The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-08-05

presented 10 them They shaii investigate and |
decide such claims in such order and such man
ner as they may think proper, but upon sueh evil ,
dencc information only as shall be furnished
by or ON behalf of tho respective governments.
They shall be bound TO receive and consider all
written documents or statements which may be
presented to them by or on behalf of the rcsrec-
tive governments in support Of, or In answer to
any claim, and to hear, if required, one person
on each side, on behalf of each government, as
counsel OF agent for such government. each
and every separate claim. "A majority of the !
commissioners shall be sufficient for an award in
each case The award shall be given upon each
claim in writing. and ehall be signed by the COM
missloners asserting to it. It shall be competent
for each government to name one person to attend
the commissioners its agent to present and sup
port claims ON its behalf, and to answer claims
made upon it, and to represent it generally in all
matters connected with the investigation and de-
cision thereof.
The high contracting parties hereby engage to
consider the decision of the commissioners as alb
solately final and conclusive upon each claim de-
cided upon by them, and to give full effect to such
decisions without any objection, evasion, or delay
whatsoever.
ARTICLE XIV.
Every claim shall be presented to the commits
sioners within six months from the day of their
hrst meeting, unless in any case where reasons
for delay shall be established to the satisfaction
of the commissioners, and then, and in any such
case, the period for presenting the claim may be
The commissioners shall be bound to examine
and decide upon every claim within two years
from the day of their first meeting. 1t shall be
competent for the commissioners to decide in each
case whether any claim has or has not been duly
made, preferred, and laid before them, either
wholly to any and what extent. according to
the true intent and meaning of this treaty
ARTICLE XIV.
All sums of money which may be awarded by
commissioners
be paid by the government to the other, as
the case may be, within twelve months after the
date of the final award, without interest. and
without any deduction save specified in Article
XVI of this treaty.
ARTICLE XVI.
The commissioners shall keep an accurate rec
ord and correct minutes notes of all their pro-
ceeding, with the dates thereof, and may appoint
and employ secretary, and any other necessary
officer officers, to assist them in the transaction
of the business which may come before them.
Each government shall pay its own commits
/ sioner and agent or counsel. All other expenses
shall be betrayed by the two governments in
| equal moieties.
The whole expenses of the commission, includ-
! ing contingent expenses, shall be betrayed by n
| ratable deduction tue amount of the sums
awarded by the commissioners, provided always
that such deduction shall not exceed the rate oi
| five per cent on the sums so awarded.
ARTICLE XVII.
The high contracting parties engage to considci
the result of the proceedings of this commission
as a full, perfect, and final settlement of all such
claims mentioned in Article MI of thi;
treaty upon either government; and further en-
gage that every such claim. whether not the
/ same may have been presented to the notice of
made, preferred, or laid before the said commits
sion. shall, from and after the conclusion of the
proceedings of the said commission, be consid
/ cred and treated finally settled, barred, ant
thenceforth inadmissible.
ARTICLE XVIII.
It is agreed by the high contracting parties
that, in addition to the liberty secured TO ths
United States fishermen by the convention be
tween the United States and Great Britain, sgnet
| at London the twentieth day of October, 1878
| of taking, cur -ng, and drying fish on certain
coasts of the British North American Colcnie
therein defined, the Inhabitants of the United
States shall have, in common with the subjects o
Her Britannia Majesty, the liberty, for the tern
of years mentioned in Article NXXIII of thi
treaty, to take fish of every kind, except shell
fish, the coasts and shores, and in the bays
harbors aud creeks, of the provinces of Quebec
| Nova Scotia, and New Bruins wick and the col
ony of Prince Edwards Island, and of the sew
eral islands thereunto adjacent, without being re
streted to any distance from the shore, with per
mission to land upon the said coasts and shore
and islands, and also upon the Magdalen Islands
for the purpose of drying their nets and curing
their fish; provided that, in doing. they do no
| interfere with the rights of private property, o
| with British fishermen, in the peaeeabie use O
any part of the said coasts in their occupancy fo
the same purpose.
1t is understood that the above mentioned lib
erty applies solely to the fishery, and that tn
salmon aud shad fisheries, and all other fsherie
in rivers and the mouths of rivers, are hereby re
served exclusively for British fishermen.
ARTICLE XIX.
II is agreed by the high contracting partie
that British subjects shall have, in common wit
the citizens of the United States, the liberty, fo
| the term oe years mentioned in Article XXXII
of this treaty, to take fish of every kind exceI
, sheil-6sh, on the eastern sea coasts and hores
the United States north of the thirty-ninth para
lei of north latitude, and on the shores of th
| several islands thereunto adjacent, and in th
| bays, harbors, and creeks of the said sea coas
and shores OF the United States and of the sal
/ islands, without being restricted to any distane
from the shore, with permission to land upon th
said coasts of the United states and of the island
, aforesaid, for the purpose of drying their mel
and curing their fish; provided that, in so doin
r they do not interfere with the rights of priv a
property, with the fishermen of the Unite
States in the peaceable of any part of the sal
coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.
: 1t is understood that the above mentioned lii
erty applies solely to the fishery, and that sa
8 mon and shad fsheries and all other fisheries
rivers and mouths of rivers, are hereby reserve
exclusively for fishermen of the United States.
ARTICLE Xxx.
It is agreed that the places designated by Il
/ Commissioners appointed under the first Article
the treaty between the United States and Gre;
: Britain, concluded at Washington the 5th da
of june, 1854, upon the coasts of Her BRITAIN
9 Majesty's Dominions and the United States,
places ed from the common right of fishiu
4 under that Treaty, shall be regarded as in lii
: manner reserved from the common right of fs
ing under the preceding articles. In case shou
any question arise between the Government OF Il
!, United States and of Her Britannia Majesty as
: the common right of fishing in places not thl
| designated reserved, it is agreed that a Con
, | mission shall be appointed designate sut
= places, and shall be constituted in the same MAJ
. ner, and have the same powers, duties, and a.
thority as the Commission appointed under ii
r said first Article of the Treaty of the 9TH of Jun
!, 1854.
= ARTICLE XXI.
d It is agreed that, for the term of years me-
# toned in Article XXXIII of this Treaty, fish G
}, and fish of all kinds, Except fish of the inlaI
: lakes, and of the rivers falling into them and e.
. cept fish preserved in oil, y being the produce
) the fisheries Of the United States, of the Domi
g ion of Canada, or of Prince Edwards Island sha
II be admitted into each country, respectively, fir
af dutv