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 CONCILIATION TREATY-LATVIA. JANUARY 14, 1930. 2767 country, by the Government thereof; one member shall be chosen by each Government from some third country; the fifth member shall be chosen by common agreement between the two Governments, it being understood that he shall not be a citizen of either country. The ex- penses of the Commission shall be paid by the two Governments in equal proportions. . The International Commission shall be appointed within six Appointment. months after the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; and va- cancies shall be filled according to th-a manner of the original ap- pointment. ARTICLE III In case the High Contracting Parties shall have failed to adjust l:r:>~a~o TarmstroBot (talk) 17:34, 18 January 2013 (UTC)=­ a dispute by diplomatic methods, and they do not have recourse to ~Ional Commission. adjudication by a competent tribunal, they shall at once refer it to the International Commission for investigation and report. The International Commission may, however, spontaneously by unani- mous agreement offer its services to that effect, and in such case it shall notif-y both Governments and request their cooperation in the investigation. The High Contracting Parties agree to furnish the Permanent In- .Facllities to be fur- ternational Commission with all the means and facilities required for rushed. its investigation and report. The report of the Commission shall be completed within one year Time, etc., for report. after the date on which it shall declare its investigation to have begun, unless the High Contracting Parties shall limit or extend the time by mutual agreement. The report shall be prepared in tripli- cate; one copy shall be presented to each Government, and the third retained by the Commission for its files. The High Contracting Parties reserve the right to act independ- IndeWlndent action ently on the subject matter of the dispute after the report of the reserve • Commission shall have been submitted. ARTICLE IV The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United Rat11lcatlon. States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Latvia in accordance with its constitut:onallaws. The ratifications shall be exchanged at WashingU'n as soon as .Exchange of ratlfica· possible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of ~1." exchange tIODS. of the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously Duration. unless and until terminated by one year's written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other. In faith thereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty in duplicate in the English language, and her~unto affix their seals. Done at Riga, the 14th day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty. . [SEAL] F. W . B . COLEMAN [SEAL] A. BALODIS Signatures. AND WHEREAS the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both Ratifications ex- changed. parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty; fii89·tO-31-PT2-72