. Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ... king an obliijue course toward a specified point on the Colorado River. It appears from the foregoing description of the condition of the old monuments at the timeof the present survey that the boundary, originally marked with an inadequate number of monu-ments, many of them unsubstantial tind without distinctive features, had become almost obliter-ated. In one section the distance between authentic marks was over 100 miles, on another ov
. Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ... king an obliijue course toward a specified point on the Colorado River. It appears from the foregoing description of the condition of the old monuments at the timeof the present survey that the boundary, originally marked with an inadequate number of monu-ments, many of them unsubstantial tind without distinctive features, had become almost obliter-ated. In one section the distance between authentic marks was over 100 miles, on another over80, while intervals as great as 10, ir>, and 20 miles were very fre(inent, giving rise to many disputesbetween miners, farmers, and herders, and permitting every facility and encouragement forsmuggling. Through the more settled regions, notably along the southern California line, an approximateboundary had been adopted and rights acquired which in some instances were found to beerroneous, entailing loss and dissatisfaction to citizens on both sides when the proper boundarybecame known. These cases, happily, were neither numerous nor very UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN BOUNDARY. 179 CHAPTER VII. CONSTRUCTION AND. ERECTION OF NEW :M0NXTMENTS. The convention of 1882 between the United States and Mexico, revived by the conventionof 1889, contained provisions with respect to the erection of new monuments. A full copy ofthese conventions will be found in the joint report of this commission. It was provided therein that the old monuments heretofore placed along the boundary shouldbe restored in their original places; that new monuments should be set up at such points as mightbe necessary, and that the distance between two consecutive monuments should never exceed8,000 meters; this distance to be reduced on those jiarts of the line which are inhabited orcapable of habitation. It was also provided that the monuments might be of stone in somelocalities, and in others should be
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