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a method of procedure under which all questions which may arise 

 in the future regarding the exercise of the liberties referred to in 

 Article I of the Treaty of October 20, 1818, may be determined in 

 accordance with the principles laid down in the award, and the 

 Parties having agreed to make certain modifications therein, the 

 rules and method of procedure so modified are hereby accepted by 

 the Parties in the following form : 



1. All future municipal laws, ordinances, or rules for the regula- 

 tion of the fisheries by Great Britain, Canada, or Newfoundland in 

 respect of (1) the hours, days, or seasons when fish may be taken on 

 the treaty coasts; (2) the method, means, and implements used in the 

 taking of fish or in carrying on fishing operations; (3) any other 

 regulations of a similar character ; and all alterations or amendments 

 of such laws, ordinances, or rules shall be promulgated and come into 

 operation within the first fifteen days of November in each year; 

 provided, however, in so far as any such law, ordinance, or rule shall 

 apply to a fishery conducted between the 1st day of November and 

 the 1st day of February, the same shall be promulgated at least six 

 months before the 1st day of November in each year. 



Such laws, ordinances, or rules by Great Britain shall be promul- 

 gated by publication in the London Gazette, by Canada in the Canada 

 Gazette, and by Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Gazette. 



After the expiration of ten years from the date of this Agreement, 

 and so on at intervals of ten years thereafter, either Party may pro- 

 pose to the other that the dates fixed for promulgation be revised 

 in consequence of the varying conditions due to changes in the habits 

 of the fish or other natural causes; and if there shall be a difference 

 of opinion as to whether the conditions have so varied as to render a 

 revision desirable, such difference shall be referred for decision to a 

 commission possessing expert knowledge, such as the Permanent 

 Mixed Fishery Commission hereinafter mentioned. 



2. If the Government of the United States considers any such laws 

 or regulations inconsistent with the Treaty of 1818, it is entitled so 

 to notify the Government of Great Britain within forty-five days 

 after the publication above referred to, and may require that the 

 fame be submitted to and their reasonableness, within the meaning 

 of the award, be determined by the Permanent Mixed Fishery Com- 

 mission constituted as hereinafter provided. 



3. Any law or regulation not so notified within the said period of 

 forty-five days, or which, having been so notified, has been declared 

 reasonable and consistent with the Treaty of 1818 (as interpreted 

 by the said award) by the Permanent Mixed Fishery Commission, 

 shall be held to be reasonable within the meaning of the award; but 

 if declared by the said Commission to be unreasonable and incon- 

 sistent with the Treaty of 1818, it shall not be applicable to the in- 

 habitants of the United States exercising their fishing liberties under 

 the Treaty of 1818. 



4. Permanent Mixed Fishery Commissions for Canada and New- 

 foundland, respectively, shall be established for the decision of such 

 questions as to the reasonableness of future regulations, as contem- 

 plated by Article IV of the Special Agreement of January 27, 1909. 

 These Commissions shall consist of an expert national, appointed by 

 each Party for five years; the third member shall not be a national 



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