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may be conveyed in transit, without pay
ment Of duty, from the United States,
through said POSSESSIONS, TO other places
In the United State, or for export hom
ports in the said possessions.
It is agreed that for the term of years
mentioned in Article 33 of this treaty, sub
iects Of Her Britannia Majesty may carry
in British vessels, without payment of
dues, goods, wares or merchandise, from
one port or place within the territory Of
the United States, upon the st. Lawrence
and the great lakes and rivers connecting
the same, to another port or place within
the territory of the United States, as afore-
said provided that the portion OF such
transportation made through the Dominion
of Canada be by land carriage or in bond,
under such rules aud regulations as may
be agreed upon between the Government
of Her Britannia Majesty and the Govern
ment of the United States.
Citizens of the United States may, for
like period, carry, In United States vessels,
goods, wares or merchandise, from one
port or place within the possessions of Her
Britannia Majesty in North America, to
another port or place within said posses
sions provided that the portion of such
transportation made through the territory
of the United States be by land carriage
and in bond, under such rules and regula-
tions as may be agreed upon between the
Government of the United States and the
Government of her Britannia Majesty. The
Government of the United States further
engages not to impose any export duties
on goods, wares or merchandise carried,
under this article, through the territory of
the United States; and Her Britannia Ma
jesty's Government engages to urge the
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and the Legislatures of the other colonies
not to impose any export duties on goods,
wares or merchandise carried under this
article; and the Government of the United
States may, in case such export duties be
imposed by the Dominion of Canada, sus-
pend, during the period of such dutiesim-
posed, the right of carrying granted under
this article in favor of subjects of Her
Britannia Majesty. The Government Of
the United States may also suspend the
right of carrying granted in favor OF sub
jects of Her Brittanic Majesty, under this
article, in case the Dominion OF Canada
should at any time deprive citizens of the
United States Of the use of the canals in
said Dominion, on terms of equality with
the inhabitants of the Dominion, as pro-
vided in Article 81.
In Article 81 the Government of Her
the Parliament of the Dominion Of Cana
da and the Legislature of New Bruins
wick, that no export or other duty be
levied on lumber or timber of any kind
cut on that portion of American territory
in the State of Maine, watered by the river
st. John and its tributaries, and tiosted
down that river TO the sea, when the same
is shipped to the United States from the
Province of New Brunswick.
Article 33 provides that articles 18 to 20,
inclusive, and article 30 of the 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 Can
ada and by the Legislature of Prince Ed
wards Island on the one hand, and by the
| Congress of the United States on the
other. Such assent having been given,
said articles shall remain in force for a
period of ten years from the date at which
they may commence to operate, and fur
ther, until the expiration of two years af-
ter 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 parties being at liberty to
give such notice to the other at the end Of
said period of ten years, or any time after
ward
THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY QUESTION.
| The remaining portion of the treaty
the northern boundary question, and state
that, whereas, it was stipulated by article
/ of the treaty concluded at Washington
on 18th of June, 1S4S, between the
United States of America and Her
Britannia Majesty, the line of beun-
Diary between the territory of the United
States and that of Her Britannia Majesty,
from point on the49th parallel of north
latitude, up to which had already been as
certained, should be continued westward
along said parallel of north latitude to the
middle channel which separates the
continent from Vancouver's Island, and
thence southerly along the middle OF said
channel and of Fuca Strait to the Pacific
Ocean and, whereas, the Commissioners
appointed by the two high contracting
parties to determine that portion of the
boundary which runs southerly through the
middle channel aforesaid, were unable to
agree upon the same and, whereas, the
Government of Her Britannia Majesty
claims that such boundary line should, un-
der the terms of the treaty above recited,
be run through Rosario Straits, and the
Government of the United States
claims that it should be run through
the Canal de Haro; it is agreed
that the respective claims OF the
Government of Her Britannia majesty and
of the Government of the United States
shall be submitted to the arbitration and
award of His Majesty the Emperor of
Germany, who, having regard to the
aforementioned article of said treaty,
shall decide thereupon finally and without
appeal, which of these claims is most in
accordance with the true Interpretation of
the treaty of June Is, 1846. The award
thus determined to be considered as abso-
lutely final and conclusive, and full effect
to be given to such award, without any
objection, evasion or delay whatsoever.
Rules governing the arbitration are pre-
scribed.
! Article 40 reads: "This treaty shall be
duly ratified by the President of the
! United States of America, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
thereof, and by Her Britannia Majesty
and the ratifcations shall be exchanged,
either at Washington or at London, within
six months from the date hereof, and
earlier if possible"