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iiiav rail u|Hiii tliu (itlutr, tlirou^li the ('iiiiuiii.s,siiiut;rs, lu |ii(i(luof iht- urijjiiialu or curliticil cupie.s nf itny 

 piipcr.'^ I'.ililuced as uvidunui*, giving in uticli instunco hucIi ruasuniililu notice an thu Commissionore 

 may •I'luiirc. 



" The t'asi' on citlKfi' sicli- .^liail lie cliiscil witliiii a |iiiii)(l nf .-fix ladutlis from lliu date of thu organiza- 

 linu of iIm' (.'onniiissiiin. ami (lie C'lnnMiixsioncr^ siialt lie ri'i|Ui'.slcil to <;ive tlii'ir award as soon ii!< 

 |iussi1il(' iliun^aftiT. 'I'lit^ afMrL'.said |iLM'iod of six inuntlis nmy im uxluudud for iluve niuntliH in ciue of u 

 vacaiii'y occiiriiii,' aiiion<,' tlic (.'uiniuissiunurs uudur thu circiuusttiucua coutL'nipliilud in Article XXIll 

 nf tills TrciUy 



" AliTlCLE XXV. 



'Tin- f'Miiiiriissiiiiici'-: sliidi ki'('|i an accunili' rocurd and cori-eul niinutt's or aok-s of all their pro- 

 ici'i line's, with the diiti's llicii'iif. and may ap]ioiiit and employ a Sorretnry and any ntlier npcesanry 

 cplVicer or ntliccrs to assist tliciii in llic transaction of ilm lnisiiicsH which may mim' lieffirc them. 



" Kai'li of till' lli^'li I 'oiitrai'tin;.; I'artii s shall pay its own ( 'omniissioner and .\;;i'iit or ('onntsel ; nil 

 oilier cxpi'iisfs j|iall 111' drfriivcil liv I lie two ( lovtMiimeuts in fc|uul niuitius," 



• AUTKLK XXXll 



" It is further a^jrec'd liiiit the )irovisions and stiiailations of Articles XVI 1 1 to XXV of this Treaty. 

 iiiclusi\e, shall cxteml to tiir ( olmiy nf New foiilidlaiui, -o lar as they are applicahli'. Itill if the 

 Impcriii! I'arliaiiieiit, tin' Lcjislaliire of Ni'wfoiiiiillaihl, or the ("onjiiess of the Uiiiteil States shall not 

 emliiacr llir t'oioiiy'if Newfoiinilliiiid ill lin'ir l;i\\s inacied fnrc aiiyiiiL; tlie foievjoiii.; Articles iiitocJl'eel, 

 llicii lliH Arlic In shall U- of im I'tl'cct ; Imt the omi-^slnu to make provision liy law to j;ive it ulTect, 

 liy eithei of the bi,'islativc liodics afoiesaid, -^Imll iiol in any way impair any other .Vrtiulcs of this 

 Treatv 



AIITKI.I. XXXIII 



Till' lore.;niiiL; Artiilo XVIII lo XXV, inclusive, and Article XXX of this Treaty, shall take 

 "llect as soon as the laws rci|iiircd to i ally them into operation shall lia\e hceii pasM'il liy the Imperial 

 rarliiiliieiit of (lii'iit r.ritaili, liy llie I'ailiamelit of (.'aiiada, and hy the l.c^rislaliiie of I'riiice Kdward's 

 Isliiml, oil the one hand, and liy the Coii^'icss ul' the rnilcd Stales on the olliei. .'siicli assent havinj.' 

 liceii i;iveii, the said Article-. -.IimH riiiiaili in Inice for the period of tell Veals fioin the date at wliicli 

 lliev mav come into ii|ieratinii ; and fiuther until the expiration of l«o veal's after eithev of the llifili 

 ( 'oiMiactiiii,' I'arties shall have i,'i\eii notice to the other of its wish to terminate the >ame . each of tiie 

 llii^li Contract ill!,' Parties heiii;,' al lilieity to i,'ive such liulicu lo lliu other at the end of tin.' said period 

 of ten years, lU' at any time afierwards." 



T'ho Acts necessary to enable these Articles to be carried into cHect were 

 jKissed by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain on the Gtli August, 1872; by 

 tilt; Pai'liamcnt of Canada on the 14th June, 1872; by the Legislature of Prince 

 Kdwani Island (whicii did not at that time form part of the Dominion) on the 

 aiMli June, 1872; and by the United States' Congress on the "Juth February, 1873. 

 A Proclamation, dated Wasiiington, 7tli .rune, 1873, fixes the 1st of July of that 

 yc.ir as tlie day on which these .'Vrticles should come formally into operation. 



Slime dillicultics havinij arisen in llic case of Newfoundland, it was not untit the 

 'istli March, 1874, that the necessary Act was passed by that C\)lony ; and a 

 Proclamation issued on th<> iMJth May of the same year llxed the 1st day of June, 

 |s7l, as the day on wliicli the Kisiiery Articles of the Treaty of Washington, so far 

 as they rehiti' to NewfoiMidland, should come into elf'ecl. 



Ill the case of Canada, it was dct'incd advisable lo admit American tishermcn 

 lo I lie practical use of the privileges sperilicd in the 'JVivity in advance of the 

 inrinal Legislative Acts iiec(;ss;iry for that purpose. .\ti official coniminiication to 

 thai (Meet was made early in is^7.1, and by a Circular from the United States' 

 'rteastiry Department, dated 1st April, 187.1, .Vnierican fishermen at once availed 

 titciiiselvcs of the freedom of Canadian inshore waters. This was (itiy acknow- 

 leiio-cd liy the United Slates' (iovernment as 'a liberal and friendly " act on the 

 part of the Dominion (nivernnient. .\ similar concession had been [ircviously 

 made l)\ the (iovernment of Prince Kdward Island, who admitted .\merican Hslter- 

 nien li> llic practical iVcedom of their waters on the ■J4th July, 187I. 



Tile Teealy of Washington lijiviiig Ihhmi ratiticd, it became necessary to take 

 ,^l('ps for the constitution of the Commission appointed to meet at Halifax, in the 

 nianmr piocribcd by liie Treaty, and in the meanwhile, Her .Miijcstys (iovcrnmenl 

 having iippiiiiiled their Agent to the Commission, he proceedeii to Washington, and 

 some negotiations were entered into with a view to substitute an arrangement with 

 respei't to recipr ic.d free trade between Canadti and the United States, for the 

 award of the CommiasicHurs as iirovidcd uiiiler Article XXII of the Treaty, it 

 (icing always distinctly inidcrbtooa that in case of the failure of such negotiations 



