Report Of The United States And Mexican Boundary Survey, The Direction Of The Secretary Of The Interior

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Page xv - And, in order to preclude all difficulty in tracing upon the ground the limit separating Upper from Lower California, it is agreed that the said limit shall consist of a straight line, drawn from the middle of the Rio Gila, where it unites with the Colorado, to a point on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, distant one marine league due south of the southernmost point of the Port of San Diego...
Page xv - Diego and proceed to run and mark the said boundary in its whole course to the mouth of the Rio Bravo del Norte. They shall keep journals and make out plans of their operations; and the result agreed upon by them shall be deemed a part of this Treaty, and shall have the same force as if it were inserted therein.
Page xvi - In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Department of the Interior of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Page xv - ... river Gila (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in a direct line to the same) ; thence down the middle of the said branch and of the said river, until it empties into the Rio Colorado; thence across the Rio Colorado, following the division line between Upper and Lower California, to the Pacific Ocean.
Page xvi - Office according to law: and to Have and to Hold the said Office, with all the powers, privileges and emoluments to the same of right appertaining unto him the said Henry Clay, during the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being.
Page xv - ... to the lllth meridian of longitude west of Greenwich ; thence in a straight line to a point on the Colorado River twenty P^nglish miles below the junction of the Gila and Colorado Rivers: thence up the middle of the said river Colorado until it intersects the present line between the United States and Mexico.
Page xv - DISTURNELL" — of which map a copy is added to this treaty, bearing the signatures and seals of the undersigned Plenipotentiaries. And, in order to preclude all difficulty in tracing upon the ground the limit separating Upper from Lower California, it is agreed that the said limit shall consist of a straight...
Page 139 - Republics; that line shall be alone established upon which the Commissioners may fix, their consent in this particular being considered decisive and an integral part of this Treaty, without necessity of ulterior ratification or approval, and without room for interpretation of any kind by either of the Parties contracting.
Page xv - The boundary line between the two republics shall commence in the gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea : from thence up the middle of that river...
Page xvi - President of the United States of America. To all who shall see these presents, greeting...

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