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 CONVENTION—GREAT BRITAIN. APRIL 21, 1906. 2949 ous to provide for the surveying and marking out upon the ground of the said astronomical line established by existing treaties, and thus to remove any possible cause of difference between their respective governments in regard to the location of the said 141st meridian o West Longitude, have resolved to conclude a convention to that end, and for that purpose have appointed their respective plenipotentiaries: » The President of the United States of America, The Honorable P1°°*P°*°'“i“"i°5· Elihu Root, Secretary of State of the United States, and His Britannic Majesty, The Right Honorable Sir H. Mortimer Durand, G. C. M. G., K. C. S. I., K. C. I. E., His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles: Anrrorrz I. Each Govermnent shall appoint one Commissioner with whom C°mm*¤i°¤°”·°‘°· may be associated such surveyors, astronomers and other assistants as each Government may elect. The Commissioners shall at as early a period as practicable ascertain by the telegraphic method a convenient point on the 141st meridian of West Longitude and shall then proceed under their joint direction and by their joint operations in the field, to trace and mark so much of a north and south line passing through said point as is necessary to be defined for determining the exact boundary line as established by the said Convention of 28/16 February, 1825, between the possessions in America of His Britannic Majest, and the ad`a- cent possessions in America formerl belonging to His Majesty Tlhe Emperor of all the Russias and cededy to the United States by the said v01. 15,p. rss. Treaty of 30th March, 1867. ARTICLE II. The location of the 141st meridian as determined hereunder shall uu*f§Q,’,‘j,f*“’1*“€‘“°"‘ be marked by intervisible objects, natural or artificial, at such distances apart as the Commissioners shall agree upon and by such additional marks as they shall deem necessary, and the line when and I where thus marked, in whole or in part, and agreed upon by the Commissioners, shall be deemed to define permanently for all international purposes the 141st meridian mentioned in the treaty of February 28/16, 1825, between Great Britain and Russia. The location of the marks shall be described b such views, ma s _M¤p¤. etc., or loca and other means as the Commissioners shall decidre upon, and dupli— lm"' cate records of these descriptions shall be attested by the Commissioners jointly and be by them deposited with their respective Governments, together with their iinal report hereinafter mentioned. · ARTICLE III. Each Government shall bear the expenses incident to the emplloy- E¤P¤¤S€¤- ment of its own appointees and of the operations conducted by them, but the cost of material used in permanently marking the meridian, and of its transportation and erection in place, shall be borne equally and jointly by the two Governments. . ‘ Anrrcuz IV. ·¤ The Commissioners shall diligently prosecute the work to its com- R€P°**·*· pletion and they shall submit to their respective Governments from