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 312 rnnmc r12,EAT1Es. Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I. Convention of All the provisions of the convention concluded between the_United JPIY ih. 1815- °°“‘ States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom —"""°d m f°r°°' of Great Britain and Ireland, on the third of July,_1815, and further continued for the term of ten years by the fourth article of the convention of the twentieth of October, 1818, with the exception therem contained as to St. Helena, are hereby further indefinitely, and without the said exception, extended and continued in force, from the date of the expiration of the said ten years, in the same manner as if all the provisions of the said convention of the third of July, 1815, were herein specifically recited. Anrromz II. Duration or can- It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, '°”“*°¤· in case either should think lit, at any time after the expiration of the said ten years, that is, after the twentieth of October, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and nbrogate this convention; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice. Anmom IH. Batiiieations. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratiiications shall be exchanged in nine months, or sooner if possible. Signatures- In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have ailixed thereto the seals of their arms. D°*·°- Done at London the sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. ALBERT GALLATIN. [L. s.] CHA. GRANT. [L. . HENRY UN WIN ADDINGTON. [L. S.] GREAT BRITAIN, 1827. 8B9h2g, IBN- CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT AT LONDON SEPTEMBER 29, 1827; RATIFICATION ADVISED BY SENATE JANUARY 14, 12s2s; RATIFIED BY PRESIDENT FEBRUARY 12 1e2s; RATI- ECATEIONS EXCHANGED AT LONDON APRIL 2, 1828; PROCDAIMED MAY · Preamble. Whereas it is provided by the fifth article of the treaty of Ghent, that, in case the Commissioners appointed under that article, for the settle- [S6, A,.,,,,,° V, ment of the boundary line therein described, should not be able to agree treaty or 1814, pp. upon such boundary line, the report or reports of those Commissioners, 289,290-] stating the points on which they had diilered, should be submitted to some friendly Sovereign or State, and that the decision given bv such Sovereign or State, on such points of difference, should be considered by the contracting parties as final and conclusive: That case having now arisen, and it having, therefore, become expedient to proceed to and _ Contracting par- regulate the reference as above described, the United States of America ¢¤¤¤- and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ggdand have, for that purpose, named their Plcnipotentiaries, that is to
 * 1* BRITAIN RELATIVE T0 THE NORTIIEASTBRN BOUNDARY, CONCLUDED