English: Georgia Congressman Leonidas F. Livingston of the 53rd Congress introduced House Resolution 252 urging Venezuela and Great Britain to settle their boundary dispute by arbitration on 10 January 1895. It was voted upon on 6 February 1895. President Grover Cleveland signed it into law on 20 February 1895, after passing both Houses of Congress. The vote had been unanimous.
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