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 ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS-S'VEDEN. DECEMBER 17, 1930. 1913 AlrrIOLB V Within thirty days from the delivery of the record to the Arbitra- Oral arcameotl. tor or Arbitrators 1D accordance with Article IV, the Tribunal shall convene at Washington for the purpose of hearing oral arguments by Agents or Counsel, or both, for each Government. AlmCLE VI When the A£ent for either Government has reason to believe A vailabnlty of rei- that the other Government possesses or could obtain any document evant dOCUMeDta. or documents which are relevant to the claim but which have not been incorporated in the record such document or documents shall be submitted to the Tribunal at the request of the Agent for the other Government and shall be available for inspection bI_the de- manding Agent. In ~ing to arbitrate the claim of the Kingdom Reservation bJ of Sweden in behalf of Rederiaktiebolaget Nordstjernan the Gov- United States. ernment of the United States of America does not waive any defense which was available prior to the concluding of the Agreement. AlmCLEVII The decision of the Tribunal shall be made within two months DecIsIoa. from the date on which the arguments close, unless on the request of the Tribunal the Parties shall agree to extend the period. The decision shall be in writing. The decision of the majority of the members of the Tribunal, in case a sole arbitrator is not agreed upon, shall be the decision of the Tribunal. The language in which the proceedings shall be conducted shall Langaap. be English. The decision shall be accepted as final and binding upon the two Finality. etc. Governments. AlmCLE VllI Each Government shall pay the expenses of the presentation and Expemea. conduct of its case before tlie Tribunal; all other expenses which by their nature are a charge on both Governments, mcluding the honorarium for the Arbitrator or Arbitrators, shall be borne by the two Governments in equal moieties. AIm:CLE IX This Special Agreement shall be ratified in accordance with the RatiftcatioD. constitutional forms of the Contracting Parties and shall take effect immediately upon the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible. In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed Signaturee. this Special Agreement and have hereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate at Washington this seventeenth day of Decem- ber, nineteen hundred and thirty. HENRy L STIMSON [SEAL] W. BOSTBOll( [SEAL] AND WHEREAS the said agreement has been duly ratified on both catlon8 ex· parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one;