Michigan legislative action thread
Posted on 06/24/2014 4:53:36 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
ON LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR POVERTY ISLAND, Mich. – In a remote part of northern Lake Michigan, divers have started looking at an underwater pit, hoping to find the resting place of the Griffin, a ship commanded by the 17th century French explorer La Salle.
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These guys are pretty certain...but they were pretty certain a couple years back, too....and they're very close to that site.
I have a feeling that these guys have some (undiscovered) writings that are telling them to stay in that area....and that gut feeling.
We'll see.
I've always thought the Griffin sailed south to near the southern end of Michigan, the crew stole the furs and sunk the ship. Mutiny was so "in".
...Michigan Department of Natural Resources...claims ow
nership over all Great Lakes shipwrecks in the state’s waters, although it acknowledges France would have rights to the Griffin because it was sailing under the authority of King Louis XIV.
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Why would France still have rights to it after all of this time? Would it not be considered abandoned?
“Why would France still have rights to it after all this time?”
Admiralty law. Basically government ownership trumps private ownership.
Sunken LaSalle exploration ship thought to be found north of Green Bay in Lake Michigan.
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Admiralty law. Okay, thank you for that information. I learn so much from the many smart FReepers here.
“Why would France still have rights to it after all of this time? Would it not be considered abandoned?”
See the following Webpage for the full story:
Sunken Warships and Military Aircraft
by J. Ashley Roach, Captain, JAGC, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State.
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-7j.htm
“Warships, naval auxiliaries, and other vessels owned or operated by a State and used at the time they sank only on government non-commercial service, are State vessels.8 Aircraft used in military, customs and police services are State aircraft.9 International law recognizes that State vessels and aircraft, and their associated artifacts, whether or not sunken, are entitled to sovereign immunity.10”
Thank you. As I said to the other FReeper, I learn so much from all of the smart FReepers here.
The Griffin?
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