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of Nova Scotia, of the north westernmost head of Connecticut River, 

 and of such other points of the said boundary as they may deem 

 proper; and both parties agree to consider such map and declara- 

 tion as finally and conclusively fixing the said boundary. And in 

 the event of the said two commissioners differing, or both or either 

 of them refusing, or declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such 

 reports, declarations, 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 fourth article 

 is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein 

 repeated. 



Art. 6. Whereas, by the former treaty of peace, that portion of the 

 boundary of the United States from the point where the forty-fifth 

 degree of 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 between 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 communication into 

 the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said lake, to the water 

 communication 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 dominions of His Britannic Majesty or of the United 

 States: in order, therefore, finally to decide these doubts, they shall 

 be referred to two commissioners to be appointed, sworn, and author- 

 ised to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those men- 

 tioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in this 

 present article. The said commissioners shall meet in the first in- 

 stance at Albany, in the State of New York, and shall have power to 

 adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit. The said 

 commissioners shall, by a report or declaration under their hands and 

 seals, designate the boundary through the said river, lakes, and water 

 communications, and decide to which of the two contracting parties 

 the several islands lying within the said river, lakes, and water com- 

 munications do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent 

 of the said treaty of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three; 

 and both parties agree to consider such designation and decision as 

 final and conclusive. And in the event of the said two commissioners 

 differing, or both or either of them refusing, declining, or wilfully 

 omitting to act, such reports, declarations, 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 fourth 

 article is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein 

 repeated. 



Art. 7. It is further agreed that the said two last mentioned com- 

 missioners, after they shall have executed the duties assigned to 

 them in the preceding article, shall be, and they are hereby, authorised 

 upon their oaths impartially to fix and determine, according to the 

 true intent of the said treaty of peace of one thousand seven hundred 

 and eighty-three, that part of the boundary between the dominions 

 of the two Powers, which extends from the water communica- 

 28 tion between Lake Huron, and Lake Superior, to the most 

 northwestern point of the Lake of the Woods, to decide to 



