From:	Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	Re: Petrolias on the map
Date:	Tue, 19 May 1998 18:40:42 EDT

> A question: can Dunkie have a prospecting claim on an island that doesn't
> exist yet?
>

Perhaps. Can you own sub-aquatic real estate? If he has mining rights to
that part of the ocean floor, perhaps when it becomes an island it will
still be his.

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My reply, sorry, for some reason I just -cannot- reply/paste to that stuff of
yours Jeremy...

And the answer is YES, IF the property is not claimed by a single claimant,
the lands, including all water territories and prospective airspace, can be
aquired in a shared/joint custodial agreement between the buyer and the ruling
governmental body. In this case, if the land is in International Waters, and
it is undeveloped, it can be aquired by an entity through the "World
Transitions" such and such agreements with the UN (don't remember the exact
names right now). If a posting is placed in a major news periodical
(something that posts to over 1,000,000 people and no contestation is afforded
up front, the purchase can be processed with due haste.

Please note that the posting does NOT have to be front page stuff, and can be
a simple little blurb in the classifieds (say, the Indianapolis Newspapers as
an example). IF it is uncontested throughout the purchase, then someone gains
the rights of proprietary ownership.

AND, as it counts as "Accountable Assets", it is therefore something that is
transgressionable (that ain't the right word, I know) from one party to
another designee of one form or another.

The only thing that has to be proven in many such claims as this is that said
party(ies) must prove an ability to maintain the property(ies) in a fully
satisfactory manner to all said neighbors and processes.

Add to this SR "Corporate Mechanics", and this can get even more confusing...

Where do I know of this? Been through it once actually, this kind of crazy
land swapping happens in the American Southwest more than people would like to
believe.

-K