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to urge upon the State governments to secure to the subjects of Her 

 Britannic Majesty the use of the several State canals on terms of 

 equality with the inhabitants of the United States. 



And it is further agreed that no export duty, or other duty, shall 

 be levied on lumber or timber of any kind cut on that portion of the 

 American territory in the State of Maine watered by the Kiver St. 

 John and its tributaries, and floated down that river to the sea, when 

 the same is shipped to the United States from the province of New 

 Brunswick. 



ARTICLE V. 



The present treaty shall take effect as soon as the laws required 

 to carry it into operation shall have been passed by the Imperial 

 Parliament of Great Britain and by the Provincial Parliaments of 

 those of the British North American colonies which are affected by 

 this treaty on the one hand, and by the Congress of the United 

 States on the other. Such assent having been given, the treaty shall 

 remain in force for ten years from the date at which it may come 

 into operation, and further until the expiration of twelve months 

 after either of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the 

 other of its wish to terminate the same ; each of the high contracting 

 parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end 

 of the said term of ten years, or at any time afterwards. 



It is clearly understood, however, that this stipulation is not 

 intended to affect the reservation made by article IV of the present 

 treaty, with regard to the right of temporarily suspending the opera- 

 tions of articles III and IV thereof. 



ARTICLE VI. 



And it is hereby further agreed that the provisions and stipula- 

 tions of the foregoing articles shall extend to the island of New- 

 foundland, so far as they are applicable to that colony. But if 

 the Imperial Parliament, the Provisional Parliament of Newfound- 

 land, or the Congress of the United States shall not embrace in their 

 laws, enacted for carrying this treaty into effect, the colony of New- 

 foundland, then this article shall be of no effect; but the omission 

 to make provision by law to give it effect, by either of the legislative 

 bodies aforesaid, shall not in any way impair the remaining articles 

 of this treaty. 



ARTICLE VII. 



The present treaty shall be duly ratified, and the mutual exchange 

 of ratifications shall take place in Washington within six months 

 from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. 



In faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed 

 this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. 



Done in triplicate, at Washington, the fifth day of June, anno 

 Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 



W. L. MARCY. [L. s.] 



ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. [L. s.] 



[The preceding treaty was terminated on March 17, 1866, in virtue 

 of notice given by the United States, March 17, 1865, pursuant to 

 article five.] 



