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bound, if the other Party thinks proper to apply for it, to furnish 

 that Tarty with a copy thereof; and cither Party may call upon the 

 other, through the Commissioners, to produce the originals or cer- 

 tified copies of any papers adduced as evidence, giving in each in- 

 stance Mich reasonable notice as the Commissioners may require. 



The case on either side shall be closed within a period of six 

 months from the date of the organization of the Commission, and 

 the Commissioners shall be requested to give their award as soon as 

 possible thereafter. The aforesaid period of six months may be ex- 

 tended for three months in case of a vacancy occurring among the 

 Commissioners under the circumstances contemplated in Article 

 XXIII of this Treaty. 



Article XXV. 



The Commissioners shall keep an accurate record and correct min- 

 utes or notes of all their proceedings, with the dates thereof, and may 

 appoint and employ a secretary and any other necessary officer or 

 officers to assist them in the transaction of the business which may 

 come before them. 



Each of the High Contracting Parties shall pay its own Commis- 

 sioner and agent or counsel; all other expenses shall be defrayed by 

 the two Governments in equal moieties. 



Article XXXII. 



It is further agreed that the provisions and stipulations of Articles 

 XVIII to XXV of this Treaty, inclusive, shall extend to the Colony 

 of Newfoundland, so far as they are applicable. But if the Imperial 

 Parliament, the Legislature of Newfoundland, or the Congress of 

 the United States, shall not embrace the Colony of Newfoundland 

 in their laws enacted for carrying the foregoing Articles into effect, 

 then this Article shall be of no effect; but the omission to make pro- 

 vision by law to give it effect, by either of the legislative bodies 

 aforesaid, shall not in any way impair any other Articles of this 

 Treaty. 



Article XXXIII. 



The foregoing Articles XV11I to XXV, inclusive, and Article 



XXX of this Treaty, shall take effect as soon as the laws required to 



carry them into operation shall have been passed by the Imperial 



Parliament of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Canada, and by 



the Legislature of Prince Edward's Island on the one hand, and by 



the Congress of the United States on the oilier. Such assent having 



been given, the said Articles shall remain in force for the period of 



ten years from the date at which they may come into operation; and 



further until the expiration of two years after either of the High 



Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish 



to terminate the same; each of the High Contracting Parties being 



at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said period 



of ten years or at any time afterward. 



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