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 CONVENTION—CHILE. MAY 24, 1897. I869 The President of the Republic _ Ei Presidente de la Repniblica de of Chile, Senor Don Domingo Chile al senor don Domin o Gana, Gana, Envoy Extraordinary and Enviado Extraordinario i§Iinistro Minister Pleni otentiary of Chile Plenipotenciario de Chile en los in the United S)tates of America: Estados Unidos de América; Who have agreed upon the arti- Quienes han convenido en lo cles following: siguiente: Anricm I. Anrrcuno I. The High Contracting Parties Las Altas Partes Contratantes rom months aiagree to revive the Convention of convienen en hacer revivir la Con- f-§Q`;,€:Q§§§‘§“]§2§%g§,f August 7, 1892, between the vencion de7 agosto de 1892 suscrita em- United States of America and the entre los Estados Unidos de Amé- Republic of Chile, and that the rica i- la Repiiblica de Chile, i en commission thereunder created que la Comision que ella establece shall be allowed for the transaction tenga para el desempeno de sus of its business a period of four funciones un lazo de cuatro meses months, to be reckoned from the contados desrié el dia de su primera day of its iirstmeetingfor business, reunion de trabajo, ide acuerdo, and conforming, in other respects, en lo demas, con lo dispuesto en el with the rovisions of the second inciso segundo delArticuloVIII de para raph of Article VIII of the dicha_ Convencion. No obstante, vc1.zv,p.9ss. said Convention. Nevertheless, if si el plazo de cuatro meses, antes the period of four months before estipulado, fuese insuficiente para stipulated shall prove insufficient ladecision de las reclamaciones, los for the settlement of the claims, Comisionados estén autorizados the Commissioners are authorized para prorrogar, a su discrecién, por. to extend, at their discretion, such uno o dos meses mas, el indicado —¤xre¤si<>¤. period to one or two months more. plazo. . · It is expressly stipulated · that _Queda claramente estipuladc lijimefor pxesengnhg this article shall in no wise extend que el presente articulo no altera gtilms not °m° ° ’ or change the period designated o estiende en manera alguna el. by the first paragraph of Article plazo que senalé el inciso primero VIII of the said Convention for the del Articulo VIII de dicha Conpresentation of the claims; so that ,vencion para la presentacion de the new Commission shall be lim- los reclamos; de manera que la ited to considering the claims duly nueva Comision habra de limitarse presented to the former Commis- ia resolver s6lo las reclamaciones sion in conformity with the terms que fueron debidamente presentaof the Convention and with the das ante la Comision anterior en Rules that governed its labors, ex- conformidad con los términos de cepting claim No. 7, of the North la Convencion i del Reglamento and South American Construction que gobernaron sus trabajos, ex- Company, which was subsequently ceptuando el reclamo No. 7 de la withdrawn, a direct and final set- North and South American Contlement thereof having been ar- struction Company que ha sido rived at by the interested parties. `mas tarde retirado por haberse arribado si un arreg o directo i final entre las partes interesadas. ARTICLE II. ARTICULO II. The present convention shall be La resente Convencion sera Rmncmou. ratified by the President of the ratificaga r el Presidente de los United States of America, by and Estados [Iiiidos de América, con with the advice and consent of the el consejo i acuerdo del Senado, i Senate thereof, and by the Presi- por el Presidente de la Repfiblica dent of the Republic of Chile, with de Chile, con la .aprobacion del the approbation of the National Congreso Nacional, i las ratifica-