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Who, having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, found in 

 good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: 



Art. I. The High Contracting Parties agree to appoint a Mixed Commission to 

 delimit, in the manner provided in this Treaty, the British waters, bays, creeks, and 

 harbors, of the coasts of Canada and of Newfoundland, as to which the United States, 

 by Article I. of the convention of October 20, 1818, between the United States and 

 Great Britain, renounced 'forever any liberty to take, dry, or cure fish. 



Art. II. The Commission shall consist of two Commissioners to be named by her 

 Britannic Majesty, and of two Commissioners to be named by the President'of the 

 United States, without delay, after the exchange of ratifications of this Treaty. 



The Commission shall meet and complete the delimitation as soon as possible 

 thereafter. 



In case of the death, absence, or incapacity of any Commissioner, or in the event 

 of any Commissioner omitting or ceasing to act as such the President of the United 

 States or Her Britannic Majesty, respectively, shall forthwith name another person 

 to act as Commissioner instead of the Commissioner originally named. 



Art. III. The delimitation referred to in Article I. of this Treaty shall be marked 

 upon British Admiralty charts by a series of lines regularly numbered and duly 

 described. The charts so marked shall, on the termination of the work of the Com- 

 mission, be signed by the Commissioners in quadruplicate, one copy whereof shall 

 be delivered to the Secretary of State of the United States, and three copies to Her 

 Majesty's Government. The delimitation shall be made in the following manner, 

 and shall be accepted by both the High Contracting Parties as applicable for all pur- 

 poses undfer Article I. of the Convention of October 20, 1818, between the United 

 States and Great Britain. 



The three marine miles mentioned in Article I. of the Convention of October 20, 

 1818, shall be measured seaward from low water mark; but at every bay, creek, or 

 harbor, not otherwise specially provided for in this Treaty, such three marine miles 

 shall be measured seaward from a straight line drawn across the bay, creek, or harbor, 

 in the part nearest the entrance at the first point where the width does not exceed 

 ten marine miles. 



Art. IV. At or near the following bays the limits of exclusion under Article I. 

 of the Convention of October 20, 1818, at points more than three marine miles from 

 low- water mark, shall be established by the following lines, namely: 



At the Bale des Chaleurs the line from the Light at Birch Point on Miscou Island 

 to Macquereau Point Light; at the Bay of Miramichi, the line from the Light at 

 Point Escuminac to the light on the Eastern Point of Tabisintac Gully; at Egmont 

 Bay, in Prince Edward Island, the line from the Light at Cape Egmont to the Light 

 at West Point; and off St. Ann's Bay, in the Province of Nova Scotia, the line from 

 Cape Smoke to the Light at Point Anconi. 



At Fortune Bay, in Newfoundland, the line from Connaigre Head to the Light on 

 "the South-easterly end of Brunet Island, thence to Fortune Head; at Sir Charles 

 Hamilton Sound, the line from the South-east point of Cape Fogo to White Island, 

 thence to the North end of Peckford Island, and from the South end of Peckford 

 Island to the East Headland of Ragged Harbor. 



At or near the following bays the limits of exclusion shall be three marine miles 

 seaward from the following lines, namely: 



At or near Barrington Bay, in Nova Scotia, the line from the Light on Stoddart 

 Island to the Light on the south point of Cape Sable, thence to the light at Baccaro 



