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 532 CONVENTION WITH MEXICO. 1839. ARTICLE IX. In me of the It is agreed that, in the event of His Prussian Majesty’s declining to King of Prussia appoint an umpire to act in his behalf, as aforesaid, the contracting pard°°l“““g· &’°· ties, on being informed thereof, shall, without delay, invite Her Britannio Majesty, and in case of ber declining his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, to appoint an umpire to act in their behalf, respectively, as above provide. ARTICLE X. Deeisionoftbe And the contractinfg parties further engage to consider the decision g;¢5i¤'¤ *0 b¤ of such umpire to be nal and conclusive on all the matters so referred ARTICLE XI. Treasury notes For any sums of money which the umpire shall find due to citizens ec be issued. of the United States by the Mexican Government, Treasury notes shall be issued in the manner aforementioned. ARTICLE XII. Memo ,,,,,,,,c_ And the United States agree for ever to exonerate the Mexican Gorstsd from cer- vernment from any further accountability for claims which shall either ‘°"‘ °l°““’- be rejected by the board or the arbiter aforesaid, or which, being allowed by either, shall be provided for by the said Government in the manner beforementioned. I ARTICLE XIII. C,,,,, ,,,,,,,0 And it is agreed that each Government shall rovide com ensation v n . . P P ofcommissicn- for the commissioners and secretary to be appointed by it ; and that the °”» &·°· contingent expenses of the board shall be defrayed, one moiety by the United States and one moiety by the Mexican Republic. ARTICLE XIV. R,,;;;,,,,,,,,,,,,, This convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exbe exchanged changed atWashington within twelve months from the signature hereof,
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In faitlrwhereoil we, the plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and of the Mexican Republic, have signed and sealed these presents. Done in the city of Washington, on the eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, in the sixty-third year of the independence of the United States of America and the nineteenth of that of the Mexican Republic. JOHN FORSYTH, 1.. s. FRAN. PIZARRO MARTINEZ, r.. si