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(1) doubts 



(2) two. 



(3) unless otherwise specified 

 in this present article. 



(4) report or 



north latitude strikes the river 

 Iroquois, or Cataraguy, to the 

 Lake Superior, was declared to 

 be along the middle of said river 

 into Lake Ontario, through the 

 middle of said lake until it strikes 

 the communication by water be 

 tween that lake and Lake Erie ; 

 thence, along the middle of said 

 communication, into Lake Erie, 

 through the middle of said lake 

 until it arrives at the water com 

 munication into the Lake Huron; 

 thence, through the middle of 

 said lake, to the water communi 

 cation between that lake and 

 lake Superior : And whereas 

 doubts have arisen what was the 

 middle of the said river, lakes, 

 and water communications, and 

 whether certain islands, lying 

 in the same, were within the do 

 minions of his Britannic majes 

 ty, or of the United States : In 

 order, therefore, finally to de 

 cide these questions ^(\) they shall 

 be referred to (2) three commis 

 sioners, to be appointed, sworn, 

 (mutatis mutandis } and authoriz 

 ed to act exactly in the manner 

 directed with respect to those 

 mentioned in the next preceding 

 article. (3) The said commis 

 sioners shall meet, in the first 



instance, at , and shall 



have power to adjourn to such 

 other place or places as they 

 shall think fit. The said com 

 missioners, or a majority of them, 

 shall, by a (4) declaration, under 

 their hands and seals, designate 

 the boundary through the said 

 river, lakes, and water commu 

 nications, and decide to which of 

 the two contracting parties the 

 several islands lying within the 

 said rivers, lakes, and water 

 communications, do respectively 

 belong, in conformity with the 



