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all 



The said 

 meet at 



commissioners 

 , and 



shall have power to adjourn to 

 euch other place, or places, as 

 they shall think fit. The said 

 commissioners shall, by a decla 

 ration or report, under their 

 hands and seals, decide to which 

 of the two contracting parties 

 the several islands aforesaid do 

 respectively belong, in conform 

 ity with the true intent of the 

 said treaty of peace of 1783: 

 and if the said commissioners 

 shall agree in their decision, 

 both parties shall consider such 

 decision as final and conclusive. 

 It is further agreed, that, in 

 the event of the two commis 

 sioners differing upon all, or any, 

 of the matters so referred to 

 them, or in the event of both, or 

 cither of the said commissioners 

 refusing, or declining, or wilful 

 ly omitting, to act as such, they 

 shall make, jointly or separate 

 ly, a report, or reports, as well 

 to the government of his Britan 

 nic 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, here 

 by agree to refer the report, or 

 reports of the said commission 

 ers, to some friendly sovereign 

 or state, to be then named for 

 that purpose, and who shall be 

 requested to decide on the dif 

 ferences which may be stated in 

 the said report, or reports, or 

 upon the report of one com 

 missioner, together with the 



decide the said questions, accord 

 ing to such evidence as shall re 

 spectively be laid before them on 

 the part of the British govern 

 ment, and of the United States. 

 The said commissioners shall meet 

 at 9 and shall have pow 

 er to adjourn to such other place, 

 or places, as they shall think Jit. 

 The said commissioners, or a ma 

 jority of them, shall, by a decla 

 ration under their hands and 

 seals, determine the boundary 

 aforesaid from the mouth of the 

 river St. Croix to the Bay of Fun- 

 dy, and decide to &quot;which of the 

 two contracting parties the several 

 islands aforesaid do respectively 

 belong, in conformity with the 

 true intent of the former treaty 

 of peace. And both parties agree 

 to consider such decision as final 

 and conclusive 



