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 2460 CONCILIATION TREATY-LITHUAN[A. NOVEMBER 14, 1928. ARTICLE III d16:42, 18 January 2013 (UTC):te[~fe~ In case the High Contracting Partiea shall have failed to adjust national Commission. a d,spute by diplomatic methods, and they do not have recourse to adjudication by a competent tribunal, they shall at once refer it to th{l 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 notify both Governments and request their cooperation in the investigation. Facilities to be fur- The High Contracting Parties agree to furnish the permanent nished- International Commission with all the means and facilities required for its investigation and report. Time, etc., for 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 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. Independent action The High Contracting Parties reserve the right to act inde- reserved. Ratification. pendently on the subject matter of the dispute after the report of the Commission shall have been submitted. 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 Sen- ate thereof, and by Lithuania in accordance with its constitutional laws. Exchange of ratifica. - The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as tions. possible, and the treaty shall take effect on the Jate of the e:!:change Duration of Treaty. of the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continu- ously unless and until terminated by one year's written notice given Signatures. by either High Contracting Party to the other. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty in duplicate and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Washington the fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred !lnd twenty-eight. FRANK B KELWGG [SEAL] B. K. BALUTIS [SEAL] Ratifications ex- AND WHEREAS the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both changed. Proclamation. parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of 'Vashington on the twentieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty; NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Herbert Hoover, Presi- dent of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of ihe United States to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] thirty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-fourth. HERBERT HOOVER By the President: J P CoTTON Acting Secreta1'1.J of State.