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 530 CONVENTION WITH MEXICO. 1839. Mexico of the 5th of April, 1831; the said documents to be specified when demanded at the instance of the said commissioners. ARTICLE V. TN ¤<>¤¤¤¤l¤· The said commissioners shall, by a report under their hands and '?°"°" m d?' seals decide, u on the 'ustice of the said claims and the amount of comcide on the Jus- ’. . P -l. . tice of said pensation, if any, due from the Mexican Government in each case. claims, &.c. ARTICLE VI. Mexico atm,- It is agreed that if it should not be convenient for the Mexican ¤¤Y¤¤ i¤¤¤¤ Government to pay at once the amount so found due, it shall be at
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{,,,,,,4 dum taken place, to issue Treasury notes, receivable at the maritime customhouses of the Republic in payment of any duties which may be due or imposed at said custom-houses upon goods entered for importation or exportation: said Treasury notes to bear interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum from the date of the award on the claim in pay- ment of which said Treasury notes shall have been issued until that of their receipt at the Mexican custom-houses. But as the presentation and receipt of said Treasury notes at said custom-houses in large amounts might be inconvenient to the Mexican Government, it is further agreed that, in such case, the obligation of said Government to receive them in payment of duties, as above stated, may be limited to one half the amount of said duties. ARTICLE VII. lncmof the It is further agreed that in the event of the commissioners diiTering <=9mu¤i¤¤§¤¤¤\‘¤ in relation to the aforesaid claims, they shall, jointly or severally, draw '°l“‘ up a report stating, in detail, the points on which they differ, and the ,,;,;,,1,, gm grounds upon which their respective opinions have been formed. And it is agreed that the said report or reports, with authenticated copies of all documents upon which they may be founded, shall be referred to the decision of His Majesty the King of Prussia. But as the documents relating to the aforesaid claims are so voluminous that it cannot be expected His Prussian Majesty would be willing or able personally to investigate them, it is agreed that he shall appoint a person to act as an arbiter in his behalf; that the person so appointed shall proceed to Washington; that his travelling expenses to that city, and from thence on his return to his place of residence in Prussia, shall be defrayed, one half by the United States and one half by the Mexican Republic; and that he shall receive as a compensation for his services a sum equal tc one half of the compensation that may be allowed by the United States to one of the commissioners to be appointed by them, added to one half the compensation that may be allowed by the Mexican Government to one of the commissioners to be appointed by it. And the compensation of such arbiter shall be paid, one half by the United States and one half by the Mexican Government. ARTICLE VIII. The King of Immediately after the signature of this convention, the plenipotenfrussiato be tiaries of the contracting parties (both being thereunto competently })':)‘{¥fg,:gl;g{m authorized) shall, by a joint note, addressed to the Minister for Foreign m casa, &,,,_Affairs of His Majesty the King of Prussia, to be delivered by the minister of the United States at Berlin, invite the said monarch to ap·. point an umpire to act in his behalf in the manner above-mentioned, in case this convention shall be ratified respectively by the Governments of the United States and Mexico.