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the Unied States, have been presented
TO the Department of State, or TO the
Minister OF the United States in Spain,
since the date of the convention Of
1902, and until the signature of this
treaty.
The remuneration Of his Catholic Ma
Jcsty extends:
|. To all the injuries mentioned in
the convention oil the lth Of August,
1909.
2. To the sums which his Catholic
Majesty advanced for the return of Cap
tain Pike from the Provincias Internas.
s. To all the injuries caused by the
expedition Of Miranda, that was fitted out
and equipped at New-York.
4. To all claims of Spanish subjects
upon the government of the United
States, arising from unlawful seizures
at sea, or within the ports and
territorial jurisdiction Of the United
States.
Finally, to all the claims of subjects
ofhis Catholic Majesty upon the govern
ment of the United States, in which the
interposition of his Catholic Malcsty's
government has been solicited before
the date of this treaty, and since the date
OF the convention of 8O2, or which may
have been made to the Department of
Foreign Affairs of his Majesty, or to his
Minister in the United States.
And the high contracting parties, re-
spectively, renounce all claim to indem-
mites for any of the recent events or
transactions of their respective COM
manders and officers in the Floridas.
The United States will cause salts
faction to be made for the injuries, if any,
which by process of law, shall be esta-
blished to have been suffered by the
Spanish officers, and individual Spanish
inhabitants, by the late operations OF the
American army in Florida.
.drticle 10.
The convention entered into between
the two governments, on the | 18th OF Au-
gust, 1902, the notifications OF which
were exchanged the 2lst December,
1918, is annulled.
article IL.
The United States, generating Spain
from all demands in future, on account
OF the claims of their citizens to which
the renunciations herein contained ex-
tend, and considering them entirely can
celled, undertake to make satisfaction
tor the same, to an amount not exceed
ing FIVE millions of dollars. TO ascer-
tain the full amount and validity those
claims, Commission, to consist of three
Commissioners, citizens of the United
States, shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent
OF the Senate, which commission shall
meet at the city of Washington, and,
within the space of three years from the
time of their first meeting, shall receive,
examine, and decide upon the amount
and validity Of all the CLAIMS included
within the descriptions above mentioned.
The said Commissioners shall take an
oath or affirmation, to be entered on the
record of their proceedings, for the faith
ful and diligent discharge of their du-
ties; and, in case of the death, sickness,
or necessary absence of any such Conn
missioner, his place may be supplied by
the appointment as aforesaid, or by the
President of the United States, during
the recess of the Senate, of another
Commissioner in his stead. The said
Commissioners shall be authorized to
hear and examine, on oath, every ques-
ton relative to the said claims, and to
receive all suitable authentic testimony
concerning the same. And the Spanish
Government shall furnish all such docu-
ments and calculations as may be in their
possession, for the adjustment of the
said claims, according to the principles
of Justice, the laws Of nations, and the
stipulations of the treaty between the
two parties Of 9th October, 1905; the
said documents to be specified when de-
manded at the instance of the said Com
missioners.
The payment of such claims as may
be admitted and adjusted by the said
Commissioners, or the major part of
them, to an amount not exceeding five
millions of dollars, shall be made by the
United States, either Immediately at
their Treasury, or by the creation of
Stock bearing an interest of six per cent.
per annum, payable from the proceeds
OF sales of public lands within the ter
ritories hereby coded to the United
States, or in such other manner as the
Congress of the United States may pre-
scribe by law.
The records of the proceedings ofthe
said Commissioners, together with the
vouchers and documents produced be-
fore them, relative to the claims to be
adjusted and decided upon by them,
shall, after the close Of their transact
tons, be deposited in the Department Of