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 CONCILIATION-SERBS, CROATS AND SLOVENES. JAN. 21,1929. 2299 The High Contracting Parties agree to furnish the Permanent International Commission with all the means and facilities required for its investigation and report. The report of the Commission shall be completed within one year 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 agree- ment. The report shall be pre- pared in triplicate; one copy shall be presented to each Govern- ment, and the third retained by the Commission for its files. The High Contracting Parties reserve the right to act independ- ently on the subject matter of the dispute after the report of the Commission shall have been sub- mitted. ARTICLE IV The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Majesty the King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in accord- ance with the constitutional laws of that Kingdom. The ratification shall be ex.. changed at Washington as soon as possible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of the exchange of the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously unless and until terminated by one year's written notice given by either High Con- tracting Party to the other. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty in duplicate in the English and French languages, both texts having equal force, and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Washington the twenty-first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. Lee Hautee Parties contrac- Facilities to be fur· tan . df .Jt.1 nlshed. tea CODY1eDDent e ounur a. a Commiaion pennanente inter- nationale toua lea moyens et toutes lea facilita nkessaires A I'enqu~te et au rapport. La rapport de la Commission Time, etc., for report. devra ~tre achevtS dans l'annoo suivant Ie jour oil elle aura de.. clartS avoir commenctS l'enquete, a moins que Ie delai n'ait eM res- traint ou etendu d'un commun accord par las Hautes Parties contractantes. La rapport sera dresse en trois originaux; chacun des gouvernements recevra un exemplaire, et la Commission conservera Ie troisieme parmi sea dossiers. Les Hautes Parties contrac- Independent action tantes se rtSservent Ie droit d'agir reserved. independamment sur l'objet du differend apres que Ie rapport de Ia Commission leur aura eta remis. ARTICLE IV La prtSsent traita sera ratifitS Ratification. par Ie PrtSsident des Etats-Unis sur l'avis et avec Ie consentement de leur Senat, et par Sa Majeste Ie Roi des Serbes, Croates et Slovenes en conformittS des lois constitutionnelles de ce Royaume. Les ratifications seront echan- Exchange of ratifiea· gees a Washin~ton Ie plus tOt tions. qu'il sera pOSSIble et Ie traite entrara en vigueur des Ia date de l'echange des ratifications. Aprea quoi il resters en vigueur sans Duration of Treaty. interruption A moins que et jusqu'A ce qu'il Y soit mis fin par un avis signifie par ecrit un an A l'avance par une des Parties contractantes Al'autre. En foi de quoi les PMnipoten- Signatures. tiaires respectifs ont signtS ce traiM en double original redigtS en anglais et en fran9ais, les deux textes faisant egalement foi, at y ont appose leurs cachets. Fait A Washington, Ie vingt et un du mois de janvier de l'An de Notre Seigneur Inil neuf cent vingt-neuf. FRANK B KELLOGG [SEAL] DR. BOJIDAR POURITCH [SEAL}