مقرر گردید که برای مدت سالهای ذکرشده در ماده ۳۳ این معاهده، کالاها و اقلام تجاری که به بنادر نیویورک، بوستون و پورتلند — و همچنین هر بندر دیگری در ایالات متحده که توسط رئیسجمهور ایالات متحده تعیین شده یا ممکن است متعاقباً تعیین شود — وارد شده و مقصد آنها قلمروهای متعلق به علیاحضرت ملکه بریتانیا در آمریکای شمالی باشد، بتوانند در گمرک مربوطه اظهار و ثبت شده و بدون پرداخت حقوق گمرکی، از طریق خاک ایالات متحده ترانزیت شوند؛ مشروط بر اینکه این امر تابع قواعد، مقررات و شرایطی باشد که دولت ایالات متحده برای حفاظت از درآمدهای گمرکی وضع میکند یا ممکن است در آینده وضع نماید.
It is agreed that, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII of this treaty, goods, wares, or merchandise arriving at the ports of New York, Boston, and Portland, and any other ports in the United States which have been or may, from time to time, be specially designated by the President of the United States, and destined for Her Britannic Majesty’s possessions in North America, may be entered at the proper custom-house and conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, through the territory of the United States, under such rules, regulations, and conditions for the protection of the revenue as the Government of the United States may from time to time prescribe; and under like rules, regulations, and conditions, goods, wares, or merchandise may be conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, from such possessions through the territory of the United States for export from the said ports of the United States. It is further agreed that, for the like period, goods, wares, or merchandise arriving at any of the ports of her Britannic Majesty’s possessions in North America, and destined for the United States, may be entered at the proper custom-house and conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, through the said possessions, under such rules and regulations and conditions for the protection of the revenue as the governments of the said possessions may from time to time prescribe; and, under like rules, regulations, and conditions, goods, wares, or merchandise may be conveyed in transit, without payment of duties, from the United States through the said possessions to other places in the United States, or for export from ports in the said possessions. Article XXX.