Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-07-07
The Gadsden Treaty. as Amend
ed and Accented.

lhc ONOsUcu treaty. as AmcnO-
ed and Accepted.
Treaty betveen tie United States Of Amer
tea and tie Mexican Republic, conclud.
ed at the city Of Merico, December 80,
1858
In the name Of Almighty God
The Republic Of Mexico and the United
States of America, desiring to remove eve
ry cause of disagreement which might in
terfere 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. Notwithstanding what was cove
nanted in the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidal
go, in the year ls4s, opposite in,erpreta.
tions have been urged, which might give
occasion toquestiuns of serious moment
To avoid these, and to strengthen and more
firmly maintain the peace VIII ch happily
prevails between the two republics. the
President Of the United States has, for this
purpose. appointed James Gadsden Envoy
Extraordinary. and Minister Plenipotentiary
of the same, near the Mexican Government,
and the President of Mexico has appointed
as Planipotentiary 'ad hoe his excellency
Don Manuel Diez do Bonillo. Cavalier
Grand Cross of the National and Distin-
guished Order of Guadalupe, and Secretry
Of State of the Office of Foreign Relations,
and Don Jose 5alazar Ylarregui, and Gen
eral Mariana Monterdo. as scientific com.
missi oners, invested with full powers. for
this negotiation, who, having communicated
their respective full powers. and finding
them in due and proper furm. have agreed
upon the articles following:
ARTICLE I.
The Mexican Republic agrees 20 desig-
nate the following as her true limits with
the United States FIR the future: retaining
the same dividing line between the two
CALIFORNIA; as already defined and estab.
lished according to the 4th article of the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. the limits be.
tween the two Republics shall be as fol-
lows:-Beginning in the Gulf of Mexico,
three leagues from land. opposite the mouth
of the Rio Grande, as provided in the 5th
article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
thence as defined in the said article, up the
middle of that river to the point where the
parallel Of 3lo Az north latitude crosses
tho same; the due west 100 miles; thence
south to the parallel Of 3lo 90 north lat
itude; thence along the said parallel Of
3lo 90 TO the IL lth meridian of longitude
west of Greenwich thence in straight line
TO point on the Colorado river, twenty
English miles below the junction Of the
Gila and Colorado rivers; thence up the
middle of the said river Colorado. until il
intersects the present line between the
United States and Mexico.
For the performance of this portion Of
the treaty. each Of the two Governments
shall nominate one Commissioner, TO the end
that, BY common consent, the two thus
nominated. having met in the City of Paso
del Norte three months after the exchange
Of the ratifcatons Of this treaty, may pro.
ceed to survey and mark out upon the land
the dividing line stipulated by this article.
where it shall not have already been sur
veyed and established by the mixed com
mission. according 10 the treaty of Guada-
lupe, keeping journal and making proper
plans Of their operations For this pur.
pose. il they should Judge it necessary,
the conti acting parties shall be at liberty
each to unite its respective Commissioner
scientific or other assistants. such as astron-
omers and surveyors, whose concurrence
shall not be necessary for the settlement
and ratification Of true line Of division be-
tween The two Rspublcs.-That line shall
be alone established upon which the Com
missioners may FIX. their consent. in this
particular. being considered decisive. and
an integral part Of THE treaty, without ne