Delaware has laid claim to all of ihe Atlantic Ocean which lies within 27 miles of its shores.
Jurisdiction of the Federal'government does not extend beyond the three-mile limit, but the Delaware Senate recently passed a bill to extend that limit, as far as the slate is concerned, to a point 27 miles offshore.
The bill adds a minimum of approximately 621 square miles of water to the 405 square miles within the state's jurisdiction under the old three-mile limit. The addition would be larger, but for the fact that the southern tip of New Jersey lies Wwitnin the 27-mile limit.
Extension of the jurisdictional limit is based on the theory that coast artillery guns now can shoot 27 miles, When ihe three-mile limit was established in 1702, that was the range of muzzle-loading cannon. don Pres.
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