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 362 PUBLIC TREATIES. Article XVIII. common rights to It is agreed by the high contracting parties that, in addition to the American ¤i¤i¤¤¤¤ liberty secured to the United States fishermen by the convention be- °n°°`. 20th da of October 1818 of taking, curing, and rying s on cer ain ,,g§°° ‘},?l°lI°8Ig’ coasts df the British N orth American Colonies therein defined, the in- I,. 29g] ’ habitants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty, for the term of yeaismentioned [Sw A,.tI,,I" in Article XXXHI of this treaty, to take fish of every kind, except X X X I 1 a n u shell-usb, on the sea-coasts and shores, and in_the bays, harbours, and XXXUI-l creeks, of the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the colony of Prince Edward’s Island, and of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts and shores and islands, and also upon the Magdalen Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish; provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with British fishermen, in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose. _ _ Sm,,,,, and ,;,,,,1 It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to the ssnerioe excepted. sea fishery, and that the salmon and shad fisheries, and all other fisheries in rivers and the mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for British fishermen. Anrrcm XIX. Common rights It is agreed by the high contracting parties that British subjects shall iw British ¤¤i>J<?¤i¤¤ have, in common with the citizens of the United States, the liberty, for [SIB A I ti cl 8 B fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the eastern sea-coasts and shores II X X I I I ,, d of the United States north of the thirty-ninth parallel of north latitude, XXXIII.] and on the shores of the several islands thereunto adjacent, and in the bays, harbours, and creeks of the said seacoasts and shores of the [Sw A,,,I,,I,, II, United States and of the said islands, without being restricted to any treaty or 1st4, p. distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts 331-] of the United States and of the islands aforesaid, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish; provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with the fishermen of the United States in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose. soimoo and shud It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to the ¤¤i¤¤r¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤l>¤¤i· sea tishery, and that salmon and shad fisheries, and all other fisheries in rivers and mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for ushermen of the United States. Aarrcnn XX. Certain places It is agreed that the places designated by the Commissioners appointed *;;*;*,6 *1;*;. under the first article of thetreaty between the United States and Great asking_ Britain, concluded at Washington on the 5th of June, 1854, upon the [Sm Art, C, H coasts of Her Britanmc Magesty’s domimons and the United States, as X X X II an .1 places reserved from the common right of fishing under that treaty, XXXIII. . shall be regarded as in like manner reserved hom the common right of _ tishing under the preceding articles. In case any question should arise mIg¤<> (gn;;;: L between the Governments of the United States and of Her Britannic m0_]? · P· giaijggtty azsiteitthfe Jzorxgmiophrrtght of Hshing in lp1g0e1s not thus designated .. s v, 1 gre aacommissionsa ea intedtodesi- ,IcQg°Q5t:‘;,°If::c';_m nate such places, and shall be constituted in the same [manner, and har the same powers, duties, and authority as the commission appointed under the sand first article of the treaty of the 5th of June, 1854.
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