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(I) point*. 



(2) pads oi 



(3) designation and. 



(4) And in the event of the 

 said two commissioners differing, 

 or both or either of them refus 

 ing, declining, or wilfully omit 

 ting to act, such, reports, decla 

 rations, or statement?, shall he 

 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 article is 

 contained, and in as full a man 

 ner as if the same was herein 

 repeated. 



ARTICLE VII. 



(5) two. 



(6) all. (?) reports. 



(8) statements. 



(9) and. 



and seals, designate the bounci 

 ary aforesaid, state their deci 

 sion on the (1) questions thus re 

 ferred to them, and particularize 

 the latitude and longitude of the 

 most northwestern point of the 

 Lake of the Woods, and of such 

 other (2) points an the said 

 boundary, as they may deem 

 proper ; and both parties agree 

 to consider such (3) decision as 

 final and conclusive.(4) 



(10) contracting. 



ARTICLE VII. The several 

 boards of (5) commissioners men 

 tioned in the four preceding ar 

 ticles, shall respectively have 

 power to appoint a secretary, 

 and to employ such surveyors, 

 or other persons, as they shall 

 judge necessary. Duplicates of 

 (6) their respective (7) declara 

 tions (8) and decisions of the 

 statement (9) of their accounts, 

 and of the journal of their pro 

 ceedings, shall be delivered by 

 them to the agents of his Britan 

 nic majesty, and to the agents of 

 the United States, who may be 

 respectively appointed and au 

 thorized to manage the business 

 in behalf of their respective go 

 vernments. The said commis 

 sioners shall be respectively 

 paid in such manner as shall be 

 agreed between the two (10) par 

 ties, such agreement being to Ue 



