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 INTERNATIONAL RADIO CONVENTION. NOVEMBER 25,1927. §2. If agreement between the two arbitrators can not be reached the latter shall appoint another contracting Government equally disinterested in the question at issue. If the two arbitrators can not agree upon the choice of this third Government, each arbitrator shall propose a contracting Government not interested in the dispute; and lots shall be drawn between the Governments proposed. The drawing shall devolve upon the Government within whose territory the International Bureau mentioned in Article 16 operates. The decision of the arbitrators shall be by majority vote. ARTICLE 21 &change oj laws and regulations The contracting Governments shall communicate to one another, if they deem it useful, throu~h the intermediary of the International Bureau of the Telegraph Villon, the laws and regulations which have been or which may be promulgated in their countries relative to the object of the present Convention. ARTICLE 22 Natvil and military installations §1. The contracting Governments retain their entire liberty regard- ing radio installations not covered in Article 2, and especia.lly with reference to naval and military installations. §2. All these installations and stations must, so far as practicable, compl:y with the provisions of the regulations regarding help to be given m case of dIstress and measures to be taken to prevent inter- ference. They must also, so far as practicable, observe such pro- visions of the regulations as concern the types of waves and the frequencies to be used, according to the kind of service which these stations carry on. §3. When, however, these installations and stations are used for public correspondence or participate in the special services governed by the Regulations annexed to the present Convention, they must, in general, conform to the provisions of the Regulations for the conduct of these services. ARTICLE 23 &ecution, duration and denunciation §1. The present Convention shall go into effect on January 1, 1929; nnd shall remain in force for an indeterminate period and until one year from the day on which a denunciation thereof shall have been made. §2. The denunciation shall affect only the Government in whose name it has been made. The ConventIOn shall remain in force for the other contracting Governments. ARTICLE 24 Ratification §1. The Ilresent Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications thereof shall be deposited in Washington with the least practicable delay. §2. In case one or more of the Contracting Governments should not ratify 'the Convention it shall be none the less binding upon the Governments which shall have ratified it. 2843 Exchange oflaws and reeulatlons. Naval and mUltar'y installations. Execution, duration and denunciation. Ratlll08tlon.

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