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America, from the latitude of twenty-three degrees north to the lati- 

 tude of fifty degrees north, and as far eastward in the Atlantic Ocean 

 as the thirty-sixth degree of west longitude from the meridian of 

 Greenwich, "shall be restored on each side ; that the time shall be 

 thirty days in all other parts of the Atlantic Ocean north of the 

 equinoctial line or equator, and the same time for the British and 

 Irish Channels, for the Gulf of Mexico, and all parts of the West 

 Indies; forty days for the North Seas, for the Baltic, and for all 

 parts of the Mediterranean ; sixty days for the Atlantic Ocean south 

 of the equator as far as the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope ; ninety 

 days for every part of the world south of the Equator, and one hun- 

 dred and twenty days for all other parts of the world, without 

 exception. 



Art. 3. All prisoners of war taken on either side, as well by land 

 as by sea, shall be restored as soon as practicable after the ratifications 

 of this treaty, as hereinafter mentioned, on their paying the debts 

 which they may have contracted during their captivity. The two 

 contracting parties respectively engage to discharge, in specie, the 

 advances which may have been made by the other for the sustenance 

 and maintenance of such prisoners. 



Art. 4. Whereas it was stipulated by the second article in the 

 Treaty of Peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three 

 between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, 

 that the boundary of the United States should comprehend 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 noAv are, or hereto- 

 fore have been, within the limits of Nova Scotia ; and whereas several 

 islands in the Bay of Passamaquoddy, which is part of the Bay of 

 Fundy, and the Island of Grand Manan, in the said Bay of Fundy, 

 are claimed by the United States as being comprehended within their 

 aforesaid boundaries, 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 one thousand seven hundred and eighty- 

 three within the limits of the Province of Nova Scotia : in order, 

 therefore, finally to decide upon these claims, it is agreed that they 

 shall be referred to two commissioners, to be appointed in the fol- 

 lowing 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 commissioners 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, respectively. The said commissioners shall 

 meet at St. Andrew's, in the Province of New Brunswick, and shall 

 have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall 

 think fit. The said commissioners shall, by a declaration or report 

 under their hands and seals, decide to which of the two contracting 

 parties the several islands aforesaid do respectively belong, in con- 

 formity with the true intent of the said treaty of peace of one thou- 

 sand seven hundred and eighty-three; and if the said commissioners 

 shall agree in their decision, both parties shall consider such decision 



