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 TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN. APRIL 7, 1862. 1235 of the British arbitrator the place of such arbitrator shall betilled hy the Governor or Lieutenant-Governor resident in such possession; in his unavoidable absence, by the principal magistrate of the same; or in the unavoidable absence of the principal magistrate, by the secretary of the Government; and the said court, so constituted as above, shall sit, and, in all cases brought before it for adjudication, shall proceed to adjudge the same, and to pass sentence accordingly. ` Fourthly. On the part of Great Britain, and in that court which shall _Y91' GF¢¤*B[1‘it»· sit within the territories of the United States of America: if the vacancy g':,;; tm Ummd be that of the British judge, his place shall be filled by the British arbi- i trator; and either in that case or in case the vacancy be originally that of the British arbitrator, his place shall be filled by the British Consul; or in the unavoidable absence of the Consul, by the British Vice—Consul; and in case the vacancy be both of the British judge and the British arbitrator, then the vacancy of the British judge shall be filled by the British Consul, and that of the British arbitrator by the British Vice- Cousul. But if there be no British Consul or Vice-Consul to fill the place of British arbitrator, then the United States arbitrator shall be called in in those cases in which the British arbitrator would be called in; and in case the vacancy be both of the British judge and of the British arbitrator, and there be neither British Consul nor Vice-Consul to fill, ad interim, the vacancies, then the United States judge and arbitrator shall sit, and in all cases brought before them for adjudication shall proceed to adjudge the same, and pass sentence accordingly. The chief authority of the place in the territories of either high con- Notice Or". tracting party where the mixed courts of justice shall sit, shall, in the <>%¤<=IYi Mw event of a vacancy arising, either of the judge or the arbitrator of the g"°“' other high contracting party, forthwith give notice of the same by the most expeditious method in his power to the Goyernment of that other high contracting party, in order that such vacancy may be supplied at the earliest possible period. And each of the high contracting parties agrees to supply definitively, Vacancies to as soon as possible, the vacancies which may arise in the above-mentioned b° S%PI>“°d °¤ courts from death, or from any other cause whatever. 2E_1 y °S lm" The undersigned Plenipotentiaries have agreed, in conformity with the Regulations to Xlth article of the treaty signed by them on this day, that the preceding B_‘;;:';‘l°x°d *° regulations shall be annexed to the said treaty and considered an integral art thereof P Done at Washington the seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. [L. s.] WILLIAM H. SEWARD. [1.. s.] LYON S. And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, Exgbgugg or and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at London, 1'¤¤6¤¤¤°¤¤· on the twentieth ultimo, by Charles Francis Adams, Esq.", Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at the Court of St. James, and Earl Russell, her Britannic Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on the part of their respective Governments. Now, therefore, be it known that I, ABRAHAM LINICOLN, Presi- Piociaimcd. dent of the United States of America. have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof voL. xii. Tmiivr.-158 i