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to consider the report of the Commission, and if it be on 

 the whole unanimous shall incorporate it in the award. If 

 not on the whole unanimous, i. e., on all points which in 

 the opinion of the Tribunal are of essential importance, 

 the Tribunal shall make its award as to the regulations 

 concerned after consideration of the conclusions of the ex- 

 pert Commissioners and after hearing argument by counsel. 

 But while recognizing its responsibilities to meet the obli- 

 gations imposed on it under Article III of the Special 

 Agreement, the Tribunal hereby recommends as an al- 

 ternative to having recourse to a reconvention of this 

 Tribunal, that the Parties should accept the unanimous 

 opinion of the Commission or the opinion of the non- 

 national Commissioner on any points in dispute as an 

 arbitral award rendered under the provisions of Chapter 

 IV of the Hague Convention of 1907. 



AS TO ARTICLE IV. 



Pursuant to the provisions of this Article, hereinbefore 

 cited, this Tribunal recommends for the consideration of 

 the Parties the following rules and method of procedure 

 under which all questions which may arise in the future 

 regarding the exercise of the liberties above referred to 

 may be determined in accordance with the principles laid 



down in this award. 



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1. 



All future municipal laws, ordinances or rules for the 

 regulation of the fishery by Great Britain in respect of 

 (1) the hours, days or seasons when fish may be taken on 

 the Treaty coasts; (2) the method, means and implements 

 used in the taking of fish or in carrying on fishing opera- 

 tions; (3) any other regulation of a similar character shall 



