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

10 the person, limb, or life OF any said
citizens, or damages committed, as
stipulated, in the first article, against
their property, in which the commits
sloners 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.
tiiicates 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.
gregate amount of said sums, decreed
10y the certificates of award made by
the commissioners, in either manner
above indicated, and of the sums also
accruing from such certificates of
award as the arbitrator, or umpire,
may, under the authority hereinafter
conferred by the seventh article, have
made and 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
instruments. 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 l.; and, after such FIRST pay
ment, the second, and each succeeding
one, shall be made semi-annually,
counting from the date of the first
payment f; 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 tho rate of six per cent.
per annum, from the day on which the
awards, respectively, will have been
dccrccd.
To meet these payments, the Gov
eminent 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-
ch .@t H.
the payments as above stipulated. the
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 secrcta-
~, 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
pect TO all the claims of citizens of
the United States, which, having ac-
crued prior to the date of this conven-
ton, may be brought before it for adj
justment and the United States agree
forever to release the Government Of
the Republic of Costa RIGA 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 "a. ..4
rH J #...l / ARTICLE I. s#tsl tra
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 such limitation, have tcrmina
ted their action, said umpire is hereby
authorized and empowered to proceed
to make his decision OF award in sncl
ease or cases pending as aforesaid
and, upon his certificate thereof, il
each case, transmitted to. each of the
two Governments, mentioning the
amount of indemnity, if such sinai
have been allowed by him, together
with the rate Of interest specified by
the fourth article, such decision o.
award shall be taken and held to b,
binding and conclusive, and il shall
work the same effect as though it hae
been made by both the commissioners.
under their enlargement, or by then
upon decision of the case or cases res
pectively, pronounced by the umpir'
of said board, during the period pres
cribed for its sessions Prorided, ho,c
erer, That a decision on every cas-,
that may be pending at the termina
ton of the. labors Of the board shall
be given BY the umpire within sixt.
days. from their final Adjournment
and that at the expiration of the sai'
sixty days the authority and powe
hereby granted to said umpire shall
cease. hits ,g-a.a# aaaaanmap
Ia0al ~ gat ARTICLE 5. -,uaL .a4
Each Government shall pay its ow
commissioner but the umpire. a
we'll as the incidental expenses of tn
commissioner, including the defraya
of the services of secretary, VIII
may be appointed under the fifth art
Gle, shall he paid one-half by the I'm
ted States, and the other half by tn
Republic Of Costa Rica. .a,
r -sa ARTICLE 8. @
u The present convention shall be al