Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1815-02-23

I N1's~siAlge IN specie, the advances which
may have been made BY the other for he s,,s,.n
''i0e ana maintenance OF such prisoners.
! ARTICLE THE FOURTH
whereas 1t was stipulated by the second .r,;cla
IN tue treaty of peace, of 1885, between his 8ran-
nc Majesty and the United States of Amrrica ,ha,
,he boundary OF the United States should comnre.
hend all Islands, within twenty leagues Of any bar,
" uic Shores OF the United States, and living be-
tween lines to be drawn due east from the no;p,s
where the aforesaid boundaries, between Nova
SCOTIA on The one part, and East FLORIDA on the
otner, shall respectively touch the BAY of Fundy.
aiu tne Atlantic Ocean, excepting such islands as
now are, or heretofore have been within the limits
oi nova scotia; and whereas the several islands in
w, u nay OF Passamaqaoddy, which is part of the
pay Oh rnndys and the island of Grand Mensn. in
ehe SAID Bay OF Fundy, claimed by the United
otA,es, as beng compretended within their afore-
sad boundaries, which SAID islands are claimed az
oeonglng to his Britannia Majesty as having been
al the TINE OF, and previous to- the aforesaid trea
y, oil 1885, within the limits of the Province of
nova SCOTIA In order, therefore, finally to decide
upon these CLAIMS, IT is agreed that they shah be
referred to two Commissioners, to be appointed in
inc following manner, viz one Commissioner shall
DC appointed by his Britannia Majesty and one by
uie PRESIDENT OF the UaIted States by and with the
auVice and consent OF the Senate thereof and the
saio TWO Commissioners, so appointed, shall be
sworn iinpartiaiiy 10 examine and decide upon the
SAD CLANS according to such evidence as shall be
iaid before them, on the part OF his Britannia Ma
jesty and on the part of the United States. resnec
lively The SAID Commissioners shall meet at St
andrews, In the Prov lnce OF New Bruins wick and
siai nave power TO adjourn TO such other place or
places as they shall think fit. The SAID Commissi.
ohcrs shall, by declaration or report, under their
hands and seals, decide to which of the Two con-
uacung parties tue several islands afofe said do
respectively belong, in CONFORMITY with the true
intent OF the said Treaty of Peace, of 1875 And
u the SAD commissioners shall agree in Their deci-
sion, Dolh pGties shall consider such decision as
maj aud conclusive. It is further agreed that in
me event cl the two Commissioners differing upon
an OF any o. he matters so referred to them or in
the event oi both or either Of the said Commission
ers refusing, or declining, wilfully emitting, to
act US such, they shall axe, Jointly or separately,
report or reports, weIito The COVE nmeat Of his
brltanhc M;3esty as TO that of the United Sta es,
statfg IN deta the points on which they differ and
the grounds upon which their respective opinions
have been formed, or the grounds upon which they
or eltaer OF them, have so refused, declined, or
on'-0ed 10 act And bis Britannia MAesly, and
ide government of the United States, hereby agree
70 refer tue report reports of the said Commiss-
one:s, T. some friendly sovereign or state, TO be
the nainSd Tor that purpose, aud no shall h.. re-
questcd TO decide on the differences which may be
Stated ia the sad report or reports or upon the re-
port OF onc Commissioner together with the grounds
upon ~aIch ne other Commissioner shall have re-
itSed' declined, or omitted toaet IS the case may
be. AND II the Commissioner So refusing. derUn.
ing, or omttIng to act, snail also wilfu!l omit 10
stale the grounds upon which he has so done. In
sueh manner that the sad statement may be eff
red to such friendly sovereign OF state {oge,her
with the report OF such other Commissioner then
such sovereign or state shall dcc.ae ex narte unon
the sad report alone. And his Britannia Ms;estv
and the government of the Gifted States epe,asr. 70
consider Of
state to be such and concusve on all the matters SO
referred
ARTICLE TBE FIYrH
where's neither that point of the high lands w. |
ins due north from the source of the river St Cro;x
ana designated IN the former treaty OF peace be
tween the two powers rs the T. fthwest ANGLE of
Nova scotia, now the toe nortaw0s,,rnmost head
OF connecticut river has ye. been ascertaned and
whereas that part OF tse boundary Inc between the
DOMINION OF the two powers which extends from
the source OF the river St Croix directly north to
the above mentioned northwest angle of Nova SEQ
tia, thence along the said highlands which divide
those rivers that empty themselves into the river
St Lawrence from those which fall INTO the Allan |
TIC ocean to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. head of Connec
hcut river, thence down along he middle o. that !
rVSr to the forty fifth de- rec OF north latitude
taence win Inc due west said latitude until il
sr'kes the river foquos or cataraguy, has not vet
been sarfeted; It's agreed, that for these several
wv commissioners ShaiI be appointed.
sworn, and authorised, to act exactly in the man
ner directed with respect to those mentioned in the
next preceding article, unless Otherwise specified
IN the present Gle The SAID Commissioners shall |
meet at 81 Andrews, in the Province of New
Brunswick, and small have power to adjourn to |
such other place or places they shall think fit
he SAD commissioners shall have power to ascer- |
tain and determine the poIats above mentioned, in
conformity wh tue provisions Of the SAID treaty OF
peace, OF l7o}, and shall Cause the boundary afore-
SAID, from The source of the river ST. Crox to the
RIVER lroquois or Cataragny, TO be surveyed and !
marked according to the said provisions. The said |
commissioners shall make map of the said boun-
dairy, ana annex TO it declaration under their !
hands and sc u.s. CERTIFY ing it to be the true map Of
the sad boundary, and partcularizing the latitude
and longitude OF the northwest angle of Nova Sco-
tia, OF The northwestern st head of Connecticut /
river, and ofsuch other points of the sad bounda-
ry as they may deem proper And both parties !
agree to consider such map and declaration as final
ly and conclusvely fixing the said boundary. And |
IN the event of the sad two Commissioners differ |
ing, or both, or either of them, refusing decn-