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years mentioned in Article XX XIII. of this Treaty, to take fish of every kind, 
except shell-fish, on the eastern sea-coasts and shores of the United States 
north of the thirty-ninth parallel of north latitude, and on the shores of the sev- 
eral islands thereunto adjacent, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the 
said sea-coasts and shores of the United States and of the said islands, without 
being restricted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon 
the said coasts of the United States and of the islands aforesaid, for the pur- 
pose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that, in so doing, they 
do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with the fishermen of the 
United States in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occu- 
pancy for the same purpose. 
It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to the sea 
fishery, and that salmon and shad fisheries, and all other fisheries in rivers and 
mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for fishermen of the United 
States. 
ARTICLE XX. 
It is agreed that the places designated by the Commissioners appointed un- 
der the First Article of the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, | 
concluded at Washington on the 5th of June, 1854, upon the coasts of Her Bri- 
tannic Majesty’s Dominions and the United States, as places reserved from the 
common right of fishing under that Treaty, shall be regarded as in like manner 
reserved from the common right of fishing under the preceding articles. In 
case any question should arise between the Governments of the United States 
and of Her Britannic Majesty as to the common right of fishing in places not 
thus designated as reserved, it is agreed'that a Commission shall be appointed 
to designate such places, and shall*be constituted in the same manner, and have 
the same powers, duties, and authority as the Commission appointed under the 
said First Article of the Treaty of the 5th of June, 1854. 
ARTICLE XXI. 
It is agreed that, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIIL. of this 
Treaty, fish-oil and fish of all kinds (except fish of the inland lakes, and of the 
rivers falling into them, and except fish preserved in*oil], being the produce of 
the fisheries of the United States, or of the Dominion of Canada, or of Prince 
Edward’s Island, shall be admitted into each country, respectively, free of duty. 
ARTICLE XXII. 
Inasmuch as it is asserted by the Government of Her Britannic Majesty that 
the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII. 
of this Treaty are of greater value than those accorded by Articles XIX. and 
XXI. of this Treaty to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, and this assertion 
