ANNUAL 
_of the shores of the United States, 
and lying between lines to be 
-drawn due east from the points 
where the aforesaid boundaries 
between Nova Scotia on the one 
part, and East Florida on the 
other, shall respectively touch the 
Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic 
Ocean, excepting such islands as 
now are, or heretofore have been, 
within the limits of Nova Scotia ;” 
and whereas the several islands 
in the Bay of Passamaquoddy, 
which is part of the Bay of Fun- 
dy, and the island of Grand 
Menan, in the said bay of Fun- 
dy, are claimed by the United 
States, as being comprehended 
within their aforesaid boundaries, 
which said islands are claimed as 
belonging to his Britannic Ma- 
jesty, as having been at the time 
of, and previous to the aforesaid 
Treaty of 1783, within the limits 
of the province of Nova Scotia ;— 
in order, therefore, finally to de- 
-cide upon these claims, it is agreed 
that they shall be referred to two 
Commissioners, to be appointed 
an the following manner, viz.— 
One Commissioner shall be ap- 
‘pointed by his Britannic Majesty, 
and one by the President of the 
United States, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate 
thereof; and the said two Com- 
missioners, so appointed, shall be 
sworn impartially to examine and 
decide upon the said claims, ac- 
cording to such evidence as shall 
be laid before them on the part of 
his Britannic Majesty and of the 
United States respectively. The 
said commissioners shall meet at 
St, Andrews, in the province of 
‘New Brunswick, and shall have 
power to adjourn to such other 
place or places as they shallthink 
fit. The said Commissioners shall 
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REGISTER, 
1815, 
by a declaration or report under 
their hands and seals, decide to 
which of the two contracting 
parties the several islands afore- 
said do respectively belong, in 
conformity with the true intent 
of the said Treaty of Peace of 
1783: and if the said Commis- 
sioners shall agree in their deci- 
sion, both parties shall consider 
such decision as final and con- 
clusive. ’ 
It is further agreed, that in the 
event of the two Commissioners 
differing upon all or any of the 
matters so referred to them, or in 
the event of both or either of the 
said Commissioners refusing or 
declining, or wilfully omitting to 
act as such, they shall make 
jointly or separately, report or re- 
ports, as well to the government 
of his Britannic Majesty, as to 
‘that of the United States, stating 
in detail the points on which they 
differ, and the grounds upon 
which their respective opinions 
have been formed, or the grounds 
upon which they, or either of 
them, have so refused, declined, 
or omitted to act. And his Bri- 
tannic Majesty and the govern- 
ment of the United States hereby 
‘agree to refer the report or re- 
ports of the said Commissioners 
to some friendly sovereign or 
state, to be then named for that 
purpose, and who shall be request- 
ed to decide on the differences 
which may be stated in the’ said 
report or reports, or upon the 
report of on¢é Commissioner, to- 
gether with the grounds upon 
which the other Commissioner 
shall have refused, declined, or 
omitted to act, as the case may 
be. And if the Commissioner so 
refusing, declining, or omitting 
to act, shall also wilfully omit to 
