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of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thence as defined in the said article up the 

 middle of that river to the point where the parallel of 31 47' north 

 latitude crosses the same, thence due west one hundred miles, thence 

 south to the parallel of 31 20' north latitude, thence along the said 

 parallel of 31 20' to the lllth meridian of longitude west of Green- 

 wich, thence in a straight line to a point on the Colorado Kiver twenty 

 English miles below the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, 

 thence up the middle of the said river Colorado until it intersects the 

 present line between the United States and Mexico. 



For the performance of this portion of the treaty each of the two 

 Governments shall nominate one commissioner to the end that, by 

 common consent the two thus nominated having met in the city of 

 Paso del Norte, three months after the exchange of the ratifications 

 of this treaty may proceed to survey and mark out upon the land the 

 dividing line stipulated by this article, where it shall not have already 

 been surveyed and established by the mixed commission, according 

 to the treaty of Guadalupe keeping a journal and making 

 36 proper plans of their operations. For this purpose if they 

 should judge it necessary. The contracting parties shall be at 

 liberty each to unite to its respective commissioner scientific or other 

 assistants, such as astronomers and surveyors whose concurrences shall 

 not be considered necessary for the settlement and ratification of a 

 true line of division between the two republics; that line shall be 

 alone established upon which the commissioners may fix, their consent 

 m this particular being considered decisive and an integral part of 

 I his treaty, without necessity of ulterior ratification or approval, and 

 without room for interpretation of any kind by either of the parties 

 contracting. 



The dividing line thus established shall in all time be faithfully 

 respected by the two Governments without any variation therein, 

 unless of the express and free consent of the two, given in conformity 

 to the principles of the Law of Nations, and in accordance with the 

 constitution of each country respectively. 



In consequence, the stipulation in the 5th Article of the Treaty of 

 Guadalupe upon the Boundary line therein described is no longer of 

 any force, wherein it may conflict with that here established, the said 

 line being considered annulled and abolished wherever it may not 

 coincide with the present, and in the same manner remaining in full 

 force where in accordance with the same. 



No. 24. 1854, June 5: Treaty bctiveen Her Britannic Majesty and the 

 United States extending the Right of Fishing and regulating Com- 

 merce and Navigation between United States and British Posses- 

 sions in North America (Washington). 



The Government of the United States being equally desirous with 

 Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain to avoid further misunder- 

 standing between their respective citizens and subjects in regard to 

 the extent of the right of fishing on the coasts of British North 

 America, secured to each by article I of a convention between the 

 United States and Great Britain, signed at London on the 20th day 



