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 BOUNDARY TREA'I`Y—GREAT BRITAIN. MAY·21, 1910. 2477 Treaty between the United States and Great Britain the boundary May 21. 1910- line in Passamaguoddy Bay. Signed at Washington, May 21, 1910; ratvyication advised by the Senate June 6, 1910; ratified by the President, July 13, 1910;  by Great Britain, June 23, 1910; ratytcations exchanged at Was ington, August 20, 1910; proclaimed, September 8, 1910. i BY Tm; Pnnsinnnr or trim Unrriim Siwrns or Amimca. A PROCLAMATION. - - Whereas a Treat between the United States of America and His B°“¤d°’Y W"'}, C¤¤· Majesty` the King <§ the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- iiii§;P q (my land and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of '“m°‘ India, fixing and defining the location of the international boundary line between the Unite States and the Dominion of Canada in Passamaquoddy Bay and to the middle of Grand Manan Channel, and removin all causes of dispute in connection therewith, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the 21st day of May, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the ori ° al of which Treaty is word for word as follows: The Wlunited States of America and His Majesty the King of the "°“*'“°“°€ P°"°¤*· United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British . Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being e ually desirous of fixing and definin the location of the internationalqboundary line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada in Passama— quoddy Bay and to the middle of Grand Manan Channel, and of removing all causes of dispute in connection therewith, have for that purpose resolved to conclude a Treaty, and to that end have ap omted as their Plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America, Philander C. P‘°°*1’°‘°"“"'*°’· Knox, Secretary of State of the United States; and His Britannic Majesty, the Right Honorable James Br ce, O. M., his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Vvvashingtong VVho, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following Articles: Arrricnn I. Wmaznnss, by Article I of the Treaty of A ril 11, 1908, between Prim ¤zr¤em¤¤¢ fur the United States and Great Britain, it waspagreed that Commis— d°iiiii];lg1i>ii)•i)¢iizIid°ry` sioners should be appointed for the urpose of more accurately defining and marking the internationalpboundary line between the United States and the Dominion of Canada in the waters of Passama uoddy Bay from the mouth of the St. Croix River to the Bay of liundy, the description of the location of certain portions of such line being set forth in the aforesaid Article, and it was agreed with “ respect to the remaining portion of the line thateach of the High Contracting Parties shall present to the other within six months after the ratification of this Treaty a full printed statement of the evidence, with certified copies · of original documents referred to therein which are in its possession, and the arguments upon which it bases its contentions,