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 TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Aman. 7, 1862. 1231 graph of this article, shall be sent and delivered to the proper mixed court of justice at the earliest possible moment The undersigned plenipotentiaries have agreed, in oonformit with the - 8 _ Xlth article of the treaty signed by them on this day, that the present tiohl;ld.!bminstructions shall be annexed to the said treaty, and be considered an "°X°d*°“`°“*·Y· integral part thereof ‘ Done at Washington the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. [L. sj WILLIAM H. SEWARD. [L. s. LYON S. Annex (B) to the Treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, for the Abolition of the African Slave Trade, signed at Washington on the 7th day of April, 1862. Reguzattm nr at Mxed owe ty Justice. m£Z%".lSllI·’€§“.l?` justice. Anrrcnn I. The mixed courts of justice to be established under the Courts how provisions of the treaty, of which these regulations arc declared to be an °°mP°“°d· integral part, shall be composed in the following manner: The two high contracting parties shall each name a judge and an arbi- power gf trator, who shall be authorized to hear and to decide, without appeal, all ,i¤dS¤¤- cases of capture or detention of vessels which, in pursuance of the stipulations of the aforesaid treaty, shall be brought before them. The judges and the arbitrators shall, before they enter upon the duties Judges [0 mag. of their office, respectively make oath before the principal magistrate of oaththe place in which such courts shall respectively reside, that they will · judge fairly and faithfully; that they will have no preference either for claimant or for captor ; and that they will act in all their decisions in pursuance of the stipulations of the aforesaid treaty. There shall be attached to each of such courts a secretary or registrar, Registrar. who shall be appointed by the party in whose territories such court shall reside. Such secretary or registrar shall register all the acts of the court to Om, and 4,,- which he is appointed; and shall, before he enters upon his office, make 665 of ¤‘¢gi¤¤’¤¥· oath before the court, that he will conduct himself with due respect for A lating to his office. ‘ The salaries of the judges and arbitrators shall be paid by the Govern· _ salaries of ments by whom they are appointed. J“dg“i The salary of the secretary or registrar of the court to be established of registrars. in the territories of the United States shall be paid by the United States Government; and that of the secretaries or registrars of the two courts to be established in the territories of Great Britain shall be paid by her Britannic Majesty. ‘ Each of the two Governments shall defray half of the aggregate Expepsestofb amount of the other expenses of such courts. f,g`::;’ Ow 0 e Arzricrra II. The expenses incurred by the officer charged with the Expenses of reception, maintenance, and care of the detained vessel, negroes, and <1etentionl,&c.$>t cargo, and with the execution of the sentence, and all disbursements occa-  °" °` sioned by bringing a vessel to adjudication, shall, in case of condemnation, be defrayed from the funds arising out of the sale of the materials of the vessel, after the vessel shall have been broken up, of the ship’s stores, and of such parts of the cargo as shall consist of merchandise. And in case the proceeds arising out of this sale should not prove suHi—
 * its authority, and will act with fidelity and impartiality in all matters re- ’