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 20].2 BOUNDARY CON VENTION—GREAT BRITAIN. Arun. 11, 1908. °¤¤'* °* '¤°¤“· It is hereb a d b the Hi h Contracting Parties that when such mm·'m"t°b°m°d` work is comgletgeldxthe Zntire cohrse of said boundary, showing the location of the boundary monuments and marks established along the course of the boundary, shall be marked upon quadruplicate sets of accurate modern charts prepared or adopted for that purpose, and the said Commissioners, or their successors, are hereby authorized and required to so mark the line and designate the monuments on such charts, two duplicate orials of which shall be filed with each Government, and the said oners, or their successors, shall also R°P°""· repare in du licate and file with each Government a joint report describing in diatail the work done by them in replacing and repairing lost or damaged monuments and the character and location of the severgl monuments and boundary marks placed by them along said . boun ary. . I D¤<=,*•*,•,;:_°¤ °* The line so laid down and defined shall be taken and deemed to be the- international boundary as defined and established by treaty provisions and the proceedings thereunder as aforesaid, from the summit_ of the Rocky Mountains to the eastern shore of the Gulf of Georgia. Ammon: VIII. The bmmdary from the forty-ninth parallel to the Pacific Ocean. ”°f""“" "°“‘ The High Contractin Parties a that each shall a int withumm ia 2t1?·<=i¤¤  out delay, an expert geggrapher org!-siierveyor to serve aslgdmmissioners for the purpose of delineating upon accurate modern charts, prepared or adopted by them for that purpose, the international boundary line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada from the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude along the middle of the channel which separates Vancouver’s Island from the mainland and _ the middle of the Haro Channel and of Fuca’s Straits to the Pacific 32Y“§’,§? T'°"""'· "‘ Ocean, as defined in Article I of the Treaty of June 15, 1846, between the United States and Great Britain, and as determined by the award made on October 21, 1872, by the Emperor of Germany as arbitrator 3,g·{*>1*·¤ T*¤¤¤<¤- P- pursuant to the provisions of Articles XXXIV—XLII of the Treaty ` of May 8, 1871, between the United States and Great Britain, and as traced out and marked on a quadruplicate set of charts prepared for that purpose and agreed upon and signed by the duly authorized representatives of the respective Governments, as appears from the ,,6§“"“° T'°"“°’· P- protocol of a conference at Washington on March 10, 1873, between such representatives which was signed by them on that date, and as defined by them in a written definition of said boundary signed b them and referred to in and attached to said protocol, and it is agreed that the said Commissioners shall adopt in place of the curved line passing between Saturna Island and Patos Island as shown on said charts a straight line running approximately north and south through a point midway between the eastern point of Saturna Island and the western point of Patos Island and intersecting the prolongations of the two straight lines of the boundary now joined by a curved line. The_ent1re line thus laid down shall consist of a series of connecting straight lines defined by distances and courses; and the Commissioners are authorized to select and establish such reference marks on shore as they may deem necessary for the proper definition and location on the water of the boundary aforesaid. A quadruplicate °“'“""°°° ‘“°"· set of such charts, showing the lines so laid down and marked by them and the location of the several n1arks or monuments selected or established by them along its course. shall be signed by them and two duplicate originals thereof shall be filed by them with each Government, and the Commissioners shall also prepare in duplicate and