The right to control the conditions for the laying of a cable within the jurisdictional waters of the United States, to connect our shores with those of any foreign state, pertains exclusively to the Government of the United States, under such limitations and conditions as Congress may impose.
Grant states that the U.S. government exclusively controls the conditions for laying cables in its waters, subject to Congressional limitations.
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