2 TREATY OF ARBITRATION OF 1892. 



the President of the French Republic shall be jointly requested by the 

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

 shall be so requested to name one ; and His Majesty the King of Sweden 

 and Norway shall be so requested to name one. The seven Arbitrators 

 to be so named shall be jurists of distinguished reputation in their re- 

 spective counti'ies; and the selecting Powers shall be requested to 

 choose, if possible, jurists who are acquainted with the English lan- 

 guage. 



In case of the death, absence or incapacity to serve of any or either 

 of the said Arbitrators, or in tlie event of any or either of the said 

 Arbitrators omitting or declining or ceasing to act as such, the Presi- 

 dent of tlie United States, or Her Britannic Majesty, or His Excellency 

 the President of the French Eepublic, or His Majesty the King of Italy, 

 or His Majesty the King of Sweden and IsTorway, as the case may bt- , 

 shall name, or shall be requested to name forthwith another person to 

 act as Arbitrator in the lAace 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 receii)t 

 of the joint request from the High Contracting Parties of His Excel- 

 lency 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 apjiointment or to till a vacancy as 

 above provided, then in such case the appointment shall be made or 

 the vacancy shall be tilled in such manner as the High Contracting 

 Parties shall agree. 



Article II. 



The Arbitrators shall meet at Paris vv^ithin twenty days after the de- 

 livery of the counter cases mentioned in Article lY, and 

 meetkTg.'*"*^ '""^ ^^ sliall procccd impartially and carefully to examine and 

 decide the questions that have been or shall be laid be- 

 fore them as herein provided on the part of the Governments of the 

 United States and Her Britannic Majesty respectively. All questions 

 considered by tlie tribunal, including the tinal decision, shall be deter- 

 mined by a majority of all tlie Arbitrators. 

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

 attend tlie tribunal as its Agent to represent it gener- 

 Agents. ^Y\y iix all matters connected with the arbitration. 



Article III. 



The printed case of each of the two i)arties, accompanied by the doc- 

 uments, the ofticial correspondence, and other evidence 



documents. ^'^^'^ '^"'^ **^i wliicli cach relics, 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 lour months from the date 



of the exchange of the ratitications of this treaty. 



Article IV. 



"Within three months after the delivery on l)oth sides of the printed 



case either party may, in like manner deliver in du)>li- 



cate to <'ach of the said Arbitrators, and to the Agent 



of the other xjarty, a counter case, and additional documents, corre- 



