مواد ۱۸ تا ۲۵ (شامل هر دو) و ماده ۳۰ این معاهده، به محض تصویب قوانین لازم برای اجرای آنها توسط پارلمان امپراتوری بریتانیای کبیر، پارلمان کانادا و مجلس قانونگذاری جزیره پرنس ادوارد از یک سو، و کنگره ایالات متحده از سوی دیگر، لازمالاجرا خواهند شد.
The foregoing Articles XVIII to XXV, inclusive, and Article XXX of this treaty, shall take effect as soon as the laws required to carry them into operation shall have been passed by the imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Canada, and by the legislature of Prince Edward’s Island on the one hand, and by the Congress of the United States on the other. Such assent having been given, the said articles shall remain in force for the period of ten years from the date at which they may come into operation; and further until the expiration of two years after either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same; each of the high contracting parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said period of ten years or at any time afterward. Article XXXIV.