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Treaty, to tnko tisli of ovi-ry kiml, cxci'iit .slicll-lisli. on the casipvii sen-coasts mul slimcH of I ho United 

 States nortli of the thirty-ninth piirallel nf iiortii hililiiiie. ini'l on tlie shores of liie several ishinils 

 thereunto ailjacent, iinil in llie hays, liaihoiirs. mid ireei<s of the saiil sea-emists anil shores of the rniled 

 t>tati's anil of the tiaiil island)), without liein^; nstrieted to any distauee from the shore, with |ier!uiMsion 

 to land u]iou the said roasts nf the rnited .'^lalr-; and of tiie islands aforesaid for the |iiir|iose of dryinj; 

 llieir neis aihl ( mill;; their li--h ; |iro\ided that, ill so tiding', tiiey do n<il interfere with the ri^'hts of 

 private jirojierty, or with the lishernieii of liie I'nited States, in the |ieaicalile ii.-;e of any part of the 

 s.iid euiists in their oeLUJianey for the .<anie |iiiriiose, 



■ It is undei'stood that the aliove-nieiilinned lilieily ii|i)ilies solely to the sea fishery, and that sahnon 

 and shiid tisheries, and all other tisheries in rivers and nioutii-' of livers, are herchy ruservwl exclusively 

 tor lishennen of the I'nited States 



"AETUr.K XX. 



" It is agreed that the places desi|,'nated hy the t'oniinissionurs appointed under the lat Article of the 

 Trcntj' between Great Britain and the United States, eoniluded at Washin^itoii on tiie ."pih of .Fiine, \i<'A, 

 upon the coasts of Her Hritannie Majesty's J)oniinions and the United States, as jilaces reserved from 

 the common ri:_'ht of fishing' under that Treaty, shall he re^'arded as in like manner reserved from tlie 

 uommon ri^dit of tishiiii; under the preeediui; Aitiiles. In ease any ((iiestion sliouhl arise hetweeii the 

 Governments of the United States and of Her Jlritannie Majesty as to the eommnn ri;.'ht of tisliin^' in 

 places not thus desi^'natad as reserved, it is a^'reed that a Comniission shall he ap]iointed to desi;jniite 

 such places and ,shall he constituted in tiie sauut manner, and have the .same powers, duties and autiim it v 

 as the Commission upjioiuted under th« said 1st Article of the Treaty of the fitli of . I line, l^^.">4. 



Al.TICLE XXI 



" It is agreed that, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIIl of tlii.^ Treaty, lish-oil and 

 Ush of all kinds (except tish of the inland lakes ami of the rivers fallin;^' into them, and I'.vcept lish 

 preserved in oil), bciii;,' the produce of the fisheries of the United SUites, or of the iJominion of Canada, 

 or of Prince Edward Island, shall he admitti'd into each country respectively free of duty. 



•AIITIULK XXII. 



'■ Inasmurh as it is asserted hy the <!overiiment of Her flritaimie Majesty that the jirivihyes 

 accorded to llie citizens (jf the United States under Article XVII I of this Treaty are of ^^ri'iiter \aiiie 

 than those accorded hy ArticU.s XIX and XXI of this Treaty to the subjects c.f lie-- Itritaiinic Majesty, 

 and this a.ssertion is nut admitted by the ( loverniiietil of the United States, it is fiinlier a.'ieed that 

 Coiniiii.ssioners siiall he ap]iointed to determiiie, havini; re^'ard to the )irivileL;es accorded by tlie I'nited 

 Stales to the subjects of ller liritannic Majesty, as slated in Artich's XIX and XXI of this Treaty, the 

 amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, hiil'IiI to he jiaid liy the (Joveninient of the I'nited 

 Stales to the Government of Her Ihilannic Alajesty in return for lliii [irivile^'es aciordcd to llie citi/eiis 

 of the United Slates under Article XVI II of tlii-; Tii'aty ; and that any sum of money which the said 

 Commissioners may so award shall be jiaid by iho United States' fJovernmeiit. in a j^ioss sum, within 

 twelve months after such award .shall have been u'iveti 



AKTICI.F, X.MII 



"The Commissioners referreil to in l!ie preceding; Article .shall be apjiointed in the fnllnwiiiii 

 manner, that is to .say: One Commissinner shall lie named liy Her lirilannic Majesty, one liy the 

 President of the United States, and a third iiy Her lliilaiinic Majesty and llie I'resideiit of the United 

 States conjointly; and in case tiie third Coiiimissioiar ,-hall not have been so named within a jiericrd nf 

 throe monljis from the date when this Article shall take ctfect, then llii' third Comiiii^sionir shall Ic 

 named by tiie liepiescntalive at London of His Maje>ty llie I'lmperor nf .Viistria .11 d Kiiii,' ol iliiiejarv. 

 In ciLse of the death, absence, or incapacity nf any ( 'niiiiiii-<iniier. nr in tlii' cseiii 1 I any ( nninii-sKinci- 

 oiiiitliii'_' nr ceasiiiL.' tn art, the vacancy shall be tilled in the niaiiiier heieinbetnic |iiiividei| |..r iiiakiii;; 

 the ori;.'inal apiioinlniciit, the jieriod of three nmntlis in case of suih siilistitiitinii luin^' lalciihili'd fnan 

 the date of the hapiieiiin^' of the vacancy. 



" The Coiiimissinners so named shall meet in the ( ily of Halifax, in llii! Provime of NoMi Si utia, at 

 the earliest cniiveiiieiii Jieriod after lliey have liceii lespeetively named, and shall, liefnie prnre, diii^r tn 

 any business, make and subscribe a solemn ileclaralinii that they will im|iartially and careliill, c\amiiie 

 and decide the matters iilvrred tn them to the best nt their jiid^'iiieiil, and accordiiiL' tn |ii!iie and 

 eiiuity ; and such declaration shall he entered on the record of tlu'ir proceeiliiiLjs. 



" Ivich of the Hi^di Conliaclin^; I'artie.-- shall also name laie person t 1 iilteiid the Commit- nii as it-; 

 ugeut, lu reprcaeut it ^uuerally in all matters connected with the Commission 



'ARTICLE XXIV. 



"The proceeilin;rs shall be conducted in such order iM the Commissioners ap|iointi<l under 

 Articles XXII and XXIll of this Treaty shall determine. They shall he lioiiml to receive siu h oral 01 

 written testimony as either iinvernnicnt may |iicseiit. If either I'lirty shall offer oral lestiiunuv. the 

 other paily shall have llie ri'.'ht ol eros-^-e.^aiiiiiiatinn. under such rules as the ComniissinucH hall 

 prescribe. 



" If in the caiie suhmiUed to the Coninii.ssioners cilhci jmrty shall have specified or alluiicil to any 

 report or document in its own exclusive ]Mi.ss>'SBli'e '\ithniitanne.\in;; a copy, such party siiall he hound, 

 if the utlicr party thiuks proper to apply for it, to furnish iluit party with u cojiy thereof ; and eilhei pai i v 



