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 AGREEMENT—NORWAY-CLAIMS. JUNE 30, 1921. 1927 ARTICLE IV. fo decisi n. The decision of the Tribunal shall be made within two months from me r 0 the close of the arguments on both sides, unless on the re uest of the Tribnmal the Parties shall agree to extend the period. 'Bie decision shall be in  M .t The decision 0 the ma`ority of the members of the Tribimal shall mn y` be the decision of the Tribunal. Pmcwdin S in E Thlgllanguage in which the proceedings shall be conducted shall be magma. g n. 'lghe decision shall be accepted as Enal and binding upon the two Accgptmm Governments. I,m,,,,S,,,,,,,,,,,,d_ Any amount granted by the award rendered shall bear interest at the rate of six per centum per annum from the date of the rendition of the decision until the date of payment. ARTICLE V. Expenses. Each Government shall pay the expenses of the presentation and conduct of its case before the Tribunal; all other expenses which by their nature are a charge on both Governments, including the honorarium for each arbitrator, shall be borne by the two Governments in equal moieties. ARTICLE VI. Excbangeotratinca- This Special Agreement shall be ratified in accordance with the “‘““· constitutional forms of the contracting parties and shall take effect immediately upon the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place as soon as'possible at Washington. Sigmhm _ IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the respective plenipotentiaries have S1%9d this Special Agreement and have hereunto aflixed their seals. one m duplicate at Washington this 30th day of June, 1921. [sniu,.] Cnannns E. HUGHES [SEAL'] LHELMER H BRYN Ratilcatious ex· And whereas the said Special Agreement has been duly ratified on wwwboth parts, and theratifications of the two Governments were exchanged H1 the City of Washington on the twenty-second day of Anigust, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one. tj GW, therefore be it known that I, Wanen G Harding, President P‘°°l"°° °°’ of the United States of America, have caused the said Special Agree— ment to be made {public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereo may 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 to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia this twenty-fo1u·th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] twenty-one, and of the Inde endence of the United States of America the one hunclled and forty-sixth. Waimmv G Hxanme BY the President: Cuiuums E. Hnonns Secretary of State.