Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-12-05

i ~ tho SiSoH, iiHlD, OF Iiie ol any SAID
citizens, or damages committed, as
stipulated, in the first article, against
their property, In which the commits
sioners may agree to award an indem
nifty, they shall determine the amount
to be paid. In cases in which said
commissioners cannot agree, the points
OF difference shall be referred TO the
arbitrator, or umpire, before whom
each OF the commissioners may be
heard, and his decision shall be final.
. ... ARTICLE 4.
The commissioners shall issue Ger.
tificates of the sums to be paid to the
claimants, respectively, whether by
virtue Of the awards agreed to be-
tween themselves, or of those made
by them, in pursuance of decisions of
the arbitrator, or umpire and the ag-
gregatc amount of said sums, decreed
by the certificates Of award made by
the commissioners, in either manner
above indicated, and of the sums also
accrulng from such certificates Of
award as the arbitrator. or umpire.
may, under the authority hereinafter
conferred by the seventh article, have
made aud issued, with the rate of in
terest stipulated in the present arti-
Gle, in favor of any claimant, or claim.
ants, shall be paid to the Government
OF the United States, in the city of
Washington, in equally semi-annual
instalments. 1t is, however, hereby
agreed, by the contracting parties,
that the payment of the first Install
ment shall be made eight months from
the termination of the laborS Of the
commission and, after such first pay
mcnt, the second, and each succeeding
one, shall be made semi-annually,
counting from the date of the first
payment ; and the whole payment of
such aggregate amount, or amounts,
shall be perfected within the term of
ten years from the termination of said
commission and each of said sums
shall bear interest (also payable semi
annually at the rate of six per cent
per annum, from the day on which the
awards, respectively, viii have been
decreed.
To meet these payments, the Gov
ernment of the Republic of Costa Rica
hereby specially appropriates fifty per
cent. OF the nett proceeds of the revc-
nues, arising from the customs Of the
said Republic but if such appropria-
ton should prove Insufficient to make
the payments ns above atipnIato5, tho
Government of said Republic binds
itself to provide other means for that
purpose.
ARTICLE 5.
The commission herein provided
shall terminate its labors in nine
months from and including the day of
its organization. They shall keep an
accurate record of all their proceed
ings, and they may appoint secreta-
~, verscd in the knowledge of the
English and Of the Spanish languages,
to assist in the transaction of their
business. And, for the conduct of
such business, they are hereby author.
lied to make all necessary and lawful
rules.
ARTICLE 6.
The proceedings of this commission
shall be final and conclusive, with res
pcct to all the claims of citizens of
the United States, which, having ac-
crued prior to the date of this conven-
ton, may bc brought before it for adj
justmcnt and the United States agree
forever to release the Government of
the Republic of Costa Rica from any
further accountability for claims which
shall be rejected, either by the Board
of Commissioners, or by the arbitra-
tor, or umpire aforesaid or for such
as, being allowed by either the board
or the umpire, the Government of Cos
Ia Rica shall have provided for and
satisfied in the manner agreed upon
in the fourth article, .....s
e } a.sz#g ARTICLE I. -EIl saa
In the event, however, that upon
the termination of the, labors of said
commission stipulated for in the fifth
article Of this convention, any case or
cases should be pending before the
umpire, and awaiting his decision, il
is hereby understood and agreed by
the two contracting parties that,
though the board Of commissioners
may, by snch limitation, have tcrmina-
ted their action, said umpire is hereby
authorized and empowered to proceed
to make his decision or award in such
case or cases pending as aforesaid !;
and, upon his certificate thereof, in
each case, transmitted to each of the
two Governments, mentioning the
amount of indemnity, it such shall
have been allowed 10y him, together
with the rate of interest, specified by
the fourth article, such decision or
award shall be taken aud held to be
binding and conclusive, and it shall
work the same effect as though it had
been made by both the commissioners
under their ownagrecment, or by them
upon decision of the case or cases res
pcctively, Pronounced by the umpire
of said board, during the period pres
cribed for its sessions +: Prorided, hoio-
erer, That O decision on every case
that may be pending at the termina-
tion of the. labors Of the board shall
be given BY the umpire within sixty
days from their final Adjournment ,
and that at the expiration Of the said
sixty days the authority and power
hereby granted to said umpire shall
cease. lta ,gssas a1ah mWao
d1saH aaf ARTICLE s. s.aaL .Eal
q Each Government shall pay its own
commissioner but the umpire, as
well as the incidental expenses of the
commissioner, including the betrayal
of the services of a secretary, who
may be appointed under the fifth arti.
Gle, shall he paid one-half by the Uni
ted States, and the other half by the
Republic of Costa Rica. 4.
| ##1a..4a ARTICLE 8. ~
The present convention shall be ap