The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-08-05
OFFICIAL.
By tGe President Of The United Statss Of
America,
A PROCLAMATION.

A PROCLAMATION.
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Whereas o convention between tht
Uniled States Of America and the repub
lie OF Peru, providing for the adjuslmen
Of claims Of citizens Of either country
against the other, was concluded and
signed by their respective plenipotentia
ries at the city Of Lima, on the fourth
day OF December, in The year Of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty'eight, which convention, being 10
the English and Spanish languages, is
word for word as follows
Whereas claims may have at various
times since the signature OF the decisions
of the mixed commission which met 10
Lima in July, 1868, been made on the
government Of the Uuited States oil
Americo, by the citizens oI Peru, and
have been made by citizens Of the Uni
ted States OF America on the government
OF Peru, and whereas some ofsuch claims
are still pending, the President of the
United States Of America aud the
President Of Peru, being Of the op
inon that q speedy and equitable
settlement of all such claims will
contribute much to the mnintainarce
Of tie friendly feelings which subsists
between the two countries, have resolv
ed TO make arrangements for that pur.
pose by means Of convention, and have
named as their plenipoientiaries 10 con-
fer and agree thereupon, that is to say:
The President Of the United States
names Alvin P. Hovey, envoy extraor
dinary and minister plenirolenLary Of
the United State Of America near the
government Of Peru. and the President
OF Peru, names his excellency Doctor
Don Jose Antonio Barrenchea, minister
of foreign affairs Of Peru, who, after hav.
ing communicated to each other their re.
spective powers, found in good and true
form, have agreed as follows;
ARTICLE |.
The high contracting parties agree
that all claims on part OF corporations,
companies, or private individuals, oil the
United States, upon the government Of
Peru, aud oil claims on the part oil cor.
poratious, companies or private individs
uOls, citizens of Peru upon the govern.
ment Of the United States, whioh may
have been presented TO either govern.
msnl Tor ils-ipiespOsiliop sinoezthe sit.
tiDgs Of the said mixed commission, and
which remain yet unsettled, as we'll as
any oihtr claims which may be presented
within the time specified 10 Article III
hereinafter, shall be referred 10 the two
commissioners, who shall be appointed
in the following manner, that is to say:
One commissioner who shall be named
BY the President OF The United States,
and one by the President Of Peru 1n
cases of the death. absence. or lncopaci
ty OF either commissioner, or in the event
Of either commissioner emitting or ceas.
ing 10 act as such the President Of the
United States or the President Of Peru,
respectively, shall forthwith name anoth.
er person to act as commissioner in the
place or stead Of the commissioner al
ready named. The commissioners so
named shall meet al Lima at their ear,
liest convenience after they have been
respectively named, not 10 exceed three
months from the ratification of this con.
vention, and shall, before proceeding to
any business, make and subscribe SOL
emn declaration that they will imparti,
ally and corefully examine and decide
TO the best of their judgment, and &C.
cordiug 10 their justice aud equity, with
out fssr favor, or affection Of their own
country, upon all such claims as shall be
laid before thsm on the part of the gov
ernmeuls OF the United States and Peru,
respectively and such declarations shall
be entered on the record Of the commis
sion
The commissioners sh III then, and be
fore proceeding 10 other business, name
some third person of some lhrd nation
to act as an arbitrator or umpire 10 case
or cases on which they may themselves
differ ip opinion, II they should not he
able to agree upon the name of such
third person, ,hey shall each name
person of third nation and in each aud
every case in which the commissioners
may differ in opinion as 10 tho decision
which they ought 10 give, it shall be de
lermined by lot which Of the two per-
sons so named shall be the arbitrator or
umpire in that particular case, The
person or persons so to DO chosen to be
arbitrator or uupire shall, before pro.
ccediug TO act as such in any case, make
and subscribe SOLEMN declaration in
form similar TO that which shall have al
ready been made and subscribed by the