American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-01-24

the governments of the United States and of Gre
Britain shall not have agreed upon an average "
ue, to be allowed as compensation for each sla'
Tor whom indemnHcation may be due; then. * in ca
The commissioners and arbitrator shall conjoinl
proceed TO examine the testimony which shall
produced under the authority of the President
the United States, together with such other comp,
itent testimony as they may see cause to require
allow going to prove the true value OF slaves at tn
period Of the exchange Of the notifications of tn
treaty OF Client; and upon the evidence SO obtanet
they shall agree upon and FIX the average valu,
but IN case that u majority of the board of com
mlssioners and arbitrators should not be able
agree respecting such average value, then and i
that case, resource shall be had to the arbitration
the minister or other agent of the mediating powe
accredited to the government of the United State.
statement of the evidence produced, and of til
proceedings OF the board thereupon, shall be com
municated 10 the said minister or agent, and hi
decision, founded upon such evidence and proceed
lngs, shall be Email and conclusive. And the sal
average value. when fixed and determined by eilhe
Of the three before mentioned methods, shall in al
cases serve as a rule for the compensation 10 b
awarded tor each and every slave for whom it ma,
afterwards be found that decentralization is due.
drtlcte S.-When the average value of slave
shall hay. been ascertained and fixed the two com
mssloners shall constitute board for the examina
ton OF the claims which to be submitted to them
and they shall notify to the Secretary OF State oil thu
United States, that they ready to receive def
nitye list OF the slaves and other private property
Tor which the citizens OF the United States CLAIM
Iindemnihcation; it being understood and hereby
lagreed that the commission shall not take cogn
zance OF, nor receive, and that his Britannia Ma
Iesty shall not be required to make compensation
tor any claims for private property under the frs
article OF the treaty of Ghent not contained in til,
said list. And his Britannia Majesty hereby enga
ges TO cause to be produced before the commission
as material towards asceraining facts, all the ev
dence of which his ma esy's government may be il
possession, by returns from his maeslys officers Of
otherwise, OF the number of slaves carried away
But the evidence so produced, its effectiveness
shall not go in bar OF any claim or claims which
shall be otherwise satisfactorily authenticated.
.frtacte 4.--Ihe two commissioners are hereby
empowered and required to 60 into an examination
of all the claims submitted, through the above men
toned list, by owners OF slaves or other properly, o.
by their lawful attorneys or their representatives,
to determine the same, respectively, according L
the merits OF the several cases, under the rule o
the Imperial decision herein above rected, and ha
wing references if need there be, to the eypanalo or,
documents hereunto annexed, marked A. and b
And in considering such claims, the Commissioner
are empowered, and required, to examine on oatt
Jail such persons as shalt come before them, touch
ing the real number Of slaves value Of their pro
perty, Tor which naturalization is claimed and
also, 10 receive in evidence, according as they may
think consistent with equity and Justice, written de-
positions or papers, such dispositions papers be-
ing duly authenticated, either according to existing
legal orms, or in such other manner as the said
commissioners shall see cause to require or allow
.9rticle Sin the event of the two commission
rrs not agreeing in any particular case under ex.
animation, or Of their disagreement upon any ques-
ton which may result from the stipulations of this
convention, then and III that they shall draw by
lot the name of one of the arbitrator, who after
having given due consideration to the matter con-
tested, shall consult with the commissioners, and a
fna decision shall be given conormably to the opin-
ion OF the majority OF the two commissioners and oil
the a. bitrator drawn by lot And the arbitrator,
when SO acting with the two commissioners, shall
be bound in all respects by the rules of proceeding
enjoined by the fourth article of this convention
upon the commissioners, and shall be vested with
he same powers, and be deemed for that case com.
missioner.
.arttcte 6.-The decision Of the two commission
ers, OF the majority OF the board constituted by
the preceding article, shall in all cases be final and
conclusive, whether to the NUMBER the value, or
ownership of the slaves, or other property for which
indemni6cation is 10 be made. And his Britannia
Majesty engages to cause the sum awarded to each
and every owner in lieu Of his slave or slaves, or
other properly, to be paid in specie, without deduc
ton, at such time times and at such place or pla
ces, as shall be awarded by the said commissioners,
and on condition of such releases or assignments to
be given, they shall direct provided that such
payment shall be fixed to take place than
twelve months from the day of the exchange of the
ratification OF this convention.
article III is further agreed, that the COM
mssoners and arbitrators shall be respectively paid
in such manner shall be settled between the gov
ernments of the United States and Great Britain at
the time of the exchange Of the ratihcatlons of this
convention. And all other expenses attending the
execution the commission shall be betrayed joint
ly by the United States ard his Britannia majesty,
the same being previously asceItaned and allowed