Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1861-12-05
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BY The President ofae United States Of America
| A PROCLAMATION.
| WHEREAS Convention for the ad.
justment of claims of citizens of the
United States against the Republic OF
Costa Rica was concluded between
the United States of America and that
Republic, and was signed by their
respective Plenipotentaries at San
Jose on the second day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty,
which Convention, being in the Eng
lish and Spanish languages, is, word
for word, as follows ......
Convention for the adjustment of claims
Of citizens Of The United States against
the Republic Of Costa Riea.
The United States of America and the
Republic of Costa Rica, desiring to
adjust the claims of citizens of said
States, against Costa Rica, in such
| manner as to cement the good un.
derstanding and friendly relations
now happily subsisting between the
two Republics, have resolved to set
tie such claims by means of con-
vention and for that purpose, ap-
pointed and conferred full powers,
respectively, to wit -. ,..
The President of the United States,
on Alexander Dimitry, Minister Res
ident of said United States, in the
Republic of Costa Rca, and his Ex-
cellency the Constitutional Presi-
dent of said Republic of Costa Rica
on Manuel Jose Carazo and Francis
co Maria Gglcsias, who, upon an
exchange of their plenary powers,
which were found in good and prop
er form, have agreed to the follow
ing articles: ..... a... .s. ....
ARTICLE I. .. -
1t is agreed that all claims of citi-
zens of the United States, upon the
Government of Costa Rica, arising
from injuries to their persons, or dam
ages to their property, under any form
whatsoever, through the action of au-
thorities of the Republic of Costa Rca.
statements of which, soliciting the in
| terposition Of the Govern,rcnt of tho
United States, have been presented to
the Department of State, at Washing.
ton, or to the diplomatic agents of said
United States at San Jose, of Costa
Rica, up to the date of the signature
of this convention, shall, together with
the documents in proof, on which they
may be founded, be referred to board
of commissioners, consisting of two
members, who shall be appointed in
the following manner One by the
Government of the United States Of
America, and one by the Government
Of the Republic of Costa Rica Pro
rided, hooerer, that no claim of any
citizen of the United States, who may
be proved to have been belligerent
during the occupation Of Nicaragua
by the troops of Costa Rica, on the
exercise of authority, by the latter,
within the territory of the former,
shall he considered as one proper for
the action of the board of commits
sioners herein provided for. a. ...r...-
In case of the death, absence or in
capacity, of either commissioner, or in
the event of either commissioners omit
ting, or ceasing to act, the Govern
ment of the United States of America,
or that of the Republic of Costa RIGA,
respectively. or tho Minister of the
latter, in the United States, acting by
its direction, shall forthwith proceed
to fill the vacancy thus occasioued. 10
The commissioners so named shall
meet at the city of Washington, with
in ninety days from the exchange Of
the rat;tications of this convention /;
and, before proceeding to business,
they shall, each of them, exhibit n SOL
emn oath, made and subscribed before
a competent authority, that they will
carefully examine into, and impair
tally decide, according to the princi-
pies OF justice and of equity, and to
the stipulations Of treaty, upon all the
claims laid before them, under the
provisions of this convention, by the
Government of the United States, and
in accordance with such evidence as
shall be submitted to them Oh the part
Of said United States and of the re-
public of Costa Rica, respectively.
And their oath to such effect, shall be
entered upon the record of their pro-
ceedings.
Said commissioners shall then pro-
coed to name an arbitrator, or umpire,
to decide upon any case or cases, con-
corning which they may disagree, OF
upon any point or points of difference
which may arise in the course of their
proceedings. And ii they cannot agree
in the selection, the arbitrator, or um
pire, shall be appointed by the Minis
ter of his Majesty the King of the
Belgians, to the United States, whom
the two high contracting parties shall
invite tolmake such appointment, and
whose selection shall be conclusive on
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ARTICLE 8.
The arbitrator or umpire, being ap-
pointed. the commissioners shall, with.
out delay, proceed to examine and de-
termine the. claims which may be pre-
sented to them, under the provisions
OF this convention. by the Govern
ment OF the United States, as stated
IN the preceding article; and they
shall hear, if required, one person in
behalf Of each Government, on every
separate claim.
i Each Government shall furnish, up.
on request Of either of the commits,
sioners such papers in its possession
as may be deemed important to the
just determination of any claims oi
citizens Of the United States, referred