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(1) said treaty of 1783. 



(2) designation and 



(3) And in the event of the 

 said two commissioners differing, 

 or both or either of them refus 

 ing, declining, or wilfully omit- 

 ing to act, such reports, declara 

 tions, or statements, shall be 

 made by them, or either of 

 them ; and such reference to a 

 friendly sovereign or state shall 

 be made, in all respects, as in 

 the latter. part of the third arti 

 cle is contained, and in as full a 

 manner as if the same was herein 

 repeated. 



ARTICLE VI. 



(4) two. 



(5) of 1783, 



(6) of 1783, 



(7) report or. 



true intent of the (1) former 

 treaty of peace ; and both par 

 ties agree to consider such (2) 

 decision as final and conclu 

 sive. (3) 



ARTICLE VI. It is further 

 agreed, that the said (4) last 

 mentioned commissioners, after 

 they shall have executed the du 

 ties assigned to them in the pre 

 ceding article, shall be, and they, 

 or a majority of them, are hereby 

 authorized, upon their oaths, 

 impartially to fix and determine, 

 according to the true intent of 

 the said former treaty of peace, 

 (5) that part of the boundary be 

 tween the dominions of the two 

 powers which extends from the 

 water communication between 

 Lake Huron and Lake Superior, 

 to the most northwestern point of 

 the Lake of the Woods ; to de 

 cide to which of the two parties 

 the several islands lying in the 

 lakes, water communications, 

 and rivers, forming the said 

 boundary, do respectively be 

 long, in conformity with the true 

 intent of the said former treaty 

 of peace, (6) and to cause such 

 parts of the said boundary, as re 

 quire it,to be surveyed and mark 

 ed. The said commissioners, 

 or a majority of them, shall, by a 

 (^declaration, under their hands 



