AWARD 



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THE TRIBUNAJ. OF ARBITRATION 



CONSTITUTED 



UNDER THl^ TREATY CONCLUDED AT WASHINGTON, 



THE 29TH OF FEBRUAEY, 1892, 



BETWEEN 



THE UNITED .STATES OF AMERICA 



AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 



OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



Whereas by a treaty between tlie United States of America and 

 (xreat Britain, signed at Wasbiiigton, February liU, 180li, the ratifica- 

 tions of which by the Governments of the two countries were exchanged 

 at London on May tlie Ttli, 1S92, it was, amongst other things, agreed and 

 (•oncluded tliat the questions whicli had arisen betweeiL the Govern- 

 ment of the United States of America and the Government of Her 

 Britannic Majesty, concerning the jurisdictional riglits of the United 

 States in the waters of Bering's Sea, and concerning also the preser- 

 vation of the fur-seal in or habitually resorting to the said sea, and the 

 rights of the citizens and subjects of either country as regards the 

 taking of fur-seals in or iiabitually resorting to the said waters, should 

 be submitted to a Tribunal of Arbitration, to be composed of sevea 

 Arbitrators, who sliould be appointed in the following manner — that is 

 to say: Two should be named by the President of the United States; 

 two should be named by Her Britannic Majesty; His Excellency the 

 President of the 1^'iench Kepnblic should be jointly requested by the 

 High Contracting Parties to name one; His Majesty the King of Italy 

 .should be so requested to name one; His Majesty the King of Sweden 

 and Norway should be so requested to name one; the seven Arbitrators 

 to be so named should be jurists of distinguished reputation in their 

 respective countries, and the selecting Powers should be refpiested 

 to choose, if possible, jurists who are acquainted with the English 

 language; 



And whereas it was further agreed by Article II of the said Treaty 

 that the Arbitrators should meet at Paris within twenty days after the 



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