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(1) said treaty of 1783. 



(2) designation and 



(3) And in the event of the 

 said two commissioners differing, 

 or both or either of them refus- 

 ing, dedining, or wilfully omit- 

 ing to act, such reports, declara- 

 tions, or statements, shall be 

 made by them, or either of 

 them ; and such reference to a 

 friendly sovereign or slate shall 

 be made, in all respects, as in 

 the latter part of the third arti- 

 cle is contained, and in as full a 

 manner as if the same was herein 

 repeated. 



Article VI, 



(4) two. 



(5) of 178,3, 



(6) of 178.3, 



(?) report or. 



true intent of the (l) former 

 treaty of peace ; and both par- 

 ties agree to consider such (2) 

 decision a,s tioal and eonelu- 



sive.(3) 



Article VI. It is further 

 agreed, that the said (4) laet 

 mentioned commissioners, after 

 they shall haveex-^cuted the du- 

 ties assigned to them in the pre- 

 ceding article, shall be, and tbey, 

 or a majority of them, are hereby 

 authorized, upon their oaths, 

 impartially to fix and determine, 

 according to the true^ intent of 

 the said former treaty of peace, 

 (5) that part of the boundary be- 

 tween 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 de- 

 cide to which of the two parties 

 the several islands lying in the 

 lakes, water communications, 

 and rivers, forming the said 

 boundary, do respectively be- 

 long,, in conformity with the true 

 intent of the said former treaty 

 of peace, (6) and to cause such 

 parts of the said boundary, ?£ re- 

 quire it, to be surveyed and mark- 

 ed. The said commissioners, 

 or a majority of them, shall, by a 

 {l)deslaration, under their hands 



