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months is also assigned for the reception of claims, and they are in 

 like manner authorised to extend the same in particular cases. They 

 shall receive testimony, books, papers, and evidence in the same lati- 

 tude, and exercise the like discretion and powers respecting that sub- 

 ject; and shall decide the claims in question according to the merits 

 of the several cases, and to justice, equity, and the laws of nations. 

 The award of the said commissioners, or any such three of them as 

 aforesaid, shall in all cases be final and conclusive, both as to the jus- 

 tice of the claim, and the amount of the sum to be paid to the claim- 

 ant; and His Britannic Majesty undertakes to cause the same to be 

 paid to such claimant in specie, without any deduction, at such place 

 or places, and at such time or times, as shall be awarded by the said 

 commissioners, and on condition of such releases or assignments to be 

 given by the claimant, as by the said commissioners may be directed. 



And whereas certain merchants and others, His Majesty's subjects, 

 complain that, in the course of the war, they have sustained loss and 

 damage by reason of the capture of their vessels and merchandise, 

 taken within the limits and jurisdiction of the States and brought 

 into the ports of the same, or taken by vessels originally armed in 

 ports of the said States: 



It is agreed that in all such cases where restitution shall not have 

 been made agreeably to the tenor of the letter from Mr. Jefferson to 

 Mr. Hammond, dated at Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1793, a copy of which 

 is annexed to this treaty; the complaints of the parties shall be and 

 hereby are referred to the commissioners to be appointed by virtue of 

 this article, who are hereby authorised and required to proceed in the 

 like manner relative to these as to the other cases committed to them ;, 

 and the United States undertake to pay to the complainants or claim- 

 ants in specie, without deduction, the amount of such sums as shall be 

 awarded to them respectively by the said commissioners, and at the 

 times and places which in such awards shall be specified ; and on con- 

 dition of such releases or assignments to be given by the claimants 

 as in the said awards may be directed : And it is further agreed, that 

 not only the now T -existing cases of both descriptions, but also all such 

 as shall exist at the time of exchanging the ratifications of this 

 treaty, shall be considered as being within the provisions, intent, and 

 meaning of this article. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



It is further agreed that the commissioners mentioned in this and 

 in the two preceding articles shall be respectively paid in such man- 

 ner as shall be agreed between the two parties, such agreement being 

 to be settled at the time of the exchange of the ratifications of this 

 treaty. And all other expenses attending the said commissions shall 

 be defrayed jointly by the two parties, the same being previously 

 ascertained and allowed by the majority of the commissioners. And 

 in the case of death, sickness or necessary absence, the place of every 

 such commissioner respectively shall be supplied in the same manner 

 as such commissioner was first appointed, and the new commissioners 

 shall take the same oath or affirmation, and do the same duties. 



ARTICLE IX. 



It is agreed that British subjects who now hold lands in the terri- 

 tories of the United States, and American citizens who now hold 



