The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-09-07

- and to give full effect to such decisions, with
out any objections, evasion, or delay whatso
II ever. 1t is agreed that no claim arising GU
of any transaction Of date prior to the 30tl
of November, 1863, shall be admissible unde
this convention.
ARTICLE III.
vi Every claim shall be presented to the com
missioners within two months from the day
A Of their first meeting, unless in any case
where reasons for delay shall be established
4 tn the satisfaction of the commissioners, OF
;. OF the arbitrator or umpire, in the event OF
. the commissioners differing in opinion there
on. and then and in every such case the peri
cd for presenting the claim may be extended
: to any period not exceeding one month long
, er.
. The commissioners shall be bound to ex-
anime and decide upon every claim within
, SIX months from the day of their first meet
ing.
ARrIcLEIv.
All sums of money which may be award
ed by the commissioners, or by the arbitra tor
or umpire, on account of any claim, shall be
paid by the one government to the other, as
the case may be, within four months after the
date Of the decision. without interest, and
without any deduction, save as specified in
Article vi, hereinafter.
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| ARTICLE Y.
| The high contracting parties
agree TO consider the result of
the proceedings of this commission as a full.
perfect, and final settlement of every claim
upon either government arising out of any
transaction of a date prior TO the exchange of
the notifications of the present convention
and further engage that every such claim,
whether or no, the same NAV have been pre-
, scented to the notice of, made, preferred, or |
laid before the said commissioners, SHALL |
from and after the conclusion Of the proceed
ings of the said commission, be Considered |
and treated finally settled, barred, and
therefore inadmi>>ible.
ARTICLE VI.
The salaries of the con, missioners shall no.
exceed forty-fve hundred dollars in United
States gold coin, each. yearly. Those of the
secretaries and arbitrator or umpire sh-ll be
determined BY the commissioners, and in case
the said commission finish its labors in less
than six months, the commissioners together
with their assistants will be entitled to six
months paw, and the whole expenses of the
commission shall be defrayed by ratabl de-
ductinn on the amount of the sums awarded
by the commissioners, provided always that
such deduction shall not exceed the rate of
five per cent. on the sums so awarded. The
defer, ncy, if anv, shall be betrayed bv the
two governments in moieties.
ARTICLE VII.
The present convention shall be ratified bv
the President of the United States, by and :
with the consent of the Senate thereof, and
by the President of Peru, with the approba-
tion of the Congress of tina, republic, and
the ratifcations will be exchanged in Lima, Y
as soon as may be, within six months of the
date hereof
ARTICLE VIII.
The high contracting parties declare that
this convention shall not be considered as
precedent obligatory on them. and that they
remain II perfect liberty to proceed in the
manner that NAV BE- deemed most convenient
regarding the diplomatic claims that may
arise in the future.
In witness whereof the respective plen ipo
entiaries have signed the same in the Eng
ish and Spanish languages, and have affixed T
hereto the seals of their arms.
Done in Lima, the fourth day Of Deem
'er, in the year of our Lord one thousand r
light hundred and ,ixtv-eight. =
ALVIN p. HOVEY. IL. 81 "
]. A. BARRENECHEA. L. 81
And whereas the sand convention has been
uly ratified on both parts, and the respective
of the same were exchanged q,
lima on the 4th of June last =
Now, therefore. be it known that l. Clys-
rs s. Grant, President OF the United States +
America, have caused the said convention =,
, De made pubic, TO the end that the same CA
nd every clause and article thereof may be
bserred and fulfilled in good faith by the
nited States and the citizens thereof
In testimony whereof, l have hereunto set =
y hand aud caused the seal of the United e
ates to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this sixth
" of July. in the wear of our Lord one
ousand eigh, hundred and sixty nine, and BE
the independence Of the United States of
nerica the ninety fourth.
[sEAL.l Z. S. GRANT.
By the President
]. c. BANCROFT DAVIS, 1
Acting Secretary of State Scy