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W The said commissioners 



shall meet at 7-, and 



shall have power to adjourn to 

 such other place, or places, as 

 they shall think fit. The said 

 commissioners shall, by a decla- 

 ration or report, under their 

 hands and seals, decide to which 

 of the two contracting parties 

 the several islands aforesaid do 

 respectively belong, in conform- 

 ity with the true intent of the 

 said treaty of peace of 1783: 

 and if the said commissioners 

 shall agree in their decision, 

 both parties shall consider such 

 decision as final and conclusive. 

 It is further agreed, that, in 

 the event of the two commis- 

 sioners differing upon all, or any, 

 ©f the matters so referred to 

 them, or in the event of both, or 

 either of the said commissioners 

 refusing, or declining, or wilful- 

 ly omitting, to act as such, they 

 shall make, jointly or separate- 

 ly, a report, or reports, as well 

 to the government of his Britan- 

 nic majesty as to that of the 

 United States, stating, in detail, 

 the points on which they differ, 

 and the grounds upon which 

 their respective opinions have 

 been formed ; or the grounds 

 upon which they, or either of 

 them, have so refused, declined, 

 or omitted to act. And his Bri- 

 tannic majesty, and the govern- 

 ment of the United States, here- 

 by agree to refer the report, or 

 reports of the said commission- 

 ers, to some friendly sovereign 

 or state, to be then named for 

 that purpose, and who shall be 

 requested to decide on the dif- 

 ferences which may be stated in 

 the said report, or reports, or 

 upon the report of one com- 

 missioner, together with the 



decide the said questions, accord^ 

 in'J' to such evidence as shall re- 

 spectively he laid before them on 

 the part of the British govern- 

 ment, and of the United States. 

 The said commissioners shall meet 

 fj^l -, and shall have p<m 



er to adjourn to such other place, 

 or places, as they shall think Jit. 

 The said commissioners, or a ma- 

 jority of them, shall, by a-decla- 

 ration under their hands and 

 seals, determine the boundary 

 aforesaid from the mouth of the 

 river St. Croix to the Bay of Fun- 

 dy. and decide to which of the 

 izvo contracting'parties the several 

 islayids aforesaid do respectively 

 belong, in conformity with the 

 true intent of the former treaty 

 of peace. And both parties agree 

 to consider such decision as Jinai 

 and conclusive. 



