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said bonntlary, and particularizing the latitude and longitude of the 

 northwest angle of Nova Scotia ; of the northwesternmost head of 

 Connecticut river, and of such other points of the said boundary as 

 they may deem proper ; and both parties agree to consider such 

 map and declaration as finally and conclusively fixing the said boun- 

 dary. 



Article V. Whereas, by the former treaty of peace, that por- 

 tion of the boundary of the United States from the point where the 

 forty-fifth degree of north latitude strikes the river Iroquois, or 

 Cataraguy, to the lake Superior, was declared to be along the mid- 

 dle of said river, into lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake, 

 until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and 

 lake Erie ; thence, along the middle of said communication, into 

 lake Erie ; through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the 

 water communication into the lake Huron ; thence, through the 

 middle of said lake, to the water communication between that lake 

 and lake Superior : And whereas doubts have arisen what was the 

 middle of the said river, lakes, and water communications, and whe- 

 ther certain islands lying in the same were within the dominions of 

 his Britannic Majesty or of the United States : In order, therefore, 

 finally to decide these questions, they shall be referred to three 

 commissioners, to be appointed, sworn, (mutatis mutandis) and au- 

 thorized to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those 

 mentioned in the next preceding articte. The said commissioners, 



shall meet, in the first instance, at , and shall have power to 



adjourn to such other place, or places, as they shall think fit. The 

 said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall, by a declaration 

 under their hands and seals, designate the boundary through the 

 said river, lakes, and water communications, and decide to which of 

 the two contracting parties the several islands lying within the said 

 rivers, lakes, and water communications, do respectively belong, ia 

 conformity with the true intent of the former treaty of peace. 

 And both parties agree to consider such decision as final and con- 

 clusive. 



Article VI. It is further agreed, that the said last-mentioned 

 commissioners, after they shall have executed the duties assigned 

 to them in the preceding article, shall be, and they, or a majority of 

 them, are hereb}^ authorized, upou their oaths, impartially to fix 

 and determine, according to the true intent of the said former trea- 

 ty of peace, that part of the boundary between the dominions of the 

 two powers which extends from the water communication between 

 lake Huron and lake Superior, to the most northwestern point of 

 the Lake of the Woods ; to decide to which of the two parties the 

 several islands lying in the lakes, water communications, and rivers, 

 forming the said boundary, do respectively belong, in conformity 

 with the true intent of the said former treaty of peace, and to cause 

 such parts of the said boundary as require it to be surveyed and 

 marked. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall, by 

 a declaration, under their hands and seals, designate the boundary 



