The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-17
DOMESTIC.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
CoNT.INUE D.)

CONTINUED
From Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney Minis
tiers extraordinary and Plenipotentaries
at London, to Mr.. Madison, Secretary of
State.
additional and Explanatory articles signed
the day Of 1907, 20 be
added to The treaty Of .dnity, Commerce.
and -Nauigation, 6etsuern his Britannia
dAJrsfy, and the United States Of .fme-
RIGA, signed at Loadon the fhirty-jfrsf day
Of December, one shonsaad cighf hundred
and sis.
Whereas by the second article Of the trea-
ty OF amity, commerce and navi cation con-
,cludcd at London, on the thirtv-frst of De-
Cembcr, 1906, between his majesty and the
United States of America, it is agreed, that
the. several articles of the treaty of 17e5,
(which have not expired nor as yet had
their full operation and effect, shall be con
frmcd in tl,eir best form and in their full te-
nor and that the contracting parties will!
ALSO from time to time, enter into friendly
explanations on the subject of the said arti-
cles for the purpose of removing all such
doubts as may arise or have arisen as to the
true import of the same, as well as for the
purpose of rendering the said articles more
contoru1able to their mutual wishes and con-
vcnicnce," and it being the sincere desire of
his majesty, and cf the United States that
certain points should be so explained as to
promote mutual satisfaction and friendship
and for this purpose the respective penpo-
tentiares who concluded and signed the a.
foresaid treaty of the 3lst of December, 1906,
having already exchanged their full powers,
have IN virtue of the same entered into these
additional and explanatory articles.
ARTICLE a.;
. The line hereinafter described shall, and is
hereby declared to be the boundary between
the mou h of the river ST. Croix, and the
Bay of Fundy /; that is to say, a line begin
ningin the middle of the channel of the RI
yer St CroiX at its mouth, as the same has
been ascertained by the commissioners ap-
pointed for that purpose (; thence through
the middle of the channel between Deer Isl
and, Marvel Island or the'east, and Moose
Island, Dudley Island, and Frederick Island
on the west, and round the: south point of
Campo Bello Island to the Bay of Fundy, and
the islands and waters eastward of the said
boundary arc hereby declared to be within
the jurisdiction and part of his majesty's
province of New-Brunswick, and the islands
and waters westward of the said boundary
are declared to be within the Jurisdiction &
l~rt of Massachusetts, one of the said Unit
ed States, Notwithstanding which full and
entire right of navigation is reserved to the
u. States in the channel between Deer ISL
and on the east and north, and Moose Island
and Campo Bello Island on the west and south
and round the cast point of Campo Bello ISL
and into the Bay Of Fundv, the aforesaid
channel frequently affording the only conve
nent and practicable navigation.
ARTICLE IL. i
And whereas it has become expedient that
the northwest angle of Nova Scotia menti-
ened and described in the treaty of peace
between his majesty and the u States, should
be ascertained and determined, and that the
line between the source of the river ST.
Croix, and the said north west angle of Nova
Scotia, should be run and marked according
to the provisions of the said treaty of peace;
it is agreed, that for this purpose, ommissi-
oners shall be appointed in the following man
her. viz: One commissioner shall be named
by his majesty, and one by the President of
the United States, by and with the advice &
consent of The Senate thereof, and the said
two commissioners shall agree in the choice
OF third, or ii they cannot agree they shall
each propose one person, and of the two
names so proposed, one shall be taken by lot,
IN the presence OF the two original commissi
oners and the three commissioners so ap-
pointed, shall be sworn impartialiy to ascer-
tam and determine the said northwest angle
OF Nova Scotia, pursuant to tile provisions
OF the said treaty Of peace; and likewise to
source or the river st. Croix as the same has
been determ aed by the commissioners APP
pointed for that purpose, and the north west
angle OF Nova Scotia, to be run and marked
according TO the provisions of the treaty a
ioresaid; the said commissioners shall meet
at Boston, and have powerto adjourn to such
other place or places as they shall think fit /;
they shall have power to appoint g creta-
~, and employ such surveyors and other as
slstants as they shall judge necessary. The
said commissioners shall draw up r report
OF their proceedings, which shall describe
the line aforesaid, and particuarize the lati-
tude and longitude Of the place asccrtained &
determined as aforesaid to be the northwest
angle OF Nova Scotia, duplicates of which re-
port, under the hands and seals OF the said
commissioners Cor of majority of them)t
gether with duplicates of their accounts,
shall be delivered 20 such persons as may be
teveraliy auth orised TO receive the same i'm
sehait OF their respective governments and
The decision and proceedings of the said com
missonefs, On Of a majority of them, made
and hadss aforesaid shall be final and con-
elusive.
ARTICLE rII.
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