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 2396 CLAIMS CONVENTION-MEXICO. SEPTEMBER 2, 1929. S. Res. 73. IN THE SENATE OP THE UNITEJ) STATES. May 16 (calendar day, May 25),1929. SeR~lut\ohn rl ~r the Whereas it is provided by Article I of the convention concluded between the gOfI!tlo~u ot thTarmstroBot (talk)! United States and Mexico on August 16, 1927, extending the duration of the vention. General Claims Commission provided for in the convention of September 8, 1923, that "the term assigned by Article VI of the convention of September 8, 1923, for the hearing, examination, and decision of claims for loss or damage accruing prior to September 8,1923, shall be, and the same hereby is, extended for a time not exceeding two years from August 30, 1927, the day when, pur- suant to the provisions of the said Article V.I, the functions of the said commis- sion would terminate in respect of such claims"; and Whereas it \s further provided by Article I of the convention of August 16, 1927, that "during such extended term the commission shall also be bound to hear, examine, and decide all claims for loss or damage accruing between September 8, 1923, and August 30,1927, inclusive, and filed with the commission not later than August 30, 1927"; and Whereas it is provided by Article VII of the special claims convention concluded between t,he United States and Mexico on September 10, 1923, that the com- mission created pUrBGant thereto to pass on claims to which the convention relates "shall be bound to hear, examine, and decide, within five years from the date of its first meeting, all the claims filed"; and Whereas by the terms of the said Article VII of the convention of September 10, 1923, the functions of the said commission would terminate in respect to such claims on August 17, 1929; and Whereas it has been brought to the knowledge of the Senate that it will not be possible for the said commissions to hes.r, examine, and decide in the manner contemplated by the said conventions within the times specified therein all the claims which have been filed with said commissions in accordance with the terms of the conventions; and Whereas it is in the interest of both Governments fully to hear, judicially deter- mine, and settle all such claims: Therefore be it Resolvf3d, That the President is requested, in his discretion, to negotiate and conclude with the Mexican Government Buch agreement or agreements ae may be necessary and appropriate for the further extension of the duration of the General Cla~ms Commission provided for by the convention of September 8, 1923, and of the Special Claims Commission provided for by the convention of September 10, 1923, between the United States and Mexico in order to permit of the hearing, examination, and decision of all claims within the jurisdiction of said commissions under the terms of said conventions, and to make such fur- ther arrangement as in his judgment may be deemed appropriate for the expeditious adjudication of said claims. Passed the Seru:.te May 25, 1929. Attest· EDWIN P. THAYER, Secretary,