SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 5 



Question 3. Can the exercise by the inhabitants of the United 

 States of the liberties referred to in the said Article be subjected, 

 without the consent of the United States, to the requirements of 

 entry or report at custom-houses or the payment of light or harbor 

 or other dues, or to any other similar requirement or condition or 

 exaction ? 



Question 4- Under the provision of the said Article that the Ameri- 

 can fishermen shall be admitted to enter certain bays or harbors for 

 shelter, repairs, wood, or water, and for no other purpose whatever, 

 but that they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to 

 prevent their taking, drying, or curing fish therein or in any other 

 manner whatever abusing the privileges thereby reserved to them, is 

 it permissible to impose restrictions making the exercise of such 

 privileges conditional upon the payment of light or harbor or other 

 dues, or entering or reporting at custom-houses or any similar con- 

 ditions? 



Question 5. From where must be measured the " three marine miles 

 of anv of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors " referred to in the said 

 Article \ 



Question 6. Have the inhabitants of the United States the liberty 

 under the said Article or otherwise, to take fish in the bays, harbors, 

 and creeks on that part of the southern coast of Newfoundland which 

 extends from Cape Ray to Rameau Islands, or on the western and 

 northern coasts of Newfoundland from Cape Ray to Quirpon Islands, 

 or on the Magdalen Islands? 



Question 7. Are the inhabitants of the United States whose vessels 

 resort to the treaty coasts for the purpose of exercising the liberties 

 referred to in Article I of the treaty of 1818 entitled to have for those 

 vessels, when duly authorized by the United States in that behalf, the 

 commercial privileges on the treaty coasts accorded by agreement or 

 otherwise to United States trading vessels generally? 



Article II. 



Either Party may call the attention of the Tribunal to any legis- 

 lative or executive act of the other Party, specified within three 

 months of the exchange of notes enforcing this agreement, and which 

 is claimed to be inconsistent with the true, interpretation of the treaty 

 of 1818; and may call upon the Tribunal to express in its award its 

 opinion upon such acts, and to point out in wdiat respects, if any, 

 they are inconsistent with the principles laid down in the award in 

 reply to the preceding questions; and each Party agrees to conform 

 to such opinion. 



Article III. 



If any question arises in Hie arbitration regarding the. reasonable- 

 ness of any regulation or otherwise which requires an examination 

 of the practical effect of any provisions in relation to the conditions 

 surrounding the exercise of the liberty of fishery enjoyed by the in 

 habitant of the United State . or which requires expert in format ion 

 about tin' fisheries themselves, the Tribunal may, in that case, refer 

 such question to a commission of three expert specialists in such 

 matters; one to be designated by each of the Parties hereto, and the 



