Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 3.djvu/673

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BOUNDARY TREATY—GREAT BRITAIN-CANADA. IFEB. 24,1925. 2105. ARTICLE III. Whereas the·_Treaty· concluded on May. 21, ‘ 1910, between, the un_Pf*•¤*¤¤°d°YB°Y United States and Great.Britain, defined the international bound- v¤1.s¤.p.w1. ary line between the United States and _the Dominion of Canada from a point in.Passama<§¤oddy Bay 1% between,Treat Island and Friar Head to themi dle of Gran anan Channel audyprc- vided that the location of the line so defined should be. laid down and. naarkedby the Commissioners appointed under the Treaty of April V¤L$5.D·¤0¤3· 1 1 1908.; Z · A s · . And whereas it has been found by thesurveys executed pursuant m,,I‘°§‘,,‘§°,§,‘_ ““"°' '°" to the said Treaty of Mag 21, 1910, that the terminus of the bound- V¤¤·3¤· v-we ary line defined bysai Treaty at the middle of Grand Manan Channel is less. than three nautical miles distant both from the shore line of Grand Manan Island in the Dominion of Canada and from the shore line of the State of Maine in the United States, and that there is a small `zone of waters of controvertible `urisdiction in Grand Manan Channel between said terminus and the High Seas; The Contractinglfarties, in order completely to define the bound- .,€,‘1$*,°§°‘$lth,°2;“{g‘§ ary line. between t United States and t e Dominionof Canadain ’•••· the Grand Manan Channel, hereby agree that an additional course shall be extended from the terminus of the boundary line defined by the said T1·eaty of May 21, 1910, south 34¤° 42’ west, for a dis- tance of two thousand three hundred eighty-three g{383§9meters, through the middle of Grand Manan Chann , to the ga: as. · d The course so defined shall be located and marked by e Commis- ¤.;I‘.,°;,°'°i°“.,;.§'3d, ”""k' sioners appointed under the Treaty of April 11, 1908, and shall be laid down by them on the chart or charts adopted 1n accordance with the provisions of Article I of the said Treaty, and a detailed account of the work done by the Commissioners m locating and marking said line, toggther with a description of the several monu- ments erected, shall included in the resort or reports prepared pursuant to Article I of the Treaty of Apr 11, 1908. A t t, The course so defined and laid down shall be taken_ and deemed ¤¤$°€ii°i”i¤ i`?.°i}Zigi to be the boundary line between the United States and the Domin- "°"“‘”’· ion of Canada in Grand Manan Channel from the terminus of the bsgundary line as defined by the Treaty of May 21, 1910, to the High as. . ARTICLE IV. Whereas, ursuant to existing treaties between the United States aggwmdxdg and Great gritain, a survey and effective demarcation of the *’°“°°°” “¤°=‘· boundary; line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada throiégh the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River and through the _ traits of Georgia Haro, and Juan de Fuca from the 49th arallel to _the Pacific Ocean and between; Alaska and the Dominion. of Canada from the Arctic Ocean to Mount St. Elias have been made and the signed joint maps and reports an respect thereto have been filed with the two governments; _ And whereas au surve and effective demarcation of the boundary ,,,,,L"?,{,‘_ “°"“" "°‘“‘ line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada from the Gulf of Georgia to Lake Sugrior and from the St. Lawrence R1ver to the Atlantic Ocean and tween Alaska and the Dominion of ganada from Mount St. Elias to Cape Muzon are nearing com- p e on; And whereas boundary monuments deteriorate and at times are ,,,?,£{’,fZ,2°" °' destvixged or damaged; and boundary vistas become closed by the gro of timber; Additional monu- . Amd whereas changing conditions require from time to time that mm •;•=·. gon _re- _the boundary be marke more precisely and plainly by the estab- gmqmmi °°°°"