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which plan copy is hereunlO added, signed and
sealed by the respective plenipolenIiarics.
In order to designate the boundary line with
due precision, upon authoaliye maps, and TO cs-
tablsh on the ground landmarks which shall
show the limits Of both republics, as described
in the present article, the Two governments shall
each appoint a commissioner and a surveyor,
who before the expiration Of one year from the
date Of the exchange Of ratification Of this lrca-
~, shall meet at the port Of San Diego, and pro-
coed 10 run aud mark the said boundary in lis
whole course to the mouth Of the Rio Bravo
del NorIe. They shall keep Journals and make
out plans OF their operations; and the result a
greed upon by them shall be deemed a part of
this treaty, and shall have the same force as if
itwerc inserted therein. The TWO Governments
will amicably agree regarding what may be ne
cessary 10 these persons, and also as their res
pecIiye escorts, should such be necessary.
The boundary line established by this article
shall be regously 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
government OF each, in coniorwity with its own
constitution.
ARTICLE VI.
The vessels and citizens Of the United States
shall in all time huve free and uninterrupted
passage by the Gulf of California, and by the
river Colorado, below lis confluence with the
ella, to and from their possessions situated north
of the boundary line designated in the preceding
article; it being understood that this passage is
TO be navigating the Gulf of California and the
river Colorado, and not by land, without tho ex.
press consent Of the Mexican Government.
If, by the examinations that may be made, il
should be ascertained TO be practicable and ad-
vanlageous to construct a road, canal or railway,
which should, in whole or in part, run upon the
river Ga, or upon its right or i1s left bank, with
in the space Of one marine league from either
margin of the river, the governments Of both
republics will form an agreement regarding its
construction, in order that it may serve equally
for the use and advantage of both countries.
ARTICLE VII
The river Ga, and the part Of the Del Norte
lying below the southern boundary of New
Mexico, being, agreeabIytO the fifth article, d.
vided in the middle between the two republics,
the navigation of the ella, and Of the Bravo,
below said boundary, shall be free and common
to The vessels and cllizens of both countries; aud
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
rght-not even for the purpose of lavoring new
methods of navigation. Nor shall any TAX oil
contribution, under any denomination or title be
levied upon vessels or persons navigating the
same, or upon merchandise, or effects, transpor
ted thereon, except in the case of landing upor
one Of their shores. f for the purpose of ma
king the said river navigabIe, or for maintaining
them in such state, it should be necessary or ad.
vanlageous to establish any tax or contribution
this shall NOT be done without the consent OF
both governments.
The Stipulalions continued in the present ar
uclo shall not impair the territorial rights Of eth
er republic, within its established limits.
ARTICLE VIII.
Mexicans now established in territories pre-
viousy belonging to Mexico, and which remain,
for the future, within the limits Of the United
States, as defined by the present treaty, shall be
free TO continue where they now reside, or to
remove, at any time, to the Mexican republic,
retaining the properly which they possess in the
said territories, or disposing thereof and remov-
ing the proceeds wherever they please, without
their being subjected on this account to any con.
ribuIion, or tax, or charge, whatever.
Those who shall prefer to remain in said ter.
rtorioS, may either retain the title and rights of
Mexican citizens, on acquire those Of citizens Of
the United States. But they shall be under the
obligation TO make their selections within one
year from the date of the exchange Of the ratif-
cations of this treaty; and those who shall remain
in the said territories, after the expirtion Of that
year, without having declared their intentions to
retain the character of Mexcans, shall be con-
sdered to have elected to become citizens of the
United States.
In the said territories, property Of every kind,
now belonging to Mexicans not established there,
shall be invoabIy respected The present own
ers, the heirs of those, and all Mexicans who
may hereafter acquire said property by contract,
shall enjoy, with respect to it, guarantees equal
ly ample as if lho same belonged to cilizons of
the United States.
ARTICLE TX.
The Mexcans who, in the territories afore-
said, shall not preserve the character of citzens
OF the Mexican republic, conlormably y with what
is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be in
corporated into the Union of the United States,
and admitted as soon as possible, according to
the principles of the federal constitution, to the
enjoyment of all the rights of citizens Of the
United States. In the meantime, they shall be
maintained and protected in the enjoyment Of
their liberty, their properly and the civil rights
now vested in the Mexican laws. With respect
TO political rights their condition shall be on an
equality with that of the inhabitants Of the 9TH
er territories of the United States, and at least
equally good as that o. the inhabitants of Lou
siana and the Floridas, when these provinces
by transfer from the French republic, and the
crown of Spain became territories Of the Uni
ted States.
The most ample guaranty shall be enjoyed
by all ecclesaslics, and religious corporations,
or communities, as well in the discharge Of The
offices Of lheirminIsIry, as in the enjoyment Of
their property of every kind, whether individual
or corporate. This guaranty shall embrace all
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