The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-01
TEXT OF THE TREATY.
.raxE.x BOUNDARY To BE DE-
rERnIxFD BIZ JOINT SURVEY.
Commission VIII Trace Dat Merida N
us1. West Longitude la Case of
disagreement Befween surveyors
Of Two Nations q Point Midway
WIZ Be Taken

WASHINGTON. Feb Z.-The following
81 ne Ell r@xs Ct the treaty for Ehe 1@zer-
ns5n4-an Of the Alaskan boundary. signed
CT January - 1ssI. oy Secretary O-Esy
and Sir Julian PauDce.ose;
Article I Each government shall &g-
2csnE one co<u missioner. VIA ~hoZ mas
Be associated such SURVEY orss astronomers
ard eyener assistants gs each government
nay elect The commissioners SHAH - = :
early "A per-od practlca-sss RToce@a 70
tracs and marx 1n1er SneAr loaat alrse-
ton and hy joint operations IN the ned,
50 uuca OF meridian ~ o. ~e>t lolxliu1e
2s IS necessary 80 - ceInea fer the par
pose OF defining the exact limits OF the
territory esaed 70 the United States -
the fre4ty Get Nssl the Ialrs1 states and
Russia Of March -. 49,. f22s-n1ch as the
summit % Mount >. Elias. although not
aScertAiaSs1 10 lie II facr upon saiG Eners-
dan il =, nearly cGiacidenr Herewith
that Il rs2y conveniently SS taken az a
visible landmark whereby the initial part
OF said meridian shan % established =
- agreed that the commissioners. should
they essnciude that Z i s1v3sE be 50 10 Do.
may defect the most sontnsrLy portion Of
said line 80 as 10 make the same range
with the summit Of Mount 81 EAAs such
detection not 20 extend more than twenty
geographical mics noTtANaidly from the
Aztec The data relating 20 the de-
termination already made at thss time by
either Of the Two governments concerned.
OF points on or near meridian IA. for the
purpose OF fixing - position. shah "a
submitted by each government % the
commissioners. who shah decide which OF
tbs results o. the determinations shaA De
adopted by them. IN case OF disagree
meat between the com fIi-ssioIsfs as 70
the correct geographical co-ordlnases Of
one and the same point determined BY
the other Two governments sSIfara ley. A
position midway oeJSeen the TWO s0ca-
lions in question OF meridian ii shaA be
adopted provided the discrepancy De
tween them shall not exceed 1903 feet In
case OF greater discrepancy mex joint
determination shall Be made oy the CON-
Article 8. The location Of meridian IA
as determined hereunder shall Be marked
by viS4 Die oso1ects, natural or ARTIFICIAL az
such distances apart as me commission
ers shah agree upon, and ay such sa9i-
tional marks as they shall deem necessary,
and the line when and where thus marked
ia whole or in part shall De deemed 10
permanently define FOR ali International
purposes meridian al mentioned in the
treaty OF March 50. 1887, between the
United STATES and Russia. and "a the
treaty o. February 2S-l1, is29 between
Great Britain and Russia The marks
shall be described BY such views, maps
and other means as the commissioners
shall decide upon and duplicate records
OF these descriptions shall be atteSte6 by
the commissioners jointly ana ee deposit
81 by them with their respective govern
rDents. together with their final report
hereinafter neDft0De4-
Article 4 Each government shah bear
the expenses incident 10 the employ ent
OF its own appoiutees and OF the opera
lions conducted 10y them, bar the cost Of
material used tn perma nentiy marking
the meridian and OF It's transportation
shall De borne jointly and equally BY the
two governments
Article 3. The commits shall dill
gently prosecute the work to fits compile
tion and they shall submit TO their re-
spective governments from time 10 time
and az least once in every calendar year
a Joint report OF progress and a final
comprehensive report upon the compile
ton OF the whole work The present con-
vention shall be duly ratified by fhe pres
ident OF the United States OF America by
and with the advice and consent OF The
senate thereof. ana Ger Britannia ma es-
-, and the ratihcaelols shan Ne es-
changed at Washington or in London as
soon as possible within twelve months
from the date thereof. IN faith whereof
we the respective PIE lipotentiaries, have
signed this convention and have hereunfo
affixed otFT seals
Done IN duplicate IN Washington. the
50th day OF January. 1881.
RICHARD OLsNEY
JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.