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 846 CON VENTION——GBEAT BRITAIN. JUN}; 11, 1896. be able to agree thereon——aud their decision shall be accepted by the two Governments as final. nmugs. They shall be authorized to hear and examine, on oath or affirmation, which each of said Commissioners is hereby empowered to administer or receive, every question of fact not found by the Tribunal of Arbitration, and to receive all suitable authentic testimony concerning the same; and the Government of the United States shall have the right to raise the question of its liability before the Commissioners in any case where it shall be proved that the vessel was wholly or in part the actual property of a citizen of the United States. '1¤<>·¤¤¤<>¤y· The said Commission, when sitting at San Francisco or Victoria, shall have and exercise all such powers for the procurement or enforce— ment of testimony as may hereafter be provided by appropriate legistion. Anrromi IV. Secretary, em. The Commissioners may appoint a Secretary and a clerk or clerks to assist them in the transaction of the business of the Commission. ` Anrronn V. Report or amgm- In the cases, if any, in which the Commissioners shall fail to agree, “‘°“"· they shall transmit to each Govemment a joint report stating in deta' the points on which they differ, and the grounds on which their opinions have been formed; and any such diiference shall be referred for iinal nmpm. adjustment to an Umpire to be appointed by the two Governments jointly, or, in case of disagreement, to be nominated by the President of the Swiss Confederation at the request of the two Governments. Anmcaa VI.' F¤1i¤zv••>•¤¤i¤•- In case of the death, or incapacity to serve, from sickness or any other cause, of either of the two Commissioners, or of the Umpire, if any, his place shall be filled in the manner herein provided for the original appointment. Anrrcnm VII. mxpcnm. Each Government shall provide for the remuneration of the Commissioner appointed by it. The remuneration of the Umpire, if one should be appointed, and all contingent and incidental expenses of the Commission, or of the Umpire, shall be defrayed by the two Governments in equal moieties. · Aurrcrr. VIII. P•¥¤°¤* ¤* ¤*•¤*· The amount awarded to Great Britain under this Convention on account of any claimant shall be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty within six months after the amount thereof shall have been iinally ascertained. ARTICLE IX. I R•¤¤¤=¢i·¤¤- The present Convention shall be duly ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof and by Her Britannic Majesty; and the ratilications shall be exchanged either at Washington or at London within six. months from the date hereof}- or earlier, if possible. Si¢¤¤*¤¤·· In faith whereof, we, the respective Pleuipoteutiaries, have signed this Convention and have hereunto atlixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Washington, the eighth day of February, 1896. Brennan OLNEY san. JULIAN PAUNcEFo*rE isnnl