TREATY OF ARBITRATION OF 1892. 5 



Article X. 



Each Government sliall pay the expenses of its mem- Expenses of Joint 

 bers of the Joint Commission in the investigation re- Coaimission. 

 ferred to in the j)i'eceding Article. 



Article XI. 



Decision. 



The decision of the tribiinal shall, if possible, be 

 made within three mouths from the close of the argu- 

 ment on both sides. 



It shall be made in writing and dated, and shall be signed by the 

 Arbitrators who may assent to it. 



The decision shall be in duplicate, one copy whereof shall be deliv- 

 ered to the Agent of the United States for his Government, and the 

 otlier copy shall be delivered to the Agent of Great Britain for his 

 Government. 



Article XII. 



Each Government shall pny its own Agen.t and provide for the proper 

 remuneration of the counsel employed by it and of the 

 Arbitrators appointed by it, and for the expense of pre- er expenses. 



paring and submitting its case to the tribunal. All other expenses 

 connected with the Arbitration shall be defrayed by the two Govern- 

 ments in equal moieties. 



Article XIII. 



Tbe Arbitrators shall keep an accurate record of . Record of proceed- 

 their proceedings, and may appoint and employ the ^"^'** 

 necessary officers to assist them. 



Article XIY, 



The High Contracting Parties engage to consider the result of the 

 proceedings of the tribunal of arbitration, as a full, 

 perfect, and iinal settlement of all the questions referred 

 to the Arbitrators. 



Article XY. 



Tlie present treaty shall be duly ratified by the President of the 

 United States of America, by and with the advice and 

 consent of the Senate thereof, and by Her Britannic ^**'fl'''^*i«'^- 

 Majesty; and the ratification shall be exchanged either at Washington 

 or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if pos- 

 sible. 



In faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed 

 this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. 



Done in duplicate at Washington the twenty-ninth day of February, 

 one thousand eight hundred and ninety- two. 



James G. Blaine [seal] 



Julian Pauncefote [seaL; 



Besult final. 



