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(1) equally. 



(2) contracting. 



(5) or of the sov^ereign or state 

 so referred to, as in ninny of the 

 preceding articles contained. 



Article VIII. It is agreed 

 that a line, drawn due west, from 

 the Lake of the Woods, along 

 the 49th parallel of north lati- 

 tude, shall be the line of demar- 

 cation between his Britannic 

 majesty's territories and those 

 of the United States, to the west- 

 ward of the said Lake, so far as 

 the territories of the United 

 States extend in that quarter; 



settled at the timfi of the ei 

 change of the ratifications of this 

 treaty ; and all other expenses 

 attending the said commissions, 

 shall be defrayed (1) jointly by 

 the two parties, the same being 

 previously ascertained and allois)- 

 ed by the majority of the commis' 

 sioners. And in the case of 

 death, sickness, resignation, or 

 necessary absence, the place of 

 every such commissioner, re- 

 spectively, shall be supplied in 

 the same manner as such com- 

 missioner was first appointed 5 

 and the new commissioner shall 

 take the same oath, or affirma- 

 tion, and do the same duties. 



It is further agreed between 

 the two (2) parties, that, in case 

 any of the islands mentioned in 

 any of the preceding articles, 

 which were in the possession of 

 one of the parties, prior to the 

 commencement of the present 

 war between the two countries^ 

 should, by the decision of any 

 of the l>oards of commissioners 

 aforesaid, (4) fall within the do- 

 minions of the other party, all 

 grants of lands made previous to 

 that time, by the party having 

 had such possession, shall be as 

 valid, as if such island or islands 

 had, by such decision or deci- 

 sions, been adjudged to be within 

 the dominions of the party hav- 

 ing had such possession. 



Article VIII. It is agreed 

 that a line, drawn due north or 

 south, {as the case may be) from 

 the most northivestern point of the 

 Lake of the Woods, until it shall 

 intersect the forty-ninth parallel 

 of north latitude, and from the 

 pjoint of such intersection due 

 west, along and with, the said 

 parallel, shall be the dividing 

 line between his majesty'* s ter- 



