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 2420 SPECIAL CLAIMS CO~oryENTION-MEXICO. AUGUST 17,1929. Se~te RllSOlution- Whereas by the terms of the said Article VII of the convention of September 10, Continued. 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 hear, 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 accordan!!e 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 Resolved, That the President is requested, in his discretion, to negotiate and conclude with the Mexican Government such agreement or agreements as may be necessary and appropriate for the further extension of the duration of the General Claims Commission provided for by the convention of September 8, 1923, and of the Special Claims Commission provided for by the convention 01 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 further arrangement as in his judgment may be deemed appropriate for the expeditious aJjudication of said claims. Passed the Senate May 25, 1929. Attest: EDWIN P. THAYER, Secretary.