390,625 28ø51'07.29" 95ø09'16.44" 176. By straight line to _ 3,240,421 399,503 28ø52'31.99" 95ø07'24.26" 177. By straight line to _ 3,258,176 414,679 28ø54'56.30" 95ø03'58.91" 178. By straight line to _ 3,262,578 418,206 28ø55'29.73" 95ø03'08.07" 179. By straight line to _ 3,266,484 420,949 28ø55'55.57" 95ø02'23.08" 180. By arc centered at _ 3,239,802 468,683 29ø03'56.8" 95ø07'05.4" to __________________ 3,282,040 433,949 28ø57'58.97" 94ø59'23.10" 181. By straight line to _ 3,282,364 434,343 28ø58'02.76" 94ø59'19.30" 182. By arc centered at __ 3,240,126 469,077 29ø04'00.6" 95ø07'01.6" to __________________ 3,290,005 446,661 29ø00'02.05" 94ø57'48.53" 183. By straight line to _ 3,296,652 452,104 29ø00'53.63" 94ø56'31.59" 184. By straight line to _ 3,302,419 456,606 29ø01'36.20" 94ø55'24.90" 185. By straight line to _ 3,315,160 466,352 29ø03'08.22" 94ø52'57.60" 186. By straight line to _ 3,320,930 470,564 29ø03'47.89" 94ø51'50.94" 187. By straight line to _ 3,328,195 475,602 29ø04'35.19" 94ø50'27.11" 188. By straight line to _ 3,342,587 484,679 29ø05'59.91" 94ø47'41.32" 189. By arc centered at __ 3,313,417 530,934 29ø13'47.9" 94ø52'51.6" to __________________ 3,345,594 486,717 29ø06'19.02" 94ø47'06.62" 190. By straight line to _ 3,350,192 490,063 29ø06'50.48" 94ø46'13.45" 191. By arc centered at __ 3,318,015 534,280 29ø14'19.4" 94ø51'58.4" to __________________ 3,351,664 491,173 29ø07'00.94" 94ø45'56.41" 192. By straight line to _ 3,366,438 502,706 29ø08'49.73" 94ø43'05.18" 193. By straight line to _ 3,373,759 508,167 29ø09'41.10" 94ø41'40.41" 194. By arc centered at __ 3,341,062 552,000 29ø17'06.6" 94ø47'31.2" to __________________ 3,376,113 510,025 29ø09'58.63" 94ø41'13.09" 195. By straight line to _ 3,379,502 512,855 29ø10'25.40" 94ø40'33.71" 196. By arc centered at __ 3,344,451 554,830 29ø17'33.4" 94ø46'51.8" to __________________ 3,382,463 515,517 29ø10'50.64" 94ø39'59.22" 197. By straight line to _ 3,385,938 518,877 29ø11'22.61" 94ø39'18.63" [394 U.S. 836, 842] 198. By arc centered at __ 3,347,926 558,190 29ø18'05.4" 94ø46'11.2" to __________________ 3,393,316 527,691 29ø12'47.10" 94ø37'51.73" 199. By straight line to _ 3,394,123 528,892 29ø12'58.69" 94ø37'42.12" 200. By arc centered at __ 3,348,733 559,391 29ø18'17.0" 94ø46'01.6" to __________________ 3,399,047 537,969 29ø14'26.68" 94ø36'42.74" 201. By straight line to _ 3,399,847 539,848 29ø14'44.97" 94ø36'32.92" 202. By arc centered at __ 3,349,533 561,270 29ø18'35.3" 94ø45'51.8" to __________________ 3,401,544 544,379 29ø15'29.17" 94ø36'11.86" 203. By straight line to _ 3,402,301 546,710 29ø15'51.96" 94ø36'02.32" 204. By arc centered at __ 3,350,290 563,601 29ø18'58.1" 94ø45'42.3" to _________________ 3,404,498 556,395 29ø17'26.97" 94ø35'33.41" 205. By straight line to _ 3,404,679 557,758 29ø17'40.38" 94ø35'30.79" 206. By straight line to _ 3,405,303 558,363 29ø17'46.13" 94ø35'23.49" 207. By straight line to _ 3,407,136 559,951 29ø18'01.16" 94ø35'02.12" 208. By straight line to _ 3,409,314 561,570 29ø18'16.36" 94ø34'36.85" 209. By straight line to _ 3,413,751 564,517 29ø18'43.86" 94ø33'45.50" 210. By straight line to _ 3,421,690 569,297 29ø19'28.16" 94ø32'13.83" 211. By straight line to _ 3,429,293 573,476 29ø20'06.63" 94ø30'46.17" 212. By straight line to _ 3,447,430 582,437 29ø21'28.35" 94ø27'17.47" 213. By straight line to _ 3,466,717 591,592 29ø22'51.47" 94ø23'35.58" 214. By arc centered at __ 3,443,267 640,994 29ø31'09.3" 94ø27'38.8" to __________________ 3,467,072 591,762 29ø22'53.01" 94ø23'31.50" 215. By straight line to _ 3,480,531 598,270 29ø23'52.12" 94ø20'56.55" 216. By straight line to _ 3,497,178 605,998 29ø25'01.98" 94ø17'44.98" 217. By arc centered at __ 3,474,153 655,599 29ø33'21.8" 94ø21'42.9" to __________________ 3,497,492 606,145 29ø25'03.31" 94ø17'41.36" 218. By straight line to _ 3,512,863 613,399 29ø26'08.92" 94ø14'44.35" 219. By arc centered at __ 3,489,524 662,853 29ø34'27.5" 94ø18'45.7" to __________________ 3,513,624 613,765 29ø26'12.24" 94ø14'35.58" 220. By straight line to _ 3,530,376 621,990 29ø27'26.82" 94ø11'22.44" 221. By straight line to _ 3,554,680 633,780 29ø29'13.49" 94ø06'42.17" 222. By arc centered at __ 3,530,811 682,981 29ø37'30.0" 94ø10'49.1" to __________________ 3,555,470 634,171 29ø29'17.03" 94ø06'33.05" 223. By straight line to _ 3,571,673 642,357 29ø30'31.26" 94ø03'25.94" 224. By straight line to _ 3,579,924 646,355 29ø31'07.35" 94ø01'50.72" 225. By arc centered at __ 3,564,669 698,869 29ø39'53.2" 94ø04'18.2" to __________________ 3,583,947 647,695 29ø31'18.91" 94ø01'04.58" 226. By arc centered at __ 3,570,700 700,751 29ø40'09.3" 94ø03'09.0" to __________________ 3,583,971 647,701 29ø31'18.96" 94ø01'04.31" 227. By arc centered at __ 3,585,544 702,363 29ø40'19.0" 94ø00'20.1" to __________________ 3,587,641 647,718 29ø31'17.58" 94ø00'22.79" 228. By arc centered at __ 3,588,465 702,397 29ø40'18.1" 93ø59'47.0" to __________________ 3,597,166 648,409 29ø31'20.37" 93ø58'34.73" 229. By arc centered at __ 3,598,298 703,082 29ø40'20.7" 93ø57'55.3" to __________________ 3,611,182 649,936 29ø31'29.50" 93ø55'55.45" 230. By arc centered at __ 3,616,758 704,337 29ø40'25.2" 93ø54'25.6" to __________________ 3,617,980 649,666 29ø31'23.90" 93ø54'38.73" 231. By straight line to _ 3,622,052 649,757 29ø31'23.04" 93ø53'52.62" 232. By straight line to _ 3,628,661 649,851 29ø31'21.11" 93ø52'37.85" 233. By arc centered at __ 3,627,884 704,530 29ø40'22.3" 93ø52'19.5" to __________________ 3,632,508 650,041 29ø31'21.32" 93ø51'54.24" 234. By straight line to _ 3,634,971 650,250 29ø31'22.32" 93ø51'26.29" [394 U.S. 836, 843] 235. By arc centered at __ 3,630,347 704,739 29ø40'23.3" 93ø51'51.5" to __________________ 3,651,368 654,256 29ø31'54.77" 93ø48'18.84" 236. By straight line to _ 3,653,430 655,115 29ø32'02.36" 93ø47'55.08" 237. By arc centered at __ 3,632,410 705,598 29ø40'30.9" 93ø51'27.7" to __________________ 3,663,602 660,681 29ø32'52.93" 93ø45'57.22" 238. By straight line to _ 3,664,862 661,556 29ø33'01.02" 93ø45'42.53" 239. By arc centered at __ 3,633,670 706,473 29ø40'39.0" 93ø51'13.0" to __________________ 3,677,669 674,000 29ø34'58.40" 93ø43'11.30" 240. By straight line to _ 3,678,810 675,546 29ø35'13.18" 93ø42'57.60" 241. By arc centered at __ 3,634,811 708,019 29ø40'53.8" 93ø50'59.3" to __________________ 3,680,595 678,115 29ø35'37.80" 93ø42'36.08" 242. By straight line to _ 3,686,069 686,496 29ø36'58.24" 93ø41'29.83" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The State of Texas is not entitled to any interest in such lands, minerals or resources, and said State, its privies, assigns, lessees and other persons claiming under it are hereby enjoined from interfering with the rights of the United States in such lands, minerals and resources.
2. As against the United States, with the exceptions provided by 5 of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1313, the State of Texas is entitled to -
(a) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, bounded on the south by the international boundary with Mexico and on the east by the western boundary of Louisiana and an extension thereof, that are within three geographical miles from the present or future coastline as referred to in 2 (c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1301 (c); and
(b) All the lands, minerals and other natural resources underlying the Gulf of Mexico, bounded on the south by the international boundary with Mexico and on the east by the western boundary of Louisiana and an extension thereof, less than three marine leagues gulfward from the present or future coastline as referred to in 2 (c) of the Submerged Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1301 (c), that are landward of the line described in paragraph 1 (b) hereof. [394 U.S. 836, 844]
3. As used herein -
(a) "Geographical mile" means a distance of 1852 meters (6076.10333 . . . U.S. Survey Feet or approximately 6076.11549 International Feet);
(b) "Marine league" means a distance of three geographical miles;
(c) Plane coordinates refer to the Texas Coordinate Systems, South Zone or South Central Zone, as indicated.
(d) Latitudes and longitudes refer to the North American 1927 Datum.
(e) All distances referred to herein are expressed at grid scale, Texas Plane Coordinate Systems.
4. The Court retains jurisdiction to entertain such further proceedings, enter such orders, and issue such writs as may from time to time be deemed necessary or advisable to give proper force and effect to this decree, or to the decree of December 12, 1960, herein, or to effectuate the rights of the parties in the premises.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE and MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL took no part in the consideration or formulation of this Supplemental Decree. [394 U.S. 836, 845]
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Citation: 394 U.S. 836
Docket No: No. 9 ORIG
Decided: May 31, 1960
Court: United States Supreme Court
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