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 CONVENTION WITH VENEZUELA. APRIL 25, 1866. 715 sented to them under this conven- de este convenio; y oirau, si fuere tion, and they shall, if required, hear necesario, a una persona. de parte de one person in behalf of each govern- cada Gobierno sobre cada reclamament on every separate claim. Each cion. Cada. Gobierno suministrara P¤P€¤¤d government shall furnish, on request at los Comisionados, a solicitud do d°°“m°°°°' of either commissioner, all such doc- cualquiera de ellos, todos los docuuments and papers in its possession as mentos y papeles que esten en su may be deemed important to the just poder, y se juzguen importantes para determination of any claim. determinar en justicia cualquier re- In cases where they agree to award clamacion. an indemnity, they shall determine Cuando los Conzisionados conven- Awardofin the amount to be paid, and ESSUG g31I GD Ot0l‘g3l° alguna indemniza· g%m“gg“d°°" eertiiicates of the same. In cases cion, fijaran la cantidad que deba ca ' where the commissioners cannot pagarse y expediran certilicados al agree, the point of diiference shall efecto. En los cases en que no Proceedings,i! be referred to the umpire, before puedau ponerse de acuerdo, los pun- f,°”‘”f““*°”°'“ whom each of the commissioners tos de discordia se someteran al om asm` may be heard, and whose decision arbitro, ante el cual podra ser oido shall be final. cada uno de los comisionados, y The commissioners shall make cuya decision sera definitiva. such decision as they shall deem, in Los Comisionados libraran acerca Decision of the reference to such claims, conforma- de las reclamaciones las sentencias ¤°¤¤¤i¤¤l<>¤¤¤‘¤· ble to justice, even though such de- que estimen arregladas a justicia, cisions amount to an absolute denial aunque por ellas se nieguen absoluof illegal pretensions, since the in- tamente las pretensiones ilegitimas, cluding of any such in this conven- pues con su inclusion en este contion is not to be understood as work- venio nada se prejuzga at favor de ing prejudice in favor of any one, ninguna, ni en cuanto a los princieither as to principles of right or pios de dereclio ni a los ptmtos do matters of fact. hecho. Aarrcnn III. i Amrcuto 3°. The commissioners shall issue Los Comisionados expediran cer- Amount or certificates of the sums to be paid to tificados de las sumas que hayan do °;‘3"L‘ t*§Bb° the claimants, respectively; by virtue pagarse si los reclamantes respec- iiynma sem; in of their decisions or those of the tivamente en virtud de sus fallos 6 ¤¤¤<1¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤·| umpire, and the aggregate amount de 10s fallos del arbitro; y el im- P°ym°°u‘ of all sums awarded by the com- porte total de las dlchas sumas conmissioners, and of all sums accruing cedidas por los Comisionados 6 por from awards made by the umpire, el arbitro, sera pagado al Gobierno shall be paid to the government of de los Estados Unidos. El pago se the United States. Payments of hara en porciones anuas iguales, said sums shall be made in equal deb_iendo quedar completo dentro de annual payments, to be completed diez aios contados desde la fecha within ten years from the date of del término de los trabajos de la the termination of the labors of the Comision, y empezarse a los seis commission; the first payment to meses de la misma fecha. Por las First payment. be made six months from same date. varias sumas decretadas se pagara Semiannual interest shall be paid cada seis meses el interes de cinco Interest. on the several sums awarded, at a por ciento al aiio, entendiéndose que rate of five per cent. per annum no empiezaa correr hasta la fecha. from the date of the termination of en que la Comision concluya sus the labors of the commission. tareas. Aizrxcmr IV. Anrxcvto 4°. The commission shall terminate La Comisicn terminara sus tra- wlggmtglgifllp its labors in twelve months from the bajos 6. los doce meses contados ,,m1,_b0,,,_