PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 107 
Articie ITI. 
It is agreed that the provisions of this convention and of said regulations shall apply 
to the waters included within the following boundaries: 
Beginning at Carmanagh Lighthouse on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, 
thence in a straight line to a point three marine miles due west astronomic from 
Tatoosh Lighthouse, Washington, thence to said Tatoosh Lighthouse, thence to the 
nearest point of Cape Flattery, thence following the southerly shore of Juan de Fuca 
Strait to Point Wilson, on Quimper Peninsula, thence in a straight line to Point 
Partridge on Whidbey Island, thence following the western shore of the said Whid- 
bey Island, to the entrance to Deception Pass, thence across said entrance to the 
southern side of Reservation Bay, on Fidalgo Island, thence following the western 
and northern shore line of the said Fidalgo Island to Swinomish Slough, crossing the 
said Swinomish Slough in line with the track of the Great Northern Railway, thence 
northerly following the shore line of the mainland to Point Grey at the southern 
entrance to Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, thence in a straight line to the southern 
end of Gabriola Island, thence to the southern side of the entrance to Boat Harbor, 
Vancouver Island, thence following the eastern and southern shores of the said 
Vancouver Island to the starting point at Carmanagh Lighthouse, as shown on the 
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 6300, as corrected to July 20, 1918, 
and also the Fraser River and its tributaries. 
The High Contracting Parties engage to have prepared, as soon as practicable, 
charts of the waters described in this article, with the international boundary line 
indicated thereon; and to establish such buoys and marks for the purposes of this 
convention as may be recommended by the commission referred to in Article LV. 
ARTICLE IY. 
The High Contracting Parties agree to appoint, within two months after the 
exchange of ratifications of this convention, a commission to be known as the Inter- 
national Fisheries Commission, consisting of four persons, two to be named by each 
party. This commission shall continue to exist so long as this convention shall be in 
force. Each party shall have the power to fill, and shall fill, from time to time, any 
vacancy which may occur in its representation on the commission. Each party shall 
pay its own commissioners, and any joint expenses shall be paid by the two High 
Contracting Parties in equal moieties. 
ARTICLE V. 
The International Fisheries Commission shall conduct investigations into the life 
history of the salmon, hatchery methods, spawning-ground conditions, and other 
related matters, and shall observe the operation of the said regulations appended 
hereto, and shall recommend to their respective Governments any modifications of, 
additions to, or substitutions for the appended regulations which may be found 
desirable. 
ArtIcLE VI. 
The regulations appended to this convention shall remain in force for a period of 
eight years from the date of their promulgation, as provided in Article II, and there- 
. after until one year from the date when either of the High Contracting Parties shall 
give notice to the other of its desire for their revision, or until the termination of this 
convention, whichever shall first occur. Immediately upon such notice being given, 
the International Fisheries Commission shall proceed to make a revision of said regu- 
lations, which revised regulations shall be incorporated in a special agreement between 
the High Contracting Parties. It is understood that such special agreement shall 
on the part of the United States be made by the President of the United States, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. Such special agreement shall 
be binding only when confirmed by the two Governments by an exchange of notes. 
Such special agreement shall be promulgated as provided in Article Il hereof, and 
shall remain in force for a period of five years and thereafter until one year from the 
date when a further notice of revision is given as above provided in this article, or 
until the termination of this convention, whichever shall first occur. 
It shall, however, at any time, be in the power of the High Contracting Parties by 
special agreement upon the recommendation of the International Fisheries Commis- 
sion, to make modifications of, additions to, or substitutions for any of the regulations 
in force, and (or) to make the provisions of this convention, and any regulations pro- 
