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 2218 INTER.AMERICAN CONCILIATION. JANUARY 5, 1929. Majority vote on decisions, etc. las bases de arreglo para la solu?i6n equitativa de la contro- versla. ARTfcULO 7 Salvo acuerdo en con!'rario de las Partes, las decisiones y re- comendaciones de cualquiera de las Comisiones de Conciliaci6n debe ran adoptarse por mayorla de votos. ARTfcULO 8 Rules of procedure. La Comisi6n mencionada en el Articulo 2 de esta Convenci6n establecera por sf misma las reglas de su procedimiento. A falta de acuerdo en con trario, Vol. 44, pp. 2527, regira el procedimiento indicado 2533. en el Articulo IV del Tratado de Santiago de Chile de 3 de Mayo de 1923. Payment of expenses. Cada Parte sufragara sus propios ga.stos y una parte igual de los gastos de la Comisi6n. ARTfcULO 9 m~e~1on:n~0{~coJ! • El informe y ~ft:S recomenda- clsion nor an arbitral ClOneS de la COIDlS16n, en cuanto award. actue como 6rgano de concilia- ci6n, no tendran caracter de sentencia ni de laudo arbitral y no saran obligatorios para las Partes ni en 10 concerniente a la exposici6n 0 interpretaci6n de los hechos ni en 10 relativo a las cuestiones de derecho. ARTfcULO 10 Certified copy of reo En el mas breve plazo posible port, etc.• to Parties. despues de la terminaci6n de sus labores, la Comisi6n tra.smitira a las Partes copia autentica del informe y de las bases de arreglo que proponga. Time for action there· La Comisi6n al trasmitir a las on. Partes el informe y las recomenda- ciones les fijara un termino, que no excedera de seis meses, dentro del cual debe ran pronunciarse sobre las bases de arreglo antes mencionadas. ings, and shall propose to the Parties the bases of a settlement for the equitable solution of the controversy. ARTICLE 7 Except when the Parties agree otherwise, the decisions and rec- ommendations of any Commis- sion of Conciliation shall be made by a majority vote. ARTICLE 8 The Commission described in Article 2 of this convention shall establish its rules of procedure. In the absence of agreement to the contrary, the procedure indicated in Article IV of the Treaty of Santiago de Chile of May 3, 1923, shall be followed. Each party shall bear its own expenses and a proportionate share of the general expenses of the Commission. ARTICLE 9 The report and the recom- mendations of the Commission, insofar as it may be acting as an organ of conciliation1 shall not have the character ot a decision nor an arbitral award, and shall not be binding on the Parties either as regards the exposition or interpretation of the facts or as regards questions of law. ARTICLE 10 As soon as possible after the termination of its labors the Com- mission shall transmit to the Parties a certified copy of the report and of the bases of settle- ment which it may propose. The Commission in transmit- ting the report and the recommen- dations to the Parties shall fix a period of time, which shall not exceed six months, within which the Parties shall pass upon the bases of settlement above referred to.