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will exact the release of such captives, and cause
them to be restored to their country.

will exact the release of such captives. and cause
them to be restored to their country.
ARTICLE v.
The boundary line between the two republics
shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three
leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the
Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del
Norte, Or. opposite the mouth Of ITS deepest
branch, If it should have more than one branch
emp'ying directly into the sea !; from thence up
the middle Of that river, following the deepest
channel. where It has more than one, to the
point where 1t strikes the southern boundary OF
New Mexico thence, westwardlv, along the
whole southern boundary of New Mexico
(Which runs north of the town called Paso,)
to its western termination; thence northward
along the western lire of New Mexico, until 1t
if it should not intersect any branch OF that RI
YER, then to the point on the said line nearest to
such branch, and thence in direct line to the
same y thence down the middle OF the said
the Rio Colorado thence across the Rio Colora-
do, following the division line between Upper
and Lower California, to the Pacific Ocean:
The southern and western limits of New
down in the map. entitled SNAP Of the United
Merican States, as organized and defined by Ua
riOus acts Of the Congrsss Of said republic, and
constructed according to the best authorities. Re
by j. DisturneN." OF which map copy is add
seals of the undersigned plenlpotentiaries And
in order to preclude all difficulty in tracing upon
the ground the limit separating Upper from
Lower California;, it is agreed that the said
limit shall consist of a straigntline, drawn from
the middle of the Rio CHA, where 1t unites with
the Colorado, to APPOINT on the coast ofthe Pacific
Ocean-distant one marine league due south OF
of the southernmost point of the port of San
Diego, according to the plan of said port, made
in the year 1882, by Don Juan Pantojer, second
sailing master of the Spanish fleet, and published
at Madrid In the year 1902. in the atlas to the
voyage of the schooners Sutii and Mericana, OF
which plan copy is hereunto added, signed and
sealed by the respective plenipotentiaries.
In order to designate the boundary line with
due precision, upon authoritative maps, and to
establish on the ground landmarks which shall
the present article, the two governments shall
each appoint a commissioner and surveyor,
who, before the expiration of one year from the
date Of the exchange of ratification OF this
treaty, shall meet 1T the port of San Diego, and
proceed to run and mark the said boundary in
its whole course to the mouth OF the Rio Bravo
del Norte They shall keep journals and make
out plans of their operations and the result
this treaty, and shall have the same force as it il
were inserted therein. The two governments
will amicably agree regarding what may be ne
cessary to these persons, and also as to their res
pective escorts, should such be necessary.
The boundary line established by this article
shall be religiously respected by each of the two
republics, and no change shall ever be made
therein, except by the express and free consent
OF both nations, lawfully given by the general 60
vernment OF each, in conformity with its own
constitution.
The vessels aud citizens of the Uu,ted States
shall, in all time, have a free and unin-
and by the river Colorado, below its con-
fusnce with the ella, to and from their posses
sons situated north of the boundary line de-
fined in the preceding article; 1t bring under
Gulf Of California, and the river Colorado; and
not by land, without the express consent of the
Mexican government.
If, by the examinations that may be made, il
should be ascertane d to be practicable and ad-
vantageo Gus to construct road, canal or railway,
which should, in whole or in part run upon the
river ella, or upon its right or It's left bank,
within the space of one marine league from either
margin of The. river, the governments of both
republics Will form an agreement regarding us
construction, IN eruer that ii may serve equally
for the use and advantage Of both countries.
ARTICLE VII. Z.
The river Gili, and the part of the Del NOrte
lying below the southern boundary OF New
Mexico, being, agreeably to the fifth article, d.
vlded in the middle between the two republics,
the navigation of the ella and of the Bravo, be-
Iow said boundary. shall be free aud common to
the vessels and citizens OF both countries; and
neither shall, without the consent of the other,
construct any. work that may impede or inter.
rupt, in whole or in part, the exercise OF this
right-not even for the purpose Of favor'ng new
methods of navigation Nor shall any tax or con-
trbution, under any denomination or title,
he levied upon vessels, or persons navigating the
same, or upon merchandise, or effects. trans
ported thereon, except in the case OF landing up
on one OF their shores. If. for the purpose Of
making the said rivers navigabe, or for main
tanning them In such state, 1t should be neces-
sary or advantageous to establish any tax or
contribution, this shall not be done without the
consent of both governments.
Inc stlPulatlons contained IN the present ar
ticle shall not impair The territorial rights Of
either republic, within its established limits.
ARTICLE VIII.
Mexlcans now established in territories previ
ouslv belonging to Mexico. and which remain,
for the future, within the limits of the United
States, as defined by the present treaty, shall be
tree to continue where they now reside, or to re-
move, at any time, to the Mexican republic, re-
tanning the property which they possess in the
ing. the proceeds wherever they please, without
their being subjected, on this account, to any
contribution, or tax, or charge, whatever.
Those who shall prefer to remain IN said terri
tories, may either retain the title and rights OF
Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of
the United States. But they shall be under the
obligation to make their selection within one
year from the date Of the exchange of ratif-
cations OF this treaty andsthose who shall re-
main in the said territories, after the expiration
OF that year, without having declared their inen-
ton to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be
considered to- have elected to become citizens OF
the United States.
In the said territories, property of every kind,
now belonging to Mcxicans not established there,
shall be inviolably respected The present
owners, the heirs Of these, and all Mexicans who
may hereafter acquire said property by contract,
shat enjoy with respect to 1t, guarantees equally
ample ~ if the same belonged to citizens of the
United States.
ARTICLE TX.
The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid,
shall not preserve the character Of citizens of the
Mexican republic, conformably with what is
stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incor
porated into the Union of the United States, aud
admitted as soon as possible, according to the
principles of the federal constitution, to the en-
joyment of all the rights OF citlzens of the Uni-
ted States. In the meantime, they shall be
Maintained and protected in the enjoyment of
their liberty, their property, and the civil rights
now vested in them, according to the Mexican
laws. With respect to political rights, their
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