The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-05-25


: governments in equal moieties in
: similar manner.
r ART II. The high contracting par
= ties engage to consider the result q
the proceedings OF the Tribunal o
! Arbitration and of the Board of Asses
sOrs, should such Board be appOinte,
as tuli, perfect, and final settlemen
of all the claims herein before refeFTe'
to, aud further engage that every sucl
claim, whether the same may or may
not have been presented to their no
tice, or made preferred, or laid befOr,
the Tribunal or Board, shall, from anC
after the conclusion of the proceeding
|. of the Tribunal or Board, be cOnsId
cred and treated as finally settled, bar
; red, and hencefOrth inadmissable.
CLAIMS OF BRITIsHsURJECTs.
AIT y. The high contracting par
ties agree that all claims on the par
Of corporations, companies, or privat,
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the Unitet
States-upOu the Government OF Hel
Britannia Majesty arising out of act;
committed against thepers0ns or prop
erty of citizens Of the United States
during the period between the 18th o
April, 1881, and the 9Th OF April, 1885,
inclusive mot being claims growing
out Of the acts of the vessels referred
TO il Article of this treaty., and al
claims with the like exception on the
part of corporations, companies, Ol
private individuals, subjects of Hel
Britannia Majesty, upon the Govern
ment of the United States arising out
of acts committed against the persons
or property of subjects of Her Britain
mic Majesty during the same period,
which may have been presented tC
either Government for its interpOsi-
ton with the other, and which yet re-
main unsettled, as well as any Other
such claims which may be presented
within the time specified in Act IA oil
this Treaty, shall be referred to three
Commissioners, to be appointed in the
following manner, that is to say, one
Commissioner shall be named by the
| President of the United States, one by
Her Britannia Majesty, and third by
the President of the United States and
Her Britannia Majesty conformity; and
in case the third Commissioner shall
not have been so named within a per-
iOd of three months from the date OF
the exchange of the ratification of this
Treaty, then the third Commissioner
shall be named by the representative
at Washington of His Majesty the
| King 70 Spain. In case of the death,
absence, or incapacity Ofany Commits
sioner, or in the event of any Com
missioner emitting or ceasing TO act,
| the vacancy shall be filled in the man.
ner hereinbefore provided for making
the original appointment, the period
of three MONTH, in case of such sub
stitutiOn, being calculated from the
date of the happening of the vacancy.
I The Commissioners so named shall
| meet at Washington at the earliestlcOn-
venient period after they have been
respectively named, and shall, before
proceeding to any business, make and
subscribe a solemn declaration that
they will impartially and carefully
examine and decide, to the best of
their Judgment and according to JUS
tice and equity, all such claims as shall
/ be laid before them on the part of the
| Governments of the United States and
Her Britannia Majesty, respectively,
and such declarations shall be entered
on the record of their proceedings.
ART Is. The Commissioners shall
/ then forthwith proceed to the investi-
CATION of the claims which shall be
presented to them. They shall inYes-
| tigate and decide such claims in such
order and such manner as they may
think proper, but upon such evidence
or information only as shall be fur
nished by or in behalf of the respec-
| tive Governments. They shall be
| bound to receive and consider all writ
/ ten documents or statements which
may be presented to them by or on
behalf of the respective Governments,
I in support of or in answer to any
claim, and to hear if required one per-
son on each side on behalf of each
/ Government, as counsel or agent for
such Government, on each and every
separGte claim. A majority OF the
Commissioners shall be sufficient for
an AN ard In each case, The award
shall be given upon such claim in
writing, and shall be signed by the
Commissioners asserting to it. 1t
shall be competent for each Govern
ment to name one person to attend
the Commissioners as itsagent, to pre-
sent and support claims on its behalf
and to answer claims made upon it,
and to represent it generally in all
matters connected with the investiga-
ton and decision thereof. The high
contracting parties hereby engage to
consider the decision of the Commits
siOners as absolutely final and cOnelu-
sive upon each claim decided upon by
them, and to give full effect to such
decisions without any objection, eva
sion, or delay whatsoever.
ART. IA. Every claim shall be pre-
sented to the Commissioners within
six months from the day of their first
meeting, unless in cases where rea-
sons for delay shall be established to
the satisfaction of the Commissioners,
and in any such case the period for
presenting the claim may be extend
ed by them to any time not exceeding
three months longer. The Commits
sioners shall be bound to examine and
decide upon every claim within two
years from their first meeting. It
shall be competent for the Commits
siOners to decide, in each case, wheth-
er any claim has or has not been
made, preferred, and laid before them,
either wholly or to any and what eX-
tent, according to the true intent and
meaning of this Treaty.
ART. IS. All sums of money which
may be awarded by the Commission
ers, on account of any claims, shall be
paid by the one Government to the
.other, ss the case may be, within
twelve months after the date of the
final award, without interest, and
without any deduction, as specified in
Article 16 of this Treaty.
ART. I6. The Commissioners shall
keep an accurate record, and correct
minutes or notes of all their proceed
ings, with the dates thereof, and may
appoint and employ a secretary, and
any other officer or officers, to assist
them in the transaction Of their busi-
ness which may come before them.
Each Government shall pay its own
Commissioner and agent or counsel.
All ether expenses shall be betrayed
by the two Governments in equal
mOieties. The whole expenses of the
Commission, including contingent
expenses, shall be paid by the ratable
deduction on the amount of the sums
awarded by the Commissioners.
PrOUided dltcdys, That such deduc-
ton shall not exceed he rate of , per
cent. on the SUMS so awarded.
ART. II. The high contracting par
ties engage to consider the result Of
the proceedings OF this Commission
as a full, perfect, and final settlement
of all such claims as are mentioned in
Article y of this Treaty upon either
Government, and further engage that
every such claim, whether or not the
same may have been presented TO the
notice of made "Preferred,n or laid
before the said Commission, shall from
and after the conclusion of the pro-
ceedings of said Commission, be con-
sidered and treated as finally settled,
barred, and thenceforth inadmissable.
THE FISHERIES.
ART. IS. 1t is agreed by the High
Contracting parties that, in addition
to the liberty secured to tine United
States fisherman by the Convention
between the United States and Great
Britain, signed at London on the 2Oth
day Of October, 1918, of taking, curing,
aud drying fish on certain coasts Of
the British NOTth-American Colonies.
shall have, in common with the sub
jects of her Britannia Majesty, the lib
erty, for the term Of years mentioned
in Article 80 of this Treaty, 70 take
fish of every kind, except shell-fish,
on the sea coasts and shores and in
the bays, harbors, and creeks, OF the