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BOUNDARY CONVENTION-—GREAT BRITAIN. Aran. 11, 1908. 2005 is cplnuection with the arbitratipn, which shall forthwith be repaid y the two Govermnents in equa moieties. It is further agreed that if, under the foregoing provisions, the ’~"‘°° °’”*°“°l· bonmdary be located through the channel to the east of the dredged channel above mentioned, the latter shall be equally free and open for the passage of ships, vessels, and boats of both parties. The entire boundary shall be marked by permanent range marks buH¤¤s¤ ngnrkn and established on land and, if desirable in the opinion of Commission- 1aiiZ4°i.t° ° °°°°lb` ers, by buoys in the water, so far as practicable, and by such other boun ary marks and monuments and at such points as the Commissioners may determine to be necessa ; but the said Commissioners shall (proceed to define and mark anldy chart the portion of the line agree upon by the former Commissioners -under the Treaty of 1892 aforlpsai without waiting iq? thlisniinal determination of the location o the remainin portion o ee. The course 0% the said bounda line as defined and marked as Ch¤¤¤¤¤d*¤P<¤¤- aforesaid shall be laid down by Commissioners on quadruplicate sets of accurate modern charts prepared or adopted by them for that purpose, which charts shall be certified and signed by the Commissioners, and two duplicate originals thereof shall be filed by them with each Government; and they shall also prepare in duplicate and Ele with each Government a joint report o1·—reports under their hands and seals describing in detail the course and location of the bouralary line and the range marks and monuments and buoys mar `n it. The hue so defined and laid down shall be taken and deemed to b°{’,:§jr';’,Q,f;°“ °‘ be the international boundary from the Bay of Fimdy to the mouth of the St. Crlpix Riger, as established by treaty provisions and the proceedmgs thereun er. - Arrrrcms II. The boundary from the mouth to the source of the St. Oroim River. \Vhereas Article II of the Treaty of 1783 between the United States nouaauy hom and Great Britain provides that a line drawn alon the middle of the 3%`{{h;{Y,'§.“{§°b‘§§§‘, River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Igmdy to its source ”*"“'h°'*· °°°· shall be, between those points, the international boundary between the United States and the British possessions in North America, and the identity of the River St. Croix has been determined by the Commissioners appointed for that purpose under Article V of the Treaty mane rmuu p. of 1794 between the United States and Great Britain, and the loca- m- tion of the mouth and the source of said river has been duly estab- _ lished, and the course of said river has been described, surveyed, and charted by said Commissioners, as appears from the1r joint report dated the 25th day of October, 1798, and from the chart or plan of said river prepared and filed b them with said report, but said line of boundary along the middll: of said river was not laid down by them on said chart or plan, and was not marked or monumented by them along the course of said river; and whereas, pursuant to an additional article, dated March 15, 1798, supplementing the provi- rubuc rrmm, p, sions of the Treaty of 1794 above referred to, a monument was erected m' by joint action of the two Governments marking the source of the River St. Croix, but said line of boundary through the River St. Croix has not otherwise been monumented and has never been laid down on charts by joint action of the two Governments: therefore, in order to complete and render thoroughly effective the demarkation of the boundary described and established as aforesaid, It is agreed that each of the High Contracting Parties shall ap- C6§>¤ggg¤¢¤¤¤¤ dof point, without delay, an expert geographer or surveyor as a Commis- ues, exc. °°°°’ u'