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1012 UONVENTION—MEXICO. NOVEMBER 12, 1884. ernment of the United States of de los Estados Unidos de Amé- America and the Government of rica y el Gobierno de los Estados the United States of Mexico have Unidos Mexicanos han resuelto resolved to conclude a convention concluir una convencion que lije which shall lay down rules for the reglas para resolveresas cuestiones, determination of such questions, y han nombrado sus Plenipoten— and have appointed as their Pleni- ciarios: potentiaries: ylenipotenti- The President of the United El Presidente de los Estados

  • ¤°•· States of America, Frederick T. Unidos de América,a Frederick T.

Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State Frelinghuysen, Secretario de Esof the United States ; and the Pres- tado de los Estados Unidos; y ident of the United States of Mex- El Presidente de los Estados ico, Matias Romero, Envoy Extra- Unidos Mexicanos, a Matias Roordinary and Minister Plenipoteu- mero, Enviado Extraordinario y tiaryof the United Mexican States; Ministro Plenipotenciario de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos; Who, after exhibiting their re- Quienes,despues dehaberse mosspective FullPowers,found in good trado sus respectivos pleuos poand due form, have agreed upon deres, y encontradolos en buena y the following articles: debida forma, han convenido en los siguientes articulosz Anrxonn I. Anrfcuno I. Bnnndaryline. ` The dividing line shall forever La linea divisoria sera siempre be that described in the aforesaid la iijada en dicho tratado,y se- Treaty and follow the centre of the guira el centro del canal normal de normal channel of the rivers named, los citados rios, a pesar de las alte- ` notwithstanding any alterations in raciones, en las riberas 6 en el curso the banks or in the course of those de esos rios, con tal que dichas rivers, provided that such a.ltera· alteraciones se efectuen por causas tions be effected by natural causes naturales, como la corrosion lenta y through the slow and gradual ero- gradual, y el deposito del aluvion, sion and deposit of alluvium and y no por el abandono del canal not by the abandonment of an ex- existente del rio y la apertura de isting river bed and the opening oi de uno nuevo. a new one. Aurmnn II. Auricuno II. °h*‘“g°°‘i““h““' Any other change, wrought by Cualquiera otro cambio ocasiom1' the force of the current, whether nado por la fuerzade la corriente, by the cutting of a new bed, or ya sea abriendo un nuevo canal, when there is more than one chan- 6 en donde haya mas de uno, ha- ` nel by the deepening of another ciendo mas profnndo otro' canal channel than that which marked que no sea el que se rnarcoromo the boundary at the time of the parte delalxneadivisoria altnennpo survey made under the aforesaid del reconocinuento hecho contorme Treaty, shall produce no change in a dicho tratado, no prodncnra altethe dividing line as iixed by the racion alguna en la linea divisoria surveys of the International Bonn- tal como fue {nada por los recouodary Uommissions in 1852 ; but the cimientos de, la counsiou interline then fixed shall continue to nacional de hmites en 18.52, pero follow the middle of the original la Iinea hjada entouces segunra channel bed, even though this siendo el centro del canal orginal should become wholly dry or be aun cuando este llegare a secarse obstructed by deposits. del todo, o a obstruirse por el aluvion. — Aizrmnu III. Aurfcuno III. A¤i£¤i¤1¤hs¤g¤• No artificial change in the navi- Niugun cambio artificial en el °' °'“'“'°l· gable course of the river, by build- curso navegable del rio, ya sea por ing jetties, piers, or obstructions Ia coustruccion de james, mnelles