Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-04-01
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hended in the above s,pulalions, as regards
the restoration of artillery, apparatus of
war, &c.
The final evacuation of the territory of
the Mexican republic by the forces Of the
United States. shall be completed in three
months from the said exchange of ratiica.
tons. or sooner if possible: the Mexican
republic hereby engaging, as in the forego.
ing article. 10 use all means in its power for
facilitating snch evacuation, and rendering
it convenient to the troops, for promoting
a good understanding between them and
the inhabitants.
IT, however, the ratification of this trea-
~ by both parties should not take place in
time to allow the embarkation of the troops
of the United States to be completed be-
fore the commencement of the sickly sea-
son, at the Mexican ports on the Gulf Of
Mexico, in such case a friendly arrange
ment shall be entered into between the
General.in-chief of the said troops of the
Mexican government, whereby healthy and
otherwise suitable places, at distance of
not exceeding thirty leagues, shall be desg.
mated for the residence of such troops as
may not yet have embarked, until the re.
turn of the healthy season. And the space
of time here referred 10 as comprehending
the sckly season, shall be understood to
extend from the first day of May to the
first day of November.
All prisoners of war taken on either side,
on land or on sea, shall be restored as soon
as practicable after the exchange of the
notifications of this treaty. 1t is also agreed
that if any Mexicans should now be held
as captives by any savage tribe within the
limits of the United States, as about to be
established by the following article, the
government of the said United States will
exact the release of such captives, and
cause them 10 be restored to their country.
ARTICLE v.
The boundary line between the two re-
publics shall commence in the Gulf of Mex
leo, three leagues from land, opposite the
mouth Of the Rio Grande, otherwise called
the Rio Bravo Del Norte, or opposite the
mouth of its deepest branch, if it should
have more than one branch emptyng direct
ly 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 it strikes the southern boundary of
New Mexico; thence westwardly, along
the whole southern boundary Of New Mex
leo (Which runs north of the town called
PdS0,) to its western termination; thence
northward along the western line of New
Mexico, until it intersects the first branch
of the river ella; Tor if it should not in
tersect any branch of that river, then to
the point on the said line nearest 10 such
branch, and thence in direct line to the
same) thence down the middle of the said
branch and of the said river, until it emp
ties into the Rio Colorado; thence across
the Rio Colorado following the division
line between Upper and Lower California,
to the Pacific Ocean.
The southern and western limits of New
Mexico mentioned in this article, are those
laid down in the map entitled MAP Of The
United Mexican States, as organized and de-
fined by various acts of the Congress Of said
republic, and constructed according to the
best authorities. Revised edition. Published
at New York, in ls47, by j. DisturneH"-
OF which map a copy is added TO this trea-
Ity, bearing the signatures and seals of the
undersigned plenipoientaries. And in Or
der to preclude all difficulty in tracing upon
the ground the limit separating Upper from
Lower California, il is agreed that said limit
shall consist of straight line, drawn from
the middle of the Rio ella, where it uni,es
with the Colorado, TO point on the coast
of the Pacific Ocean-distant one marine
league due south of the southermost point
of The San Diego, according to the plan of
said port made in the year 1852. by Don
Juan Pantojer, second sailing master of the
Spanish fleet, and published at Madrid in
the year 1909, in the atlas TO the voyage of
T the schooncrs SutH and Nericana, of which
plan copy is hereunto added. signed and
sealed by the respective plenipoIeniiaries
} In order to designate the boundary line
with due precision, upon authoritative
/ maps, and to establish on the ground land
marks which shall show the limits of both
republics, as described in the present arti-
Gle, the two governments shall each appoint
a commissioner and a surveyor, who, be-
: fore the expiration, of one year from the
, date of the exchange of Publications of this
: treaty, shall meet at the port of San Diego,
\ and proceed TO run and mark the said boun-
| Diary in its whole course to the mouth of
f the Rio Bravo Del Norte. They shall keep
journals and make out plans of their ope-
rations, and the result agreed upon by
them shall be deemed a part of this treaty,
and shall have the same force as IT 1t were
, = inserted therein. The two governments
= will amicably agree regarding what may
. be necessary TO these persons, and also as
to their respective escorts, should such be
U necessary.
The boundary line established by this
h article shall be religiously respected by
y aoch of tho tyo re oublics and no change