Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-08-21
COUNCIL BLUFFS. IOWA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II, 1881.

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provisions OF shis coaFension. by Il
government Of the United States, An
! such oath shall be entered on the rseo,
OF their proceedings.
Tha commissioners shall then proese
70 name an arbitrator OF ampire ID Ii
eide upon any case or cases on which the
may differ in opinion. And IL they can
not agres ia the selection, the ursnfr
shall Be appointed by tAs ministaF 8
Prussia 10 the United States, whom III
two high contracting parties shall inyis
TO make aueh appointment, and whos
selection shall be conclusive on bot
parties.
Art. II. The arbitrator being appoint
ed, The commissioners shall proceed Id an
anime and determine the claims v<iol
may be preaented to them, undeg Ii.
provisions Of this coaysntion. by the Gov.
ernment Of the United States. toRsths,
With the eTidenea sabaitted 4, sumner,
OF them, and shall bear, ii REQUIRED. an
person Id behalf al each government an
every separate elaiaa. Esah government
snaA furnish, upon request az sishsg 0i
sne commissioners, such papers In ita
possession - the commissioners NAV deem,
important to the just determination OF
any claims presented to them. In cases
FheEa they agree to award an indemnify,
they shail determine the amount 60 Be
PAM having due regard, in claims which
have grown out Of the riot at Panama of
April Is, 1856, TO damages suffered
ihroaga death, wounds, rob6eries, or de-
struetion OF property. In cases WHARF
they cannot agree the subjects Of differ
enee shall be referred to the umpire. be-
fore whom each of the commissioners
may be herd, Rnd whose decision shall be
fnal.
Art. III. The commissioners shall issue
certificates of the sums to be paid. by
FiFaue OF their awards, to The claimants,
and the aggregate amount of said SANS
shall be paid TO the Government of the
United States, at Washington, in equal
semi annual payments, the Rrst payment
to Dc made six months from the eernina-
tlon OF the commission, and the whole
payment to be completed within eight
Years from the same date: and each of
said Gums shall hA~- s--A~---7- 49, ss.4y -4sfs
semi annually at the rate OF six per cent.
per annum from the day on which the
awards, respectively, shall hare been de-
creed. To meet these payments the gov
ernment of New Granada hereby speciaAly
appropFiates one half Of the coFnpensa-
tlon which may accrue to ii from the
Panama Railroad Company in lieu Of
postsges, By virtue Of the thirtieth article
OF the contract between the Republic of
New Granada and said company, made
April l5, 1850, and approved June 1,
1850, and also one half of the dividends
which it may receive from the net profits
of said soad, as provided in the tifty~f
article OF the same contract, but if these
funds should prove insufficient 70 make
the payments as above stipulated, New
Granada will provide other means for
that purpose.
Art. ". The commission herein pro-
vided shall terminate its Iabors in nine
months from ana including the day of its
organization; shall keep an accurate rec
ord OF Its proceedings, and may appoint
a secretary TO assist IN the transaction of
its business.
Art. Y. The proceedings of this COM
mission shall be final and conclusive with
respect TO all the claims before it, and its
awards shall be g full discharge 10 New
Granada of all claims of citizens of the
United States against that republic which
may have accrued prior TO the signature
oil this convention.
Art. VI. Each government shaIl pay
its own commissioner, but the umptre, as
we'll as the incidental expenses of the
commission, shall be paid, one half by the
United States and the othex half by New
Granada.
Art VII. The present convention shall
be ratified, and the rasifeations exchang-
ed in Washington.
IH faith whereof, we, the respective
plenipotentiaries, have signed this con =
Vention, and have hereunto afSxsd our
scala. .
Done st Washington, this tenth dag Of
September, Ia the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty- sevsn.
LEW. CASS, [sEAL.
P. A. HERRAN. isKAL.
And whereas the said convention, a.
amended, has been duly ratified on both
parts, and the respective raiiGcations Of
the same were exchanged at Washington
an the ffsh instant, By Lewis Casa. Sec
resary Of State OF the United States, aud
Senior Rafael Pombo, Charge d'Ahaires
I'D interim of the Granaiian Confedera-
oy, on the part of thaiE respective goy-
ernments.
Now, therefore, be ii known, that /,
JAMES BUCHANAN, President Of the
United States Of America, havs caused
the said convention to be made puhlic, to
the end that the same, and every clause
and article thereof, may be observed and
fulfilled with good faith by the United
States and the citizens thereof.
In witaess whereof, | have hareunto
set my hand and caused tbs ssal Of the
United States 10 be afixed.
Done al the city of Washington, this
eighth day of November, in slae
4 yeas of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and aixry, and oil
4. s.. the Independence OF the United
States Of America the eighty hfth.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
By the President:
LKW4s CAss, Sserstary Of State.
GsHvsatien between fas United States o. America