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ANO0ASAID oA IbahSE ~
SUPPLEM ENTARY TREATY
WITH MEXICO.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNrTED
STATES OF AMERICA.
APR0CLAMATION,

IFS between the'United States of Amer
lea, and the United Mexican States,
the ra!ifcations Of which were ex.
changed in this'clty on the fifth day of
April, 1882, was concluded and sign.
ed by their plenipotentiaries in the
city Of Mexico, on the third day Of
April, 1885, which convention is word
for word as follows:
A treaty having been concluded and
signed in the city Of Mexico on the
l2th day Of January, 1928, between
the United States Of America and the
Mexican United States, for the pur.
pose of establishing the true dividing
line and boundary between the two
nations, the third article of which trea
~ is as follows: $40 fix this line
with more. precision, and 10 place the
landm aFks which'shall designate exact
ly the limits of both nations, each of
the contracting parties shall appoint a
commissioner AMI a surveyor, who
shall meet before the termination Of
one year from the date Of the ratiGca-
ton of this treaty, at Natchitoches, on
'the Red river, and proceed lorun and
mark said line, from the mouth Of
the Sabine to the Red river, and,from
the Red river TO the river Arkansas,
and TO ascertain the latitude of the
source Of said river Arkansas, in con
(ormity 10 what is agreed upon and
stipulated, and the line Of latitude 42
degrees 10 theSoulh sea. They shall
make out plans, and keep journals of
their proceedings, g. the result agreed
upon by them shall be considered as
part of this treaty, and shall have the
same force as if it were inserted there
in. The Two Governments will amica
bly, agree respecting the necessary ar
licles to be furnished 10 those persons
and also as totheir respective escorts,
should such be deemed necessary"
And the ratilications of said treaty hav
ing been exchanged in the city Of
Washington, on thotliflh day Of April
n the year 1889, but fromvarious eau
ses' the contracting parties have been
unable to perform the stipuIations con
tanned in the above. mentioned third
article, and the period within which
h1said stipulations could have been
executed has elapsed; and both Repub
lies being desrous that the said treaty
should be carried into effect with all
due solemnity, the President of the
United States of America has for that
purpose fully empowered on his part
Anthony Butler, citizen thereof and
Charge d'Afaire Of said States in Mex
leo; and the acting President of the
United Mexican States having in like
manner fully empowered on his part
their excellencies jose Maria Gnlier
re- de Estrada, Secretary Of State for
Home andForeign Affairs, and Jose
Mariano lilOscO, Secretary of the Urea
sury, and the said pIenipotentiaries,
afIer having mutually exchanged their,
foil powers, found to be ample and in
form, they have agreed aud do here
by agree 10 the following second add
tlOnal article to the said treaty.
Within the space of one year, TO be
estimatediTom the date ofthe exchange
Of the ralihcalions Of this said addition
sI article, there shall BE- app 20 n ed by
the Government Of The United States
OF America aud Oflhe Mexican United
States, eachacommissioner aud survey
or, for the purpose Of fixing with more
precision the dividing line, and for es
tablishing The landmarks Of boundary
and limits between The two nations.
with the rxactness stipulated by the
third article Of the treaty of limits, con
cludedGd aud signed in Mexico on the
l2'h day fJanuary, 1898, and ralif
cations OF which were exchanged in
Washington city on the OH day of
April, 1889. And the PRESENT addi
tonal article shall have the same force
and effect rs if it had been inserted
word for word 10 The above. mentioned
treaty of the l9th Of January, 1898, |
aud shall be approved and ratified in
the manner prescribed by the Consti-
tullons ol'he respective States.
In Ial'h OF which, the said plenipo.
teniiarIes have horeunto set their
hands and affixed their respective
seals,
Done in The city of Mexico on tho
third day of April, in the year of our
Lord 1885, in the fifty ninth year Of
The independence OF The United States
ofAmerics, and oflhe fifteenth of ,ha,
Of the United Mexican States.
A. BUTLER, r.. 81
J. NJ GUTIERREZ DE ES.
TRADA, IL.s1I