Show the boundary malween Eat treen vreen ac an 1 them waltel states proclamation BY III THE ph T OF TITZ UNITED STATES or of AMERICA Where whereas 13 pcr anant lo 10 the first article of the treaty between the united states and the he mexican republic refu bilie tille I 1 of the thirtieth dav day of Dec december embe one thousand eight hundred and ana fifty three the true limits between the territories of the contracting parties were declared to be as follows retaining the samo same dividing line between the tho two Cali fornias as air already dy defined and tt dished according to the e fifth article of tilo the treaty of guadalape Guadal tipe hidalgo idalgo Il the limits bet between the two republics shall be as follows beginning in the gulf of mexico three twe leagues from land opposite the mouth of the the tha rio grande grand as provided in the fifth article articie of the he treaty of guadalupe pc hidalgo thence as defined in the said article up the middle of that river to the point po n t where th tha parallel of 31 deg re 47 min north latitude crosses the same thence due west one hundred miles thence south to ta the parallel cl oe of 31 de 20 min north latitude thence alon aion along 11 the said parallel of 31 de deg 20 epo anin C to the ilith meridian of longitude west of op greenwich thence in a straight line lina to a point on the Co colorado orado orada river twenty english miles below the junction of the gila and colorado rivers thence up the middle of the said river ca colorado until it intersects the present line lire be tween the United L States and I mexico I 1 and anil v whereas the sali said dividing line haa hia 11 liis llis ia bet bol bo bom L surveyed marked out and established hy by tb respective commissioners of the tho th contracting parties pursuant Var sane sate article gam same c e treaty now there therefore fote fore be it known that J 1 fralin lin pierce president of the tho United states of america do hereby declare to all whom it may coni corI concern cern that the line aforesaid shall bs ba hi hl hila la and considered as the boundary between ta uw united states and the mexican republic arki alki shall be respected as such sach by the cd states and the citizens thereof whereof I 1 have caused the seal stal of the united states to be hereunto agi ari arrived ived given giren under my hand at the cita of washington this second day pf af june in th ill year of our lord one thousand eie eig eight lit L r 3 hundred and fifty six and of the independence rende ren pen dence hice of the united states the elgh eightieth C leth FRANKLIN FRANAI PIERCE Pi ercyl Encyl by the president W L marcy secretary of |