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(1) doubts 



(2) two. 



(3) unless otherwise specified 

 m this present article. 



(4) report or 



north latitude strikes the riTcr 

 Iroquois, or Cataraguy, to the 

 Lake Superior, was declared to 

 be along the middle of said river 

 into Lake Ontario, through the 

 middle of said lake until it strikes 

 the communication by water be- 

 tween 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 com- 

 munication into the Lake Huron; 

 thence, through the middle of 

 said lake, to the water communi- 

 cation between that lake and 

 lake Superior : And wherea* 

 doubts have arisen what was the 

 middle of the said river, lakes^ 

 and water communications, and 

 whether certain islands, lying 

 in the same, were within the do- 

 minions of his Britannic majes- 

 ty, or of the United States : la 

 order, therefore, finally to de- 

 cide these questions, [1) they shall 

 be referred to (2) three commis- 

 sioners, to be appointed, sworn, 

 ^mutatis mutandis^ and authoriz- 

 ed to act exactly in the manner 

 directed with respect to those 

 mentioned in the next preceding 

 article.(3) The said commis- 

 sioners 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 com- 

 missioners, or a majority ofthern^ 

 shall, by a (4) declaration, undep 

 their hands and seals, designate 

 the boundary through the said 

 river, lakes, and water commu- 

 nications, and decide to which of 

 the two contracting parties the 

 several islands lying within the 

 said rivers, lakes, and water 

 communications, do respectively 

 belong, in conformity with the 



