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 1626 CLAIMS AGREEMENT—GREA'1` BRITAIN. Auovsr 18, 1910. R¥¤l•¤°¤ ¤f `W Amicnn 4. The roceedmgi shall be *’°8“l¤·t·°d bY S? m“°l} °f °°i?i>il`g=ic. pp. me- Chapter IV of the cldnvention and of Chapter HI, excxziting articles ”’*‘· 53 and 54, as kth; tribunal mayfqqglsider to betapphca le and to be consistent wit the rovisions o en. _ $¤;¤¤*°’°;;· Amrcnn 5.-The Iiribunal is entitl§, as provided in article 74 ° `”` P` (Chapter IH) of the convention to hue rules of procedure for_ the conduct of business, to decide the forms, order, and time m wmch each party must conclude its arguments, and to arrange all formali- te required for dealing with the evidence. _ _ V¤¤·*°· l»¤°· The agents and counsel of the parties are authorized, as provided in article 70 (Chapter HI), to present orally and in writing to the tribrmal all the arguments they may consider expedient ui support or in defense of each claim. . _ _ The tribunal shall keealrecord of the claims submitted, and the roceedings thereon, wi the dates of such proceedmgs. Each Government may appoint a secretary. These secretanesphall act together as 'oint secretaries of the tribunal and shall be subject to its direction. lfhe tribunal may appoint and employ any other necessary officer or officers to amist it in the performance of its duties. _ The tribunal shall decide all claims submitted upon such evidence or information as ma be furnished by either Govemment. ` The tribunal is authorized to administer oaths to witnesses and to talrleh evidence on oath. be _ e roceedmgs shall m. ¤•¤¤¤¢¤ Anrrgnn 6. The‘trib1mal shall meet at Washington at a date to be hereafter fixed by the two Governments, and may fix the time and place of subsequent meetings as may be convenient, subject always to special direction of the two Governments. 0**** Anrrcm 7. Each member of the tn`bunal, upon assuming the function of his office, shall make and subscribe a solemn declaration in writing that he will carefully examine and impartially decide, in accordance with treaty rights and with the dprincip es of international law and of equity, all claims presented for ecision, and such declaratnop slslall be entered upon the record of the proceedings of the tn un. "· ’*""°°‘°’“"""· Arrrrcns 8. All sums of mong which may be awarded by the tribunal on account of any claim all be paid by the one Govemment 4 to the other, as the case may be, within eighteen months after the date of the_ final award, without interest and without deduction, save as specified in the next article. Erpcnm Asrrcu: 9. Each Govemment shall bear its own enses. The expenses of the tribunal shall be defrayed by a ratabluexgeduction on the amount of the sums awarded by it, at a rate of 5 er cent. on such sums, or at such lower rate as may be agreed upon between the two Governments; the deficiency, if any, shall be defrayed in equal C H K { moloizies by the me Governments. <>¤ ¤¤•¤ ¤¤ ¤ rrcu; 10. present agreement, and also an schedules reed ' m` thereunder, shall be binding only when confirmedyby the twdig Gov- _ ernments by an exchaxg o notes. S’¥°““"* In witnw whereof agreement has been s` ed and sealed by the Secretary of State of the United States, Philalhder C. Knox on bnelhalf qfézrlie Irmtui Saahtes, and lg His lgritannic Majsstyrs Ambasora ri, eR1gh' t onora le JamssB, , beléalf of Gr§ath§rita.in. ry°°’ O M ’ °" one in up 'cate at the Cit of Washington, ' August, one thousand nine hundlrted and ten. dm wth day of [sur,.] Pnmaunn C Knox [sur.] Jams Brno: