242 Till-: TKKATY OV WASHINGTON'. 



of Great Britain sliall eiij<^y tlic use of tlic St. Clair 

 Flats' Canal on tcnn^ of cM^nality with the inhabitants 

 of the Tnitcd lState^> [Art. XXVlI.]. 



\r\ The United States enirage to urge on the State 

 Ciovei'nnicnts, and (Jrcat Britain en<:a<'e.s to in'ire on 

 the Dominion of Canada, to secnre eaeli to the .snl> 

 jects or citizens of the other the use on equal terms 

 of the several canals connected with the lakes or riv- 

 ers traversed Ly or contiguous to the l)Oundary-lino 

 between the ])ossessions of tlie high contracting Par* • 

 ties [Art. XXVII.]. 



All thtse are provisions "which bring the United 

 States and the; Domiiiion of Canada into fixed rela- 

 tions independent of and superior to all questions of 

 Gorc-rnmenf.s'. 



2. Of temporary provisions we have the following: 



{((] Tiie navigation of Lake ^Michigan is declared 

 free and open for the purposes of commerce to the 

 subjects of (ireat Britain [Art. XXVIII.]. 



\/>\ (toods, wares, and merchandise arriving at the 

 ports of Xew York, Boston, Portland, or such other 

 ports as the President may designate, and destined 

 for the British possessions in Xorth America, may be 

 entered at the j)ro]ier custom-house without ]>ayment 

 of duties, and conveyed in transit through the terri- 

 tory of the United States [Art. XXIX.]. 



And, in like manner, goods, wares, and merchandise 

 arriving at any of the ports of the Britisli possessions 

 in Xorth America, and destined for the United States, • 

 may be entered at the proper custom - house, and 

 conveyed in transit without the payment of dnties 



