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 374 TREATY WITH MEXICO. 1828. ARTICLE FIRST. Boundary the The dividing limits_of the respective bordering territories of the same as fixed United States of America and of the United Mexican States, being the at same as were agreed and fixed upon by the abovementioned treaty of Feb. 22F18llI. Washington, concluded and signed on the twenty-second day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the two high contracting parties will proceed forthwith to carry into full effect the third and fourth articles of said treaty, which are herein recited, as follows: ARTICLE SECOND. Boundary to The boundary line between the two countries, west of the Mississippi, begin on the shall begin on the gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the river Sabine, in 8¤l*`<>*`dM¤¤i§°· the sea, continuing north along the western bank of that river, to the '_§_':3,,‘i,“Se';"{,,° 32d degree of latitude; thence, by a line due north, to the degree of lat.42.latitude where it strikes the Rio Roxo of Natchitoches, or Red river; then, following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London, and 23 from Washington; then, crossing the said Red river, and running thence by a line due north, to the river Arkansas; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source, in latitude 42 north; and thence, by that parallel of latitude, to the South sea: the whole being as laid down in Melish’s map of the United States, published at Philadelphia, improved to the first of January, ISIS. But, if the source of the Arkansas river shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude 42; and thence, along the said r,;,,,,;, j,,,;,,, parallel, to the South sea. All the islands in the Sabine, and the said Sabine, &·c. to Red and Arkansas rivers, throughout the course thus described, to 3*;; belong to the United States; but the use of the waters, and the navigaution of the Sabine to the sea, and of the said rivers Roxo and Arkansas, throughout the extent of the said boundary on their respective banks, shall be common to the respective inhabitants of both nations. The two high contracting parties agree to cede and renounce all their rights, claims, and pretensions to the territories described by the said line; that is to say: the United States hereby cede to his Catholic Majesty, and renounce forever, all their rights, claims, and pretensions to the territories lying west and south of the above described line; and, in like manner, his Catholic Majesty cedes to the said United States all his rights, claims, and pretensions to any territories east and north of the said line; and for himself, his heirs, and successors, renounces all claim to the said territories forever. ARTICLE THIRD. Commission- To tix this line with more precision, and to place the landmarks which ml *0 be ¤P· shall designate exactly the limits of both nations, each of the contractl°j°;’jj°:;_t° mn ing parties shall appoint a commissioner and a surveyor, who shall meet before the termination of one year from the date of the ratification of this treaty, at Natchitoches, on the Red river, and proceed to run and mark the said line, from the mouth of the Sabine to the Red river, and from the Red river to the river Arkansas, and to ascertain the latitude of the source of the said river Arkansas, in conformity to what is agreed upon and stipulated, and the line of latitude 42, to the South sea. They shall make out plans, and keep journals of their proceedings; and the result agreed upon by them shall be considered as part of this treaty, and shall have the same force as if it were inserted therein. The two Governments will amicubly agree respecting the necessary articles to be furnished to those persons, and also as to their respective escorts, should such be deemed necessary.