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 TREATIES Development of U. B. claim on behalf of George R. Jones Company. ABICLE IX The two Governments agree that the claim of the Government of the United States of America against the Government of Norway on behalf of the George R. Jones Company, the late George R. Jones, or his heirs, successors or assigns shall be developed for consideration in the follow- ing manner: (a) the pleadings shall be limited to four in number, namely, a Memorial, an Answer, a Brief, and a Reply Brief, and they shall be prepared in the same manner, and filed within the same time limits as Ante, p. 179. the corresponding pleadings provided for in Article I of this conven- tion; (b) all evidence in support of and in defense of the claim shall be filed with the Memorial and with the Answer in the manner prescribed in Article I, and no further evidence shall be filed except that such evidence may be filed with the Brief as is strictly in rebuttal to that filed with the Answer. ATrrcLE X Reference of plead- If the two Governments shall be unable to agree upon the settlement ings to Arbritrator. of the Jones case within the six months next succeeding the date upon which the Reply Brief shall have been filed in that case, the pleadings shall be referred by means of a joint communication of the two Agents, to a sole Arbitrator for decision. The Arbitrator, who shall be agreed upon by the two Governments, shall be a jurist of high reputation, well versed in international law, and shall be a national of neither Norway nor the United States of America. In the event of the inability of the two Governments to agree upon an Arbitrator within two months from the termination of the period last above mentioned, such Arbitrator shall be selected by His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India. Place of arbitration. The place of arbitration of the Jones case (in the event that arbitra- tion becomes necessary) shall not be within the territorial jurisdiction of either of the contracting parties. Conduct o oral pro- In the matter of the conduct of oral proceedings, the Arbitrator shall be bound by the principles of Article IV of this convention. The deci- sion of the Arbitrator, which shall be rendered within three months from the conclusion of oral proceedings, shall be accepted by the two Governments as a final and conclusive disposition of the Jones case. AATICLE XI Expenses. Each Government shall pay all expenses incident to the preparation and presentation of its own side of each case. All joint expenses, in- cluding the honorarium for the Arbitrator, shall be borne by the two Governments in equal proportions. ARTICLE XII Extensionof tie. The periods of time mentioned in Articles I and IX of this conven- tion may be extended by mutual agreement of the two Governments. 1802 [62 STAT.

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