The Empire County argus., 1854-09-30
PUBf.IsHED BY AUTHORITY.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
A ProciaillntIon.


A Proc,an.utIon.
WHEREAS a Treaty between the United States
Of America and the Mexican Republic was concln-
ied and signed at The city of Mexico, on the thir-
tieth day If December, one thousand eight hundred
and fift y-three which Treaty was amended by the
Senate of the United States and being in the Eng.
lsh and Spanish languages, is word for word as fol-
lows (English)
S THE NAME OF ALMIGHTY COP:
The Republic of Mexico and the United States of
America, desiring to remove every cause of disa-
greement which might interfere in any manner with
the better friendship and intercourse between the
two countries and especially in respect TO the true
limits which should be established when notwith
standing what was covenanted in the treaty of Qua
dalupe Hidalgo, in the year l848. opposite inter
pretations have been urged, which might give occa
sion to questions of serious moment to avoid these
and to strengthen and more firmly maintain the
peace which happily prevails beween the two re-
publics the President Of the ntAd States has. for
this purpose. appointed .'amea Gads1en, the Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Of the
same, near the Mexican Government. and the Pres
ident of Mexico has appointed plenipotcntiary
'ad hoe" his excellency Don Manuel Dies de Bonil
la. cavalier grand cross Of the national and dstin
guished order of Guadalupe,and Secretary of State
and of the office of Foreign Relations, and Don ose
Salazar flarregu and General Mariana Monterde
az scientific commissioners invested with full pow
ers for this negotiation. who. having communicated
their respective full powers and finding them in
due and proper form. have agreed upon the articles
following:
The Mexican Republic agrees 10 designate the
following as her true limits with United States for
the future retaining the same dividing line between
the two CALIFORNIA; az already defined and estab
lshed, according to the 5h article Of the treaty ot
Guadalupe Hidalgo the limits hetwaen The two Re.
publics shall be as follows Beginning in the Gulf
of Mexico three leagues from land, opposite tn"
mouth ot the Rio 'irande, rs provided in the fifth
arrice of the treaty OF Guadalupe !idaGo; hsnc"
rs defined in the said article. up the middle of that
river to the point where ,he parallel If 81 AZ
north latitude cr,,ssts the same: thence 1ue west
one hundred miles thence Souh to the parallel Of
l 90 north latitude: thence along The said para-
lei of 3ln 20 to the lll.h meridian of longitude
west from Greenwich thence in straight line T."
a point the Colorado river twenty English miles
below the junction If he lila and Colorado rivers
thence up the middle Of said Colorado river until it
inersec, The presen, line between The United States
and Mexico.
For The performance IF hs portion ofthe treaty.
each of the two governments hall nominate one
c.'mm> >sionrr. to 'he end that, ly common consent.
the two hus notnina ed having met in the city of
As. del N',rtc, 'hrte months att the exchange of
ne III; fca ions of this treaty. may proceed To sur
..v and mark upon the land the dividing line
stIIula'"3 hv this article. whrre it shall not have
air aiy been surveyed and rs'abli he'd by the mix.
"a e. mm>-i,n riding to the treaty Of ',uaia-
upc. &repng "ulnal aud making proper plans
of i,rr rp"ra'o ions FOR h, purpose ii they Nh, aid
lad e il necessary. he Contracting parties shall be
Liberty sac! 10 unite to its respective comni> >sion
~ .cl'6c other assistants. such astronomers
an: III, yynis. whose concurrence shall not be
,eri nee .>ary f.r the settlement and ra fcd'ion
at RUG line Of division between The tw" republics:
Ial line shall b" alone established upn which the
commissioner. may fix their consent in thi, partic.
uay being considered decisive and an integral part
OF thus trea'y without necessity Of uterlor ria flea
-ion or approval and without roam for inierpreta-
ton ofany kind hy either OF the parties contrac
ting
The dividing nt tins established shall in all
Iime b. faithfully respected by the two govern
mcnts without any variation therein. unless Of the
express and free consent of the wo g ven in confor
nifty TO the principles IF the law of nations and III
accordance with the constitution Of each coun re-
spectively.
In consequence the stipulation in the 5lh article
of the treaty of Guadalupe upon the boundary line
therein described is no longer of any force, where
in it may conflict with that here established. the
said line being considered annulled and abolished
wherever it may not coincide with the present, and
in the same manner remaining in full force where
in accordance with the same.
ARTICLE IL.
The government of AleXico hereby releases the
United States from all liability on accvunt of the
obligations contained in the eleventh article of the
treaty Of Guadalupe iiidalgo and the said article
and the thrty-hrd article Of the treaty of amity.
comrnerce,and navigation between the United States
of America and the United Mexican States conclu-
ded at Mexico. on the 5th day Of April, 1881, are
hereby abrogated.
In consideration of the foregoing stipulatons. the
government of the United States agrees to pay to
the government Of Mexico, in the city of New York.
the sum of ten millions of dollars. Of which seven
millions shall be paid Immediately upon the tx,
change of the notifications Of this treaty. and the
remaining three millions az soon az the boundary
line shall be surveyed. marked and established
ARTICLE ".
The provision of the 9th and 7th articles of the
treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo having been rendered
nugaiory for the most part, by the cession of terri
tory granted in the fret article Of this treaty
the said articles are hereby abrogated and an
nued. and the provisions herein expressed
substituted therefore. The vessels and citizens of
the United states shall in all time have free and
uninterrupted passage through the Gulf of alifor
MIA. to and from their Possessions situated north IF
the boundary line of the two c,untries, II bring
understood that this passage is to be by navigating
the Gulf of California and the river Colorado. and
not by land without the express consent ofthe Mex
lean government and precisely the same provis-
ions, stpulations and restrictions in all respects
har. ,h,a Ial,. IL,