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 Bay Company and of all British subjects who may be already in the occupation of land or other property lawfully acquired within the said Territory, shall be respected.

The farms lands and other property of every description belonging to the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company on the north side of the Columbia River shall be confirmed to the said company. In case however the situation of those farms and lands should be considered by the United States to be of public and political importance, and the United States Government should signify a desire to obtain possession of the whole, or of any part