20lO BOUNDARY CONVENTION—GREAT BRITAIN. Arun. 11, 1908. m*’“3}1’!,*° T""’·“°°·.PP· between the United States and Great Britain dated September 3, '1783, and in Article II of the Treaty of August 9, 1842, between the United States and Great Britain, wherein is defined also the location of the said northwesternmost point of the Lake of the Woods, and the greater pa}rt of ttl1e said boémdaréy is markedhon chzprtsl crgerirég that section 0 the unda a opte as treaty c arts 0 the oun - ar·y under the provisions o1iYArticle II of the Treaty of 1842 aforesaid, but has never been actually located or monumented along its _ cgurse by joint acltign of tlhe two Glpvernments, gud nlo {pint survey 0 its course has n ma e since the survey un er the irection 0 mhbuc '1`*¤**i°¤· P· the Commissioners appointed under Article VII of éhe Treaty of ` December 24 1814 between the United States and reat Britain, under whose direction the charts above mentioned were prepared, comminionemmre It is agreed that each of the High Contracting Parties shall ap- $’l}l,iZlT’ °°°"°°°"d` point, without delay, an expert geographer or surveyor as Commissioners, who shall reestablish and fix the actual location of said ent1re bpunda?) described and charted af aforesaid, and designate the (fide o the undary upon which eac islan ad`acent to the boun ary belongs, it being mutually understood that tlie boundary, so far as pract1cable, shall be a water line and shall not intersect islands lying along its course, and the Commissioners shall so far as practicable mark such boundary along its cougse by monuments and buoys and range marks and such other boun ary marks as the Commissioners may determihe, and at such points as in their judgment it is desir- ¤¤¤¤·*¤*>¤¤¤d· able that the boundary shall be so marked; and it is. further agreed _ that the course of the entire boundary as described and laid down as aforesaid and as monumented by said Commissioners shall be marked by them upon quadruplicate sets of accurate modern charts prepared or adopted by them for that purpose, and that said charts so marked shall be certified and signed by them and two duplicate originals mm thereof shall be filed with each Government, and said Commissioners shall also prepare in duplicate Bald file with each Gpvernment a joint report or reports describing in etail the course 0 the boundary so marked blyltgiem and the character and location of the several monuments an undary marks and ranges marking it. b0{‘,§§Q,j,’l§,fQ_°“ °' The line so defined and laid down shall be taken and deemed to be the international boundary as defined and established under the aforesaid treaties from the mouth of Pigeon River to the northwestern- _ most pomt of the Lake of the Woods. V ARTICLE VI. The bmzndavy from the northumvtewzmoaz point of the Lake of the W 00ds to the summit of the Rocky Jlozmtains. ,,§’,‘{‘,§€,‘i,§{§,,§f,,‘§,':; In order to complete and render thoroughly effective the demarcagg,¥mB¤{0L:§$ng,t¤;•; tion of the international boundary between the United States and the may Mountains, Dlomépigg of Calnada from téielporkthvvipstspnmost point of the Lake of t e o s tot e summit o the oc y ountains which be da according to existinfg treaties, runs due south fr·om said northviigteririj most point to the orty-ninth parallel of north latitude and thence algng that pairalleé tohthe sumrmt of the Rocélky Mountains, and has n surveye an c arte an mouumente as appears fr·om th series of twenty-four sectional maps covering this portion of th; ploppdary prepared sud filed lgydths J oigt Commission appointed for _ _ urpose y join ac ion o e wo overnments in 1872 1,,§°,L’,£‘“‘“‘““‘,,,,c__°{f,§,"f‘,f,’,{,°j It is agreed that each of the High Contracting Parties shall ap- ¤°““’¤°¤** point, without delay, an expert geographer or surveyor as a Commissioner, and under the Joint direction of such Commissioners lost or damaged monuments ong the course of said boundary shall be relo-
