Excerpt from Chamizal Arbitration, Vol. 2: Appendix to the Case of the United States Before the International Boundary Commission, United States-Mexico; Pages 539-1162 The Undersigned, etc etc., has the honor to inform His Exy., etc., etc., that the Prest. U. S. Considering the near approach of the period when the Commissioners of the U. S. Of Mexico ought to meet at San Diego for the purpose of running and mark ing the boundary line between the two Republics, has instructed the U. To call His Exy's attention to the subject, with a view to promote an amicable understanding in regard to certain mat ters necessarily connected with the accomplishment of that object as stipulated in the fifth art. Of the treaty of peace concluded at Guadalupe on the 2d Feb., 1848. That art. Among other things, provides that in order to designate the boundary line with due precision upon authoritative maps 8: to establish upon the ground landmarks which shall show the limits of both Republics as described in the present (the fifth) art., the two Govt's shall each appoint a Commissioner and a Surveyor who, before the expiration of one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications, shall meet at the port of San Diego and proceed to run and mark the said boundary in its whole course to the mouth of the Rio Bravo del N orte. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.