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 CONVENTION——GR.EAT BRITAIN. JANUARY 24, 1903. 1965 The decision of the tribunal shall be made so soon as possible after D°°i¤*°¤- the conclusion of the arguments in the case, and within three months thereafter, unless the President of the United States and His Britannic Majesty shall by common accord extend the time therefor. The decision shall be made in writing, and dated, and shall be signed by the members of the tribunal assenting to the same. lt shall be si ned in S‘F“°‘“" "“¥‘“°“‘°· duplicate, one copy whereof shal be given to the aglent of thegll nited States of America for his government, and the other to the agent of His Britannic Majesty for his government. Airrrcnn VI. When the High Contracting Parties shall have received the decision b0Eu},§jjy§°§g*“Q§jl¥ of the tribunal upon the questions submitted as provided in the fore- formiry wma decision. glping articles, which decision shall be final and binding upon all parties, t ey will at once appoint, each on its own behalf, one or more scientific experts who shall with all convenient speed proceed together to lay down the boundary line, in conformity with such decision. Should there be, unfortunately, a failure by a majority of the tri- ,g§g,P°" °‘ ***1**** *0 bunal to agree upon any of the points submitted for their decision, it ` shall be their duty to so report in writing to the respective governments through their respective agents. Should there be an agreement P•¤¤¤1 ¤sr¤¤¤>¤¤¤- by a majority upon a part of the questions submitted, it shall be their duty to sign and re rt their decision uppn the points of such agreement in the manner hgreinbefore prescri d. . A.n·r1cLm VH. ‘ The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the R¤¤¤<¤¤¤¤¤· United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and · by His Britannic Majesty, and the ratiiications shall be exchanged in VVashington or in London so soon as the same may be effected. In faith whereof we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed S*¢¤¤¤¤¤¤- this Convention and have hereunto atiixed our Seals. Done at Washington, in duplicate, this 24th day of January, A. D. ‘ 1903. Jour: HAY sun,. MICHAEL H. Hnnamrr snAL. And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both c_§’(§j,§f’*¤° °' '"ml parts, and the ratiiications of the two (governments were exchanged in the City of Washirigton, on the third y of March, one thousan nine hundred and three; _ Now, therefore, be it known that I, THBOD0m: Roosnvmzr, Presi— P'°°"“““"°"· dent of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof, ma be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be aihxed. Done at the City of Washington, this third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three, and [san.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-seventh. Trmoooxzn Roosnvmrr By the President: Jour: HAY Secretary of State.