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convention of October 20, 1818, between the United States and Great 

 Britain, renounced forever any liberty to take, dry, or cure fish. 



ARTICLE II. 



The Commission shall consist of two Commissioners to be named 

 by her Britannic Majesty, and of two Commissioners to be named by 

 the President of the United States, without delay, after the exchange 

 of ratifications of this Treaty. 



The Commission shall meet and complete the delimitation as soon 

 as possible thereafter. 



In case of the death, absence, or incapacity of any Commissioner, or 

 in the event of any Commissioner omitting or ceasing to act as such, 

 the President of the United States or Her Britannic Majesty, respec- 

 tively, shall forthwith name another person to act as Commissioner 

 instead of the Commissioner originally named. 



ARTICLE III. 



The delimitation referred to in Article I. of this Treaty shall be 

 marked upon British Admiralty charts by a series of lines regularly 

 numbered and duly described. The charts so marked shall, on the 

 termination of the work of the Commission, be signed by the Com- 

 missioners in quadruplicate, one copy whereof shall be delivered to the 

 Secretary of State of the United States, and three copies to Her 

 Majesty's Government. The delimitation shall be made in the follow- 

 ing manner, and shall be accepted by both the High Contracting 

 Parties as applicable for all purposes under Article I. of the Con- 

 vention of October 20, 1818, between the United States and Great 

 Britain. 



The three marine miles mentioned in Article I. of the Convention 

 of October 20, 1818, shall be measured seaward from low water mark; 

 but at every bay, creek, or harbour, not otherwise specially provided 

 for in this Treaty, such three marine miles shall be measured seaward 

 from a straight line drawn across the bay, creek, or harbor, in the 

 part nearest the entrance at the first point where the width does not 

 exceed ten marine miles. 



43 ARTICLE IV. 



At or near the following bays the limits of exclusion under Article 

 I. of the Convention of October 20, 1818, at points more than three 

 marine miles from low water mark, shall be established by the fol- 

 lowing lines, namely : 



At the Baie des Chaleurs the line from the Light at Birch Point 

 on Miscou Island to Macquereau Point Light ; at the Bay of Mirami- 

 chi, the line from the Light at Point Escuminac to the' light on the 

 Eastern Point of Tabisintac Gully; at Egmont Bay, in Prince Ed- 

 ward Island, the line from the Light at Cape Egmont to the Light 

 at West Point; and off St. Ann's Bay, in the Province of Nova Scotia, 

 the line from Cape Smoke to the Light at Point Anconi. 



At Fortune Bay, in Newfoundland, the line from Connaigre Head 

 to the Light on the Southeasterly end of Brunet Island, thence to 

 Fortune Head; at Sir Charles Hamilton Sound, the line from the 

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