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Article III. Whereas it wag 

 stipulated by the second article 

 m the treaty of peace of ] 783, 

 between his Britannic majesty 

 arid the United States of Ameri- 

 ca, that the boundary of the 

 United States should compre- 

 hend "all islands within twenty 

 leagues of any part of the shores 

 of the United States, and lying 

 between lines to be drawn due 

 east from the points where the 

 aforesaid boundaries between * 

 Nova Scotia on the one part, and 

 Last Florida on the other, shall, 

 respectively, touch the Bay of 

 Fundy, and the Atlantic ocean, 

 excepting such islands as now 

 are, or heretofore have been, 

 within the limits of Nova Sco- 

 tia :" And whereas claims have 

 been made by the government 

 of the United States to certain 

 islands in the Bay of Fundy, 

 which said islands are claimed' 

 as belonging to his Britannic 

 majesty, as having been at the 

 time of, and previous to, the 

 aforesaid treaty of 1783, within 

 the limits of the province of No- 

 va Scotia : In order, therefore, 

 finally to decide upon these 

 claims, it IS agreed that they 

 shall be referred to two com- 

 inissioners, to be appointed in 

 the following manner, viz. one 

 commissioner shall be appointed 

 by his Britannic majesty, and 

 one by the President of the 

 United States, by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Senate 

 thereof, and the said two com- 

 missioners, so appointed, shall 

 be sworn impartially to examine 

 and decide upon the said claims, 

 according to such evidence as 

 shall be laid before them on the 

 part of his Britannic majesty and 

 of the United States respective- 



Article III. Whereas, that 

 portion of the boundary hetTtceen 

 the dominions of his Britannir 

 majesty in A'orih America, and 

 those of the United States, from 

 the mouth of the river St. Croix 

 (as the said mouth was ascertain- 

 ed by the commissioners appoint- 

 ed for that purpose) to the Bay of 

 Fundy, has not yet been regulated 

 and determined : ^nd whereas, 

 the respective rights and claims 

 of his Britannic Majesty and of 

 the United States, to the several 

 islands in the Bay of Passama- 

 quoddy, and to the island of 

 Grand Menan, have never been 

 finally adjusted' atid determined, 

 the said islands being claimed on 

 the part of the United States as 

 lying within twenty leagues of 

 their shores, and south of a line 

 drawn due east from the mouth of 

 the river St. Croix, and on the 

 part of his Britannic majesty, as 

 having been, at or before the for- 

 mer treaty of peace, between the 

 two countries, within the limits 

 of the province of Nova Scotia - . 

 In order, therefore, finally to de- 

 cide these several questions, it is 

 agreed that they shall be referred 

 to three commissioners, to be ap- 

 pointed in the following manner^ 

 viz. one commissioner shall be ap\ 

 pointed by his Britannic majesty, 

 atid one by the President of the 

 United States, by and with the ad- 

 vice and consent of the Senate 

 thereof, and the said two commis- 

 sioners shall have power to choose 

 a third, and if they cannot agree 

 they shall each propose one person, 

 and of the two names, so proposed, 

 one shall be drawn by lot, in the 

 presence of the two original com-^ 

 missioners, and the three commis- 

 sioners, so appointed, shall be 

 sworn impartially to examine and 



