THE TRKATY OF WASHINGTON. 



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AuTicr.i; XXX IF, 

 It i« fiirllicr n^vpcd tliat the in-ovi^^iniM iiml bti|)iilali()ii.s of Artifice XVIII. 

 to XXV. of tlii.-* Tivaly, inclusive, hUM cxtciul lo ihu Colony of Ncwfoiniillainl 

 M) fur ii.H tlu'y uio apiilu nlile. Hul if tlic IininTial I'arliaiiuMit, tliu I.c^'iolatiiro 

 of Ncwfoiiiulland, or tlic Coiiktohs of tlio I'liitctl .Slalom, slmll not omhracc tlic 

 ("olony of Nfwfoiinilhuul in tiicir laws cnartcil for farryin^' tlie fi(rc;;oin;,' arti- 

 cles into ciVcct, then this article shall he of no cnect ; Init tlic omission to make 

 provision hy law to give it cllert, hy cither of the le(;islativc hotiiey aforesaid, 

 sliuil not in any way impair any other articles of this Treaty. 



AuTin.i; XXXI I [. 

 Tiio forc,','oing Articles XVIII. to X.W., inclnsivo, anil Article XXX. of 

 tills Treaty, shall take cli'cct as soon as the laws reiiuired to carry them Into 

 oi-era-ion shall have been jmssed l)y the Imperial I'arliament of CJreat Hritain, 

 hy the I'arliament of Canada, and liy the Legislature of I'rinco Edward's Isl- 

 and on iho one hand, and hy the Congress of the United States on tlie otlier. 

 Snch as-viit liavinj; been given, the said articles sliall remain in fcirce for the 

 period of ten years from tlic date at which tlicy may come into operation ; and 

 further until tlie cxjiiration of two years after cither of the Hi^'h ('(intmciing 

 I'arties shall liavc given notice to the other of its wi>h to terminate the same; 

 each of the High Contracting Parties lieing at lihcrty to gi\c such notice to tho 

 other at the end of the said period of ten years or at any time afterward. 



AiiTin.K XXXIV. 

 Whereas it was stipnlated hy Article I. of the Treaty conclnded at Washln;;- 

 tnn on the loth of Jnnc, imr., between the United States and Her Britannic 

 Majesty, that the line of bonndary between the territories of the United States 

 and those of Her Britannic Majesty, from the point on the forty-iiintli parallel 

 of north latitude up to which it had already been ascertained, sIkmiKI be con- 

 tinued westward along the said jmrallel of north latitude "to tlic middle of tlie 

 channel which separates the continent from Vanconvcr's Island, and thence 

 southerly, through the miildle of the said clianncl and of Fuca Straits, to the 

 Pacific Ocean;" and whereas tiie Commissioners appointed by the two High 

 Contracting Parties to determine that jiorlion of the boundary which runs 

 southerly through the middle of the channel aforesaid were unable to agree 

 upon the same; and whereas the riovcrimicnt of Her Britannic Majesty claim:) 

 tlMt such boundar}'-lino should, imder the terms of tlic Treaty above recited, 

 be run tlirongh the liosario Straits, and the Government of the United States 

 claims that it should be run through the Canal de Haro, it is ngixcd that the 

 respective claims of tlic Government of the United States and of the Govern- 

 ment of Her Britannic Majesty shall be submitted to tho arbitration and award 



