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tioiial riglits of the United States in tlie waters of Bering Sea, and 

 concerning also tlie preservation of the fur seal in, or habitually resort- 

 ing to, the said Sea, and the rights of the citizens and subjects of cither 

 country as regards the taking of fur seal in, or habitually resorting to, 

 the said waters." 



Article VI i>rovides that, ^' in deciding the matters submitted to the 

 arbitrators," certain points, five in number, shall be sumbitted to them, 

 in order that their award may embrace a distinct decision upon each 

 point. One of those i)oints is embodied in the following question : 



ail)it.r<itor in the place and stead of the arbitrator originally named by such head of 

 a State. 



And in the event of a refusal or omission for two months after receipt of the joint 

 request from tlie High Contracting Parties of His Excellency, the President of the 

 French Republic, or His Majesty, the King of Italy, or His Majesty, the King of 

 Sweden and Norway, to name an arbitrator, either to fill the original appointment 

 or to fill a vacancy as above provided, then in such case the appoiutnient shall be 

 made or the vacancy shall be filled in such manner as the High Contracting Parties 

 shall agree. 



Art. II. The iirbitrators shall meet at Paris within twenty days after the delivery 

 of the counter cases mentioned in Article iv, and shall proceed imjiartially and care- 

 fully to examine and decide the questions that have been or shall be laid before 

 them as herein provided on the part of the Covervments of the United States and Her 

 Britaimic Majesty, I'espectively. All questions considered by the tribunal, including 

 the final decision, shall be determined by a majority of all the arbitrators. 



Each of the High Contracting Parties shall also name one person to attend the tri- 

 bunal as its agent to represent it generally in all matters connected with the arbi- 

 tration. 



Art. III. The printed case of each of the two parties, accompanied by the docu- 

 ments, the official correspondence, and other evidence on which each relies, shall be 

 delivered in duplicate to each of the arbitrators and to the agent of the other party 

 as soon as may be after the appointment of the members of the tribunal, but within 

 a period not exceeding four mouths from the date of the exchange of the ratifications 

 of this treaty. 



Art. IV. Within three months after the delivery on both sides of the printed case, 

 either party may, in like manner deliver in duplicate to each of the said arbitra- 

 tors, and to the agent of the other party, a counter case, and additional documents, 

 correspondence, and evidimce so presented by the other party. 



H', liowever, in consequence of the distance of the place from which the evidence 

 to be i^resented is to be procured, cither i)arty shall, within thirty days after the 

 receipt by its agent of the Ciise of tlie other jiarty, give notice to the other party 

 that it requires additional time for the delivery of such counter case, documents, 

 correspondence, and evidence, such additional time so indicated, but not exceeding 

 .sixty days beyond the three months in this article provided, shall be allowed. 



If, in the case submitted to the arliitrators, either party shall llavt^ sjiccilied or 

 alluded to any report or document in its own exclusive possession, without annexing 



