Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-10-06

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the commissioners The person be chosen r. It"ten
traitor or umpire SHALL before proceeding ac; as b ?
any case, make and subscribe solemn decIarai In
similar to that which shall already have been mad 3 On
seInea 2y inc commissioners which shall be entered IN
sence or incapacity of either of the commissioners a-
arbitrator or umpire, of their bis emitting vi lie
ceaslng to act such commissioner arbIS,, 'Hihg
pre, another and different person shall be Of u-
or umpire, in the place and stead OF the person 50
appointed or named as aforesaid and Shall make and I
scribe such declaration aforesaid. u SUB
Such commissioners shall proceed to examine The 49,
OF the North American provinces and of the United S
ticies of this treaty, and shall designate the PLACES ar
by the said articles from the common right OF shin ea
The decision of the commissioners and of the arri,
umpire shall be given in writing in each case and shall
signed by them respectively. 'e
The high contracting parties hereby soemnlv enr,
consider the decision of the commissioners conontT
the arbitrator umpire, the be- as absntA
hnal and conclusive in each case decided upon by tha
him respectively. eih Or
ARTICLE 2. 1t is agreed by the hifh CONTRACTING ,.
that British subjects shall have, in common with t RRes
of the United States, the liberty to take fish Of @
kind, except shel-sh eastern seacoass and every
of the United States tn of the seth parallel of NORTH
tude and the shores of the several islands therent
jacent, and the bays harbors creeks of the @ %
coasts and shores Of the United States and of Ih sea-
islands, without being restricted to any distance from
shore, with permission land upon the said coasts e
United States and Of the islands aforesaid for the me
OF drying their nets and curin their fish provided that %
so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of n
property, with the fishermen of the United States in %
peacea6e use of any part of the said their oc
pancy for the same purpose
1t is understood that the aforementioned liberty a
solely to the fishery and that salmon and shad Fisheries
and all fisheries in and mouths of rivers are e
reserved exclusively for fishermen of the United States
Article g. 1t is agreed that the articles enumerated in
the schedule hereunto annexed being the growth and n
duce of the aforesaid British colonies the United S
shall be admitted into each country respectively free Of
duty Vi
Schedule
Grain, -four, and breadstuhs of all kinds
Animals of all kinds.
Fresh, smoked. and sailed meats
Cottonwood, seeds, aud vegetables.
Undred fruits, dried fruits.
Fish of all kinds
Products of fish, and of all other creatures LIVING in M
water. 0
Hides, furs, SKINS tails undressed
Stoue or marble, in its crude unwrought state
Butter, cheese, tallow
Lard horns, manures.
Ores of metals, of all kinds
Coal.
Pitch, tar turpentine, ashes.
Timber and lumber of all kinds, round heved and sawed
unniantactur in whole OF in part.
Plants shrubs, and trees.
Pelts, wool
Fish oil.
Pjce broomcorn, and bark
Gypsum, ground ung round
Rewn, or wrought, or unwrought burr grndstones
Flax, hemp, and tow unmanufactured.
onmanutactured tobacco
Article 1t is agreed that the citizens and inhabitants
of the United States shall have The right .vee the
River St. Lawrence and the canals Ganaau 80 as the
means OF communi eating between the grea @ and the
Atlantic Ocean, with their vessels, boats a. fully
and free the subjects of her Brtanne -, subject
only the same tolls and other assessment Low are Or
may thereafter be, exacted OF her Majesty nd subjects;
it being understood, however, that the government
retains the right Of suspendng this privilege giving due
notice thereof 10 the government OF the Unte States
1t is further agreed, that if any British go
eminent should exercise the said right gov
of the United States shall tight Of Sus
peuding, if it think fit, the operation pres
ent treaty, in far the province of Canada
OF the River ST. Lawrence The canals may Continue.
II further agreed that British subjects shall have The
right freely to navigate Lake Michigan with Their vessels
boats, and crafts, long the priv iee of nav the
river 81. lawrence secured to American cltizeS ny The
of the United States further engages urge
Maes he nse of be 20 ns sae her
terms of equality with the inhabitants of the United
duty, shall be levied on lumber timber any
that portion of the american territory in the State Name
ed down that river to the when the shipped
the United States from the province Of New Brunsw OK
See act of 1854 CHI $685. and act of 1867 CHI la carry
ing out the provisions of this treaty.
ARTICLE b The present treaty shall take effect
the laws required to into operation shall haze been
passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and by
American colones which affected by this treaty the
ont hand aud by the Congress of the United States the
main in force for ten Years from The date at which may
come into operation, and further until the expiration Of
shall give to the other of its terminate the
same each of the high contracting parties being at liberty
give such notice to the other at the end of the said term
of ten years, at any time afterwards.
1t is clearly understood however, that this stipulation
the present treaty. with regard to the right of temporarily
the operation of articles and thereof
ARTICLE And it is hereby further agreed that the pro-
visions and spulatons of the foregoing articles shall
tend TO the island of Newfoundland far they APP
pcabIe to that cllony But if the Imperial Parliament
the Provincial Parliament of Newfoundland the Con-
gress OF the United Staes shall not embrace In their laws
enacted for carrying this treaty into effect the colony OF
Newfoundland then this article shall be of effect but
the omission TO make provision by law 10 give effect by
either of the legislative bodies aforesaid shall not in any
way impair the semainng articles of this treaty.
the mutual exchange of notifications shall take place in
ashlngon, within six months from The date hereof or
earlier if possible.
In faith whereof the respective plenipOtentare have
'ned this treaty, and have hereuntO affixed seals
Done in triplicate, at Washingan the fifth day of Juue
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred and hy-iou
W. l.. MARCY. L. s.
ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. H. s.
And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratified on
both parts and the respective notifications of the same were
exchanged in this city the 9th instant, by William L.
Marcy Secretary of State of the United States and OnF
ranpton Esx, her Britannia Maestys envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipoentiary to this government on Inc
)art of their respective governments:
1Now, therefore, be it known, that l. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President of the United States of America have caused the
aid treaty to be made public to the end that the same ana
very clause and article thereof be observed and u
iled with good faith by the United States and the citizens
hereof.
In testimony whereof have hereunto my hand and
aused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done the city of Washington, this eleventh day Oh
September, i'll the yeur of our Lord Que Thousand
L.. eight hundred and ty our, and of the iudepend-
ence of the United States the seventy ninth
FRANKLIN PIERCL.
By the President:
W. L. MARCY,
Secretary Of state.
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