New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-06

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Britannia Majesty's possessions in North
America, may be entered at the proper
customhouse and conveyed in transit, with
out the payment of duties, through the ter
ritory Of the United States, under such
rules regulations and conditions for the
protection of the revenue as the govern
ment of the United states may rom time to
lations and conditions, goods, wares ormer-
cbandise nav be conveyed in transit, with
ont the payment of duties, from such pos
sessions through the territory Of the United
States for export from the said portsof the
United States: 5f
1t is further agreed that, Tor the
like period, goods, wares or merehan-
disc arriving at any Of the ports of Her
Britannia Majestys possessions IN North
America, and destined for the United States,
may be entered at the proper customhouse
and conveyed in transit, without the pay
ment of duties, through the said possessions,
under such rules and regulations, and con-
ditions for the protection of the revenue as
the governments of the said possessions
NAV from time to time prescribe; and, IN
der like rules, regulations, and conditions,
goods. wares or merchandise may be con-
viewed in transit. without payment OF duties,
from the United States through the said
possessions to other places IN the United
States, or for export from ports in the said
possessions.
ARTICLE xxx.
1t is agreed that, for the term OF years
mentioned in article xxxiii of this treaty
subjects of Her Britannia Majesty may
carry in British vessels, without payment of
duty goods, wares, or merchandise from
one port or place within the territory of the
United States upongth St.Lawrence, the
Great Lakes, and the rivers connecting the
same, to another port or place within the
81, of aid
provided, that a portion of such transpor-
tation is made through the Dominion of
Canada by land carriage and in bond, IN
der such rules and regulations as may be
agreed upon between the government of
Her itannic Majesty and the government
of thS Emitted States.
Citizens of the United States may for the
like period carry in United States vessels,
| without payment of duty, goods, wares, or
merchandise from one port or place within
| the possessions of Her Britannia Majesty in
| North America to another port OF place
| within the said possessions; provided, that
portion of such transportation i made
| by land carriage and in bond, under such
| rules and regulations as may be agreed
upon between the government OF the United
| States and the government of Her Britain
! mic Majesty.
The government of the United States
| duties on goods, wares, or merchandise car
ried under this article through the territory
| of the United States; and Her Msjesty's
| government engages to urge the
| Parliament of the Dominion of Can
| ada and the legislatures of the othe,
| colonies not to impose any export
duties on good, wares, or merchandise
carried under this article; and the
| government of the United States may,
| in case such export duties are
| imposed by the Dominion of Canada, sus-
pend, during the period that such duties
| are imposed, the right OF carrying granted
| under this article in favor Of the subjects of
| Her Britannia Majesty.
The government of the United States
may suspend the right of carrying granted
| in favor of the subjects of Her Britannia
| Majesty under this article, in case the Do
| minion of Canada should at any time de-
prive the citizens of the United States Of
the use of the canals in the said Dominion
on terms of equality with the Inhabitants
| of the Dominion, as provided in article
| xvii.
ARTICLE XXI.
The government of Her Britannia Ma
| iesty further engages to urge upon the Par
| lament fthe Dominion of Canada and the
| Legislature of New Brunswick. that no ex-
port duty, or other duty, shall be levied on
lumber or timber of any kind cut on that
portion of the American territory in the
| State of Maine watered by the river St.
John and its tributaries, and fioated down
| that river to the sea, when the same is
| shipped to the United States from
the Province of New Brunswick. And In
! case any such export or other duty con-
tinues to be levied after the expiration of
one year from the date of the exchange of
the notifications of this treaty, it is agreed
that the government of the United States
may suspend the right of carrying herein
before granted under article Xxx of this
| treaty for such period as such export or
other duty may believed.
ARTICLE xxxII.
1t is further agreed that the provisions
| and stipulations of articles xviii TO XIV of
this treaty, inclusive, shall extend to the
colony of Newfoundland, so far as they are
| applicable. But if the Imperial Parlia-
ment, the Legislature of Newfoundland, or
| the Congress of the United States, shall
not embrace the colony of Newfoundland In
| their laws enacted for carrying the foreg0-
ing articles into effect, then this article
| shall be of no effect; but the omission to
make provision BY law to give it effect, by
| either of the legislative bodies aforesaid,
shall not in any way impair any other ar
ticles OF this treaty.
| ARTICLE xxxIII.
The foregoing articles xviii to XIV, in
elusive, and article xxx of this treaty, shall
take effect as soon as the laws required to
| carry them into operation shall have been
passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great
Britain, by the Parliament of Canada, and
by the Legislature of Prince Edwards
Island on the one hand, and by the Con-
gross of the United States on the other.
| Such assent having been given, the said ar
| ticles shall remain III fierce for the period OF
| ten years from the date at which they NAV
come into operation; and further until the
| expiration of two years after either of the
high contracting parties shall have given
notice TO the other of its wish to terminate
the same; each of the high contracting par
ties being at liberty to give such notice to
the other at the end of the said period of
ten years or at any time afterward
ARTICLE xxxIv.
Whereas, it was stipulated by article one
of the treaty concluded at Washington on
the fifteenth of June, 1885, between the
United States and Her Britannia Majesty,
that the line of boundary between the ter
rltories of the United States and those of
Her Britannia Majesty, from the point on
the forty-ninth parallel Of north latitude up
to which it had already been ascertained,
should be continued westward along the
said parallel of north latitude ''to the mid
die of the channel which separates the con-
tlnent from Nancouver's Island, and thence
southerly, through the middle of said chan
mel and of Fuca Straits, to the Pacific
Ocean, and whereas the commissioners ap-
pointed by the two high contracting parties
which runs southerly through the middle of
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