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ARTICLE TIL Whereas it wa3 

 stipulated by the second article 

 in the treaty of peace of 1783, 

 between his Britannic majesty 

 and the United States of Ameri 

 ca, that the boundary of the 

 United States should compre 

 hend &quot; all islands within twenty 

 leagues of any part 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 Sco 

 tia :&quot; And whereas claims have 

 been made by the government 

 of the United States to certain 

 islands in the Bay of Fundy, 

 which said islands are claimed 

 as belonging to his Britannic 

 majesty, as having been at the 

 time of, and previous to, the 

 aforesaid treaty of 1783, within 

 the limits of the province of No 

 va Scotia : In order, therefore, 

 finally to decide upon these 

 claims, it is agreed that they 

 shall be referred to two com 

 missioners, to be appointed in 

 the following manner, viz. one 

 commissioner shall be appointed 

 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, 

 according to such evidence as 

 shall be laid before them on the 

 part of his Britannic majesty and 

 of the United States reppective- 



ARTICLE III. Whereas, that 

 portion of the boundary between 

 the dominions of his Britannic 

 majesty in North America, and 

 those of the United States, from 

 the mouth of the river St. Croix 

 (as the said mouth was ascertain* 

 ed by the commissioners appoint 

 edfor that purpose) to the Bay of 

 Fundy, has not yet been regulated 

 and determined : And whereas , 

 the respective rights and claims 

 of his Britannic Majesty and of 

 the United States, to the several 

 islands in the Bay of Passama- 

 quoddy, and to the island of 

 Grand Menan, have never been 

 finally adjusted and determined, 

 the said islands being claimed on 

 the part of the United States as 

 lying within twenty leagues of 

 their shores, and south of a line 

 drawn due east from the mouth of 

 the river St. Croix, and on the 

 part of his Britannic majesty, as 

 having been, at or before the for 

 mer treaty of peace, between the 

 two countries, within the limits 

 of the province of Nova Scotia : 

 In order, therefore, finally to de 

 cide these several questions, it is 

 agreed that they shall be referred 

 to three commissioners, to be ap 

 pointed in 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 ad 

 vice and consent of the Senate 

 thereof, and the said two commis 

 sioners shall have power to choose 

 a third, and if they cannot agree 

 they shall each propose one person, 

 and of the two names, so proposed, 

 one shall be drawn by lot, in the 

 presence of the two original com 

 missioners, and the three commis 

 sioners, so appointed, shall be. 

 sworn impartially to examine 



