JOURNAL or THE JOINT COMMISSION. 



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Tlic coiiimiseion adjourned, to meet to-morrow at 10 oVloclc ft. lu. 



JOSK SALAZATl Y LAPiriEGUI 

 W. II. EMOKY. 



Vaso dfl Xortr, Januayj 12, 1 ?."■».">. 

 The commission met agreeably to adjournment, and agreed to place ouc numument as near 

 tlic river as the nature of the ground Avill admit, to be of dressed stone, having on the north 



face: 



U. S. 



BOUNDARY, 



Under ihc treaty of December 30, 1853 



On the south face : 



Luuite conforine al tratado de 30 de Diciemhre dc 1853 



On the west ; 



JOSE SALAZAR Y LARREGUT, Comisionarlo Mer-ano. 



On the east : 



W. 11. LMORY, U. S. Commissioii^. 



The commission further agreed : 



pyramid 



mortar 



crest of the first range of hills, and one of the same description in sight of the ruud leading 

 from EI Paso to the north. 



2d. To put up a monument at the extremity of the line of 31^ AT of the same kind, and with 

 the same inscription^ as that first named ; to put uj) pyramids along the line wherever tlio 

 facilities of water and stone will admit. 



3d, To lay the foundation of the monument nearest the river on the 2-ltli January. 



There being no further business before the commission, it adjourned, to meet at 12 m. on the 

 24th instant. 



TV. H. EMORY. 



JOSE SALAZAR Y LARREGUI. 



Paso del Norti:, January 26, 1855. 



The commission met on this day. 



The Mexican commissioner having notified the American commissioner, by letter, on the 

 16th, that, in consequence of his absence in making a reconnoi««ance, lie could not attend the 

 placing of the corner-stone of the monument until the 3l8t, the American commissioner agreed 

 with him to postpone the establishment of the foundation of the monument to that day at 

 meridian, and we have this day met to give validity to that agreement. The American 

 commissioner stated that, in consequence of not getting a sufficient supply of water immedi- 

 ately on the line, he had somewhat changed his plans, and had adopted, as the base of his 

 operations, the nortli and south line Letween the parallels of 31° 47' and 31*^ 20^ The first 

 division of his party (the astronomical) had completed all their work here, and was ready to 



move 



move to-morrow 



commissioner, would follow with the halance of his party, the surveyors and the supplies, 

 immediately after the completion of their joint labors on the 31st instant. He further stated, 

 he had established points on the line beyond the road, and by the 31st his parties would have 



