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cal communication of their respective full powers, have, under the protection of Almighty God, the author of peace, arranged, agreed upon, and signed the following

Treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement be. tween the United States of America and the Mexican republic.

ARTICLE I.

There shall be firm and universal peace between the United States of America and the Mexican republic, and be tween their respective countries, territories, cities, towns, and people, without exception of places or persons.

ARTICLE II.

Immediately upon the signature of this treaty, a convention shall be entered into be. tween a commissioner or commissioners appointed by the General in-chief of the forces of the United States, and such as may be appointed by the Mexican government, to the end that a provisional suspension of hostilities shall take place, and that, in the places occupied by the said forces, constitutional order may be re-established, as regards the political, administrative and judicial branches, so far as this shall be permitted by the circumstances of military occupation.

ARTICLE III. Immediately upon the ratification of the present treaty by the government of the Uni

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ted States, orders shall be transmitted to the commanders of their land and naval forces, requiring the latter (provided this treaty shall then have been ratified by the government of the Mexican re public, and the ratifications exchanged) immediately to desist from blockading any Mexican ports; and requiring the former (under the same condition) to commence, at the earliest moTroops of the ment practicable, withdrawU. S. to be with- ing all troops of the United interior to certain States then in the interior of points near the sea coast, and the Mexican republic, to evacuation of the the points that shall be selected interior to completed with by common agreement, at a distance from the seaports not exceeding thirty leagues; and such evacuation of the interior of the republic shall be completed with the least possible delay; the Mexican gov. ernment hereby binding itself to afford every facility in its power for rendering the same convenient to the troops, on their march and in their new positions, and for promoting a Custom-houses good understanding between to the Mexican them and the inhabitants. In authorities, &c. like manner, orders shall be despatched to the persons in charge of the custom houses at all ports occupied by the forces of the United States, requiring them (under the same condition) immediately to deliver possession of the same to the persons authorized by the Mexican government to receive it, together with all bonds and evidences of debt for duties on importations and An account to on exportations, not yet fallbe made out of en due. Moreover, a faithcollected ful and exact account shall be the ratification of made out, showing the entire treaty by amount of all duties on im

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órdenes á sus comandantes de tierra y mar previniendo á estos segundos (siempre que el tratado haya sido ya ratificado por el gobierno de la república Mexicana y cangeadas las ratificaciones,) que inmediatamente alcen el bloqueo de todos los puertos Mexicanos, y mandando á los primeros (bajo la misma condicion) que á la mayor pos ible brevedad comiencen á retirar todas las tropas de los Estados Unidos que se hallá ren entonces en el interior de la república Mexicana, á puntos que se elegirán de comun acuerdo, y que no distarán de los puertos mas de treinta leguas; esta evacuacion del interior de la república se consumerá con la menor dila. cion posible, comprometiéndose á la vez el gobierno Mexicano á facilitar, cuanto quepa en su arbitrio, la evacuación de las tropas Americanas; á hacer cómodas su marcha y su permanencia en los nuevos puntos que se elijan; y a promover una buena inteligencia entre ellas y los habitantes. Igualmente se librarán órdenes á las personas en cargadas de las aduanas maritimas en todos los puertos ocupados por las fuerzas de los Estados Unidos, previniéndoles (bajo la misma condicion) que pongan inmediatamente en posesion de dichas aduanas á las personas autorizadas por el go. bierno Mexicano para recibirlas, entregándoles al mismo tiempo todas las obligaciones y constancias de deudas pendientes por derechos de importacion y exportacion, cuyos plazos no estén vencidos. Ademas se formará una cu

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Immediately after the exchange of ratifications of the prese nt treaty, all castles, forts, territories, places and possessions, which have been taken or occupied by the forces of the United States during the present war, within the limits of the Mexican republic, as about to be established by the following article, shall be de finitively restored to the said republic, together with all the artillery, arms, apparatus of war, munitions, and other public property, which were in the said castles and forts when captured, and which shall re main there at the time when this treaty shall be duly ratified by the government of the

government of

within

three months after fications.

exchange of rati

fieste el total monto de los de- be paid over to the rechos de importacion y ex Mexico portacion, recaudados en las mismas aduanas maritimas ó en cualquiera otro lugar de México por autoridad de los Estados Unidos desde el dia de la ratificacion de este tratado por el gobierno de la república Mexicana; y tambien una cuenta de los gastos de recaudacion; y la total suma de los derechos cotrados, deducidos solamente los gastos de recaudacion, se entregará al gobierno Mexicano en la ciudad de México á los tres meses del cange de las ratificaciones.

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Luego que se verifique el All castles, cange de las ratificaciones del forts. &c., taken presente tratado, todos los cas- the U. S. within tillos, fortalezas, territorios, lu- ico established by gares, y posesiones que hayan restored immedi tomado ú ocupado las fuerzas ately de los Estados Unidos, en la tions. presente guerra, dentro de los limites que por el siguiente artículo van á fijarse á la república Mexicana, se devolverán definitivamente á la misma república, con toda la artilleria, armas, aparejos de guerra, municiones, y cualquiera otra propiedad pública existentes en dichos castillos y fortalezas, cuando fueron tomados, y que se conserve en ellos al tiempo de ratificarse por el gobierno de la república Mex

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The final evacuation of the territory to be territory of the Mexican rethree months from public, by the forces of the exchange of rati- United States, shall be com

completed in

fications.

If ratifications

place in time to

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the sickly season,

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pleted in three months from the said exchange of ratifica tions, or sooner if possible: the Mexican government here by engaging, as in the fore going article, to use all means in its power for facilitating such evacuation, and rendering it convenient to the troops, and for promoting a good understanding between them and the inhabitants.

If, however, the ratification should not take of this treaty by both parties allow of embai should not take place in time troops before to allow the enibarcation of commencement of the troops of the United States healthy places to to be completed before the their residence commencement of the sickly healthy season. season, at the Mexican ports on the gulf of Mexico, in such case a friendly arrangement shall be entered into between the General-in-chief of the said troops and the Mexican government, whereby healthy and otherwise suitable places at a distance from the ports not

icana el presente tratado. A este efecto, inmediatamente despues que se firme, se expedirán órdenes á los oficiales Americanos que mandan dichos castillos y fortalezas para asegurar toda la artilleria, armas, aparejos de guerra, municiones, y cualquiera otra propiedad pública, la cual no podrá en adelante removerse de donde se halla, ni des truirse. La ciudad de Mexico dentro de la linea interior de atrincheramientos que la circundan queda comprendida en la precedente estipulacion en lo que toca a la devolucion de artilleria, aparejos de guerra,

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de los puertos mas de treinta leguas) para que residan en ellos hasta la vuelta de la estacion sana las tropas que aun no se hayan embarcado. Y queda entendido que el espacio de tiempo de que aquí se habla, como comprensivo de la estacion malsana, se extiende desde el dia primero de Mayo hasta el dia primero de Noviembre.

Todos los prisioneros de guerra tomados en mar ó tierra por ambas partes, se restituirán á la mayor breve. dad posible despues del cange de las ratificaciones del presente tratado. Queda tambien convenido que si algunos Mexicanos estuviéren ahora cautivos en poder de alguna tribu salvage dentro de los limites que porel siguiente articulo van á fijarse álos Estados Unidos, el gobierno de los mismos Estados Unidos exigirá su libertad y los hará restituir á su pais.

ARTICULO V.

Prisoners of war to be restored

Boundary line

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La línea divisoria entre las between the two dos repúblicas comenzará en republics el golfo de México, tres leguas fuera de tierra frente á la desembocadura del Rio Grande, llamado por otro nombre Rio Bravo del Norte, ó del mas profundo de sus brazos, si en la desembocadura tuviére varios brazos: correrá por mitad de dicho rio, siguiendo el canal mas profundo, donde tenga mas de un canal, hasta el punto en que dicho rio corta el lindero meridional de Nuevo Mexico; continuará luego hácia occidente por todo este lindero meridional (que corre al norte del pueblo llamado Paso) hasta su término por

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